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Imoo57 Since: Aug, 2012
#1: Dec 26th 2013 at 11:16:31 AM

Any one know of any comics where the hero is a normal human who starts crime fighting from scratch? Preferably lacking any superhuman or supernatural qualities. At least in the early parts just to widen options.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2: Dec 26th 2013 at 11:23:19 AM

[up]If by 'scratch', you mean 'no money', let's see... there's Punisher, Hawkeye, Mike Grell's Green Arrow run; Daredevil and Dr.Midnight have a similar Disability Superpower, but otherwise, are much more akin to Badass Normals than the average empowered Superhero; same goes with Captain America (he really just has peak human capabilities plus a Giant Shield, nothing really 'Super' about him power-wise,) minus the disability...

And that's all I got for now. Of course, you also have Batman, non-Mike Grell Green Arrow, the Shadow and the Green Hornet, (yes, the latter two have had comics,) but those four also all have major moolah, so I don't know if that's what you're asking for.

Any particular reason for looking into Badass Normal Superheroes, if I may ask?

edited 26th Dec '13 5:36:57 PM by kkhohoho

imadinosaur Since: Oct, 2011
#3: Dec 26th 2013 at 12:53:09 PM

Kickass.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Imoo57 Since: Aug, 2012
#4: Dec 26th 2013 at 5:29:07 PM

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I'm a writer in training and one of my thought up ideas is centered around this. Except it's not Played for Laughs like Kick Ass...

DrFurball Since: Jan, 2001
#5: Dec 26th 2013 at 8:00:43 PM

Wait, Kick-Ass was Played for Laughs? I don't recall the title character's beating, stabbing, being hit by a car, and hospitalization being all that funny.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#7: Dec 26th 2013 at 9:58:00 PM

Kick-Ass was definitely intended to be a very black comedy. Mark Millar's humor isn't very broad (nor do I find it funny) but it gets so fucking ridiculous you can tell there's no way he meant for this to be taken seriously.

SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#8: Dec 27th 2013 at 5:21:20 AM

More "dark comedy" than "played for laughs", I think.

If you can find it, there's "Wild Dog", which DC published back in the day, about an extremely low-budget vigilante (heavy on the hockey gear.)

If you want specifics about getting started in the Costumed Non Super Hero business, your best bet is prose books, since they can go ahead and spend several chapters on training and outfitting.

edited 27th Dec '13 7:09:37 AM by SKJAM

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#10: Dec 27th 2013 at 5:33:51 AM

The second Wildcat can turn into a werepanther thing, but Ted Grant is just a really well trained boxer.

Theres sex and death and human grime in monochrome for one thin dime and at least the trains all run on time but they dont go anywhere.
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Imoo57 Since: Aug, 2012
#12: Dec 27th 2013 at 6:55:04 AM

If the character had above average strength when some of it was genetic and a genius intellect for tech and human psyche is it cheating? Well not that there's such a thing with a script.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#13: Dec 27th 2013 at 6:57:23 AM

[up]Depending on the continuity, that might make him either a metahuman or a mutant, low-level either way.

SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#14: Dec 27th 2013 at 7:14:07 AM

Or in a world with no superpowers (that anyone knows about) it just makes our protagonist very, very lucky. As long as the protagonist still seems human, feels like they're being challenged and never does anything blatantly impossible to humans, the readers will generally forgive the amazing coincidences that allow him or her to successfully fight crime.

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