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The book describes a setting where superheroes are linked to mythology and public domain characters. The modern age has superheroes appearing during the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] of the 1940s, a [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] during the 1980s, an [[The Dark Age of Comic Books|Iron Age]] during the 1990s, and now a [[The Modern Age of Comic Books|Nickel Age]] for the 21st century. The setting is defined by a [[The Bronze Age of Comic Books|Bronze Age]] mentality with superheroes being genuinely heroic but overwhelmed by a large number of supervillains. The only reason the superheroes continue to prosper is primarily because the supervillains hate each other as much as they do the heroes.

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* [[Big Bad]]: Iron Khan, Death Mask III, General Venom, and Orkus.

* [[Casting a Shadow]]: The Ink Spot legacy.

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Kenneth Kane, the secret identity of Death Mask III.

* [[The Cowl]]: Black Wing II (also a [[Badass Bookworm]])

* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Angel Girl to Divinos. Crimson Wing to Black Wing.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Darkness Before Time, Orkus.

* [[The Fair Folk]]: Who's leader, ironically, is a [[Genre Savvy]] ''human'', the Dark Undermaster.

* [[Great Gazoo]]: Mister Hoppy.

* [[Killer Rabbit]]: Mister Hoppy

* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: Averted. Most of the scientists in the setting have areas of special concern. Red King=Genetics, General Venom=Robotics, etc.

* [[Patriotic Fervor]]: Deconstructed with General Venom and the House of Serpents; They honestly love America, which is why they plan to overthrow the government-they think it's long since mutated into a form that the Founding Fathers would be disgusted with.

* [[Public Domain Character]]: [[Dracula]] is a major villain. Dame Michelle Holmes of the Foundation for World Harmony (the SHIELD/Checkmate organisation) is a descendent of [[Sherlock Holmes]], whereas the Death Masks (and Black Wing II) are descended from James Moriarty. Death Mask's equivalent of Latveria is the original [[Ruritania]] from ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda]]''.

** Antaeus is a shout-out to the Golden Age Superman. Ditto, Graywing to the Golden Age Batman.

** Athena is a shout-out to Wonder Woman.

** Demon Rider is an homage to Ghost Rider. He's also the Tomorrow Society's Wolverine counterpart.

** Doctor Aeon is a very obvious analogue to Doc Savage.

** General Venom is some weird hybrid of Baron Zemo, Cobra Commander, the Nomad version of Captain America, and Big Boss from ''Metal Gear''.

** The Iron Khan is a combination of Lo Pan, Shang Tsung, Fu Manchu, and the Mandarin.

** Jacob Hunter is an homage to James Bond. A [[Legacy Character]], the original Hunter was the Bond from the novels, his successors are the various film versions.

** The New Fighters For Freedom are inspired by the Wolfman-era New Teen Titans.

** The Patriots are a shout-out to the Mighty Avengers and Justice League.

** The Red Queen has elements of Scarlet Witch and Raven of the Teen Titans.

** Splotch is a shout-out to the Amazing Spiderman.

** Steel Commando has elements of Captain America and Iron Man (or maybe more War Machine).

** Supreme is an homage to Deathstroke the Terminator and possibly Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe.

** The Tomorrow Society is an homage to the Claremont X-Men.

** Ultramind is a shout-out to Brainiac. Ultramind 2 is equivalent to Jocasta.

** Ymir is a shout-out to the Mighty Thor. (With the Incredible Hulk's origin)

* [[Space Station]]: Divinos has one.

* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: Death's Head

* [[Western Terrorists]]: The House of Serpents is actually a fairly realistic version-they're a lot like a widespread, advanced, and well-funded right-wing militia.

* [[Word of God]]: On the Atomic Think Tank forums.

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