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** Averted ''twice'' in ''The Hornet's Nest'' chapter 5, in which Sister Marie rescues a small child who has the same name (Maisie) as her custom-made phone AI (which keeps responding every time Marie addresses her). The second aversion is that the story also contains two recurring characters named Shannon.
** Averted ''twice'' in ''The Hornet's Nest'' chapter 5, in which Sister Marie rescues a small child who has the same name (Maisie) as her custom-made phone AI (which keeps responding every time Marie addresses her). The second aversion is that the story also contains two recurring characters named Shannon.
* [[Opera Gloves]]: Several women in the setting wear long formal-style gloves to hide practical functions: the modern Madam Fatale to control her psychometric power, Spring-Heel'd Jackie to deliver electric shocks, and Black Scorpion to disguise her armor.
* [[Opera Gloves]]: Several women in the setting wear long formal-style gloves to hide practical functions: the modern Madam Fatale to control her psychometric power, Spring-Heel'd Jackie to deliver electric shocks, and Black Scorpion to disguise her armor.
* [[The Order]]: The Order of Sainte Jeanne d'Arc.
* [[The Order]]: The Order of Sainte Jeanne d'Arc.
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: Sword of Glory believes she is a holy yet still mortal entity that has been sent to [[Miami]] by the Zoroastrian Supreme Being Ahuru Mazda.
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: Sword of Glory believes she is a holy yet still mortal entity that has been sent to [[Miami]] by the Zoroastrian Supreme Being Ahuru Mazda.
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* [[Playful Hacker]]: Zane Donovan (AKA "Crash Override" once he joins up with Ultraman).
* [[Playful Hacker]]: Zane Donovan (AKA "Crash Override" once he joins up with Ultraman).
* [[Posse]]: "Jackie's Boyz" AKA San Francisco's "Bay Area Meta Operations Task Force", who have fallen into a comfortable partnership with Spring-Heel'd Jackie, and hover somewhere between the classic use and the modern use of the term.
* [[Posse]]: "Jackie's Boyz" AKA San Francisco's "Bay Area Meta Operations Task Force", who have fallen into a comfortable partnership with Spring-Heel'd Jackie, and hover somewhere between the classic use and the modern use of the term.
* [[Potent Pheromones]]: Alicia Tavares from the Boston-area storylines is a former criminal, now member of the Massachusetts Metahuman Investigations Unit, with the ability to generate custom pheromones at will.
* [[Powered Armor]]: Numerous examples, ranging from the powered diving hard suits employed by Schubert's goons; to the Black Scorpion's mix of armor and magnetic fields; to Spring-Heel'd Jackie's convincing but bogus alien guise. After biochemical manipulation, this is the number two way of becoming "super" in the Teraverse.
* [[Powered Armor]]: Numerous examples, ranging from the powered diving hard suits employed by Schubert's goons; to the Black Scorpion's mix of armor and magnetic fields; to Spring-Heel'd Jackie's convincing but bogus alien guise. After biochemical manipulation, this is the number two way of becoming "super" in the Teraverse.
* [[Power Incontinence]]: The modern Madam Fatale can't turn off her Psychometric ability.
* [[Power Incontinence]]: The modern Madam Fatale can't turn off her Psychometric ability.
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