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Re: The Apache Chief (Star of the Super Friends) Thread
Power Boy #810756 06/08/14 11:44 AM
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^^Not to mention Gleek!

I like the idea of Samarai's powers as inherited.

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Originally Posted by Eryk Davis Ester
Most of the other powers that Samarai randomly display can probably be explained as corollaries of his basic "air elemental" abilities. He occasionally turns invisible, but that could be thought of as turning his body to a gaseous state. Even his occasional random ability to set things on fire could be explained as the result of his control of oxidation.

His origin... a professor empowered by a beam of energy sent by the New Gods... always reminded me a bit of Doctor Light.


Ooh, that's some good thinking EDE! I love the idea of making his random grab-bag of powers instead all based on air manipulation or taking on properties of air.

With a little comic-book Treknobabble, even the illusions could have something to do with refraction and whatever, like how heat in the desert can ripple the air and create mirages.

Concentrating oxygen in the air around a certain point could cause it to spontaneously burst into flames, so that one totally works (according to my hasty Googling, since my high school science classes ill-prepared me for this conversation).

Invisibility shouldn't be much of a deal for someone who can, at least partially, turn into air, since air is generally invisible to the human eye (although he would likely also be intangible as air in that form as well).



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Now I want to know more about the lizard-woman with the funky dual-halberd/axe/thing!



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Is that Dr. Mist next to Apache Chief?

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Now I want to know more about the lizard-woman with the funky dual-halberd/axe/thing!


It's the Tangent Universe Wonder Woman i believe.

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Apparently in the mainstream DC Samurai's origins differ a bit from his Super Powers limited series origin though still connected to the New God Steppenwolf. In Justice League of America 80 Page Giant #1 (November, 2009) The Lord of Time disperses the Justice League throughout time where Superman and Doctor Light end up in Japan in the year 1223 to witness the origins of the original Samurai (Toshio). The powers may be passed down through the generations?


I remember that story, thanks for bringing it up. Loved seeing Dr. Light and Superman interact with one another, and Kimiyo's reactions to being in ancient Japan. I think she and Samurai could have some good stories together.

Here's the full text on the ancient Samurai from the Wikipedia article:

"Prior to Samurai's appearance in Brightest Day, an alternate version of the character named Toshio was introduced into the DC Universe in the Justice League of America 80-Page Giant one-shot. This version was an actual samurai from Japan in the 1200s, who was granted mystical abilities by a sorceress. After a brief battle with the time-displaced Superman and Doctor Light, Toshio teamed up with the heroes to defeat Steppenwolf".

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