History Literature / SoonIWillBeInvincible

* [[{{Irony}} Cosmic Irony]]: [[spoiler:Impossible tracks down the joke-villain Pharoah's hammer so he can fight off [=CoreFire=], finding it (and the Pharoah) at the centre of a spreading patch of ice in Costa Rica, from the [=CoreFire=]/Pharoah battle. Later, Lily tells him that she once did go to the future and saw the world-destroying Blight of her fake {{backstory}}: it started at the hammer in Costa Rica, and by removing it for his {{evil plan}}, Doctor Impossible inadvertently saved the world.]]

* LightningBruiser: Most of the main characters, including, unusually for a MadScientist, Doctor Impossible himself. His [[spoiler:prison break scene]] involves him easily overpowering two overconfident superhumans. Doubles as a KickTheSonOfABitch moment.

* Baron Ether: [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks The oldest supervillain known]], having lived for possibly over a hundred years. Committed a plethora of crimes before being caught and put under house arrest by his archnemesis the Mechanist. He's resigned himself to his powerless status but is not above giving Doctor Impossible help when he calls on him. Loosely analogous to Literature/FuManchu or Ra's Al-Ghul in terms of agelessness, great intelligence, and esoteric nature.

** Fatale points out that there was a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] of {{superhero}}es in her time, followed by [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze]] ages each not quite living up to the glory of the last, and suggests that she's part of the "rust age".

* TheJailer: [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] hero The Mechanist does this to his nemesis Baron Ether. Apparently, the Mechanist was so concentrated on keeping Ether from getting OUT, [[SwissCheeseSecurity his systems are not very effective in keeping Dr. Impossible and others from getting IN]].

* SuperSpeed: Notably Go-Man, a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] super-hero who 'moved faster than the speed of crime'.

The story is told in alternating viewpoints between Fatale, a [[NewMeat new recruit]] to [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]]/ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} analogue the Champions, and Doctor Impossible, a {{supervillain}} who has fallen on hard times and is currently in jail for the 12th time. The great hero [=CoreFire=] is missing, and his ArchNemesis Doctor Impossible has escaped from prison. Coincidence? ...well, actually, yes, much to Impossible's annoyance. No matter, he has his own plans; it's just going to be harder to implement them now that the rest of the superhero world is trying to rescue the hero he ''doesn't'' have hostage.

* Damsel: A [[HalfHumanHybrid half-human]] [[LegacyCharacter legacy hero]], whose weather-god father married a GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe and who leads the New Champions. Something of an [[CaptainErsatz ersatz]] [[CompositeCharacter composite]] of Donna Troy/Wonder Girl (second-generation FlyingBrick heroine who in her Troia days had a glowing [[DeflectorShields deflector shield]], who spent years feeling overshadowed by her more famous predecessor), Comicbook/MsMarvel (FlyingBrick with alien DNA and hardass-leader attitude, who spent years feeling overshadowed by her male counterpart), and Starfire (fish-out-of-water humanoid alien princess who feels out of place). But at the end of the book [[spoiler:add aspects of ComicBook/{{Storm}} and Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}, gaining ElementalPowers-- which further reflect Troia and Ms. Marvel, who both underwent a RePower or two in their long and [[ContinuitySnarl tangled histories]].]]

* Mister Mystic: The resident magician, who is somewhat estranged from the team (he often just pops up when needed and later disappears into whatever magical realm or brownstone he inhabits). Something of a cross between Marvel's Comicbook/DoctorStrange and DC's Zatara and ComicBook/{{the Phantom Stranger}}, and a bit of Comicstrip/MandrakeTheMagician thrown in. Other than [=CoreFire=] himself, it can be argued that this is the guy Doctor Impossible hates the most, since Magic can't be explained by the science the Doc [[ForScience holds most dear]]. It's commented that depending on who you ask he's either the most powerful member of the team or a trick-based BadassNormal, reminiscent of DoingInTheWizard [[DependingOnTheWriter approaches to magical characters]].

* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler:Corefire. He's a SupermanSubstitute, [[Comicbook/TheDeathOfSuperman you didn't honestly think he would stay down, now did you?]]]] He was actually put into a coma, but not like the others could tell.

* NeckLift: Rainbow Triumph does this to a mook to intimidate him. It's {{Justified}} by her having SuperStrength, while being {{Lampshaded}} at the same time by Fatale. She notes that it isn't a good move in terms of actually hurting someone and can only really be used for intimidation.

* InsistintTerminology: Pharoah spells his name wrong, but apparently convinced everyone (or at least Impossible) to spell it his way.