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Published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1979, Villains and Vigilantes was the second superhero RPG ever published (after ''[[Champions]]'').
The game was somewhat unique (and to some, ludicrous) for its character creation system. Namely, values such as strength, intelligence, health, etc. for player characters were approximated by the GM from those values
In 1986 FGU partnered with Eclipse Comics to release a four-issue ''Villains & Vigilantes'' mini-series that was largely a retelling of the introductory adventure ''Crisis at Crusader Citadel'' (which has the players applying to the Crusaders, the local hero team, but having to stand in for them when the Crusaders go AWOL just before a superhuman crime wave).
The game and many of its adventure modules can be [http://www.fantasygamesunlimited.net/ purchased online]. FGU has even started selling PDFs of new modules, and ones that were probably written a long time ago but kept in the pipe due to rights issues.
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* [[Bad Humor Truck]]: One of the solo villains in ''Opponents Unlimited'' is a killer ice cream man.
* [[Bland-Name Product]]: The rookie heroes in the comic book tie-in have a "U-DRIVE" moving van.
* [[Bull Seeing Red]]: In the comic series there's a scene where several of the heroes are being menaced by the super-strong villain known as Bull. The heroine Evergreen uses a variety of plants to attack him, only to be warned that the red blooms on some of them are making Bull angry. She counters that bulls can't see red. The problem is Bull's a mutant '''human''' who was born with his powers, not a real bull. He has a criminal record dating back to his childhood, and as he's one of the Crusaders' archenemies they'd probably [[Did Not Do the Research|have that information readily available]]. Not to mention that he was in fact one of four villains named after animals from the module (Hornet, Vulture and Shrew). Point being that maybe the situation's different if we're not talking about what the old myth talks about.
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