Don't know if this will work--the article might be behind a pay wall--but the CIDM had an interesting article on findability versus searchability:

http://www.infomanagementcenter.com/publications/e-newsletter/information-management-news-12-15/organization-site-search-is-still-not-working/

You couldn't use this idea in most settings, but what if killing them made them worse?

They've already been granted strange powers by something so let's posit that whatever it is has two flavours, guided by the individual. In both cases, killing them after a certain time makes them more of whatever. The time thing is why people don't go "Cool! I ( Read more... )

Warbride

What we know:

For centuries, the Sisterhood has chosen women to be champions of civilization, Brides of Battle, invested with a mystic power that makes them invincible warriors. On occasion, the vessel they have chosen has been wanting, but never before had she been truly mad. Not until Alethea, the Warbride. A survivor of war, raised and ( Read more... )

The last entry, Warbride, will be tomorrow. We've had a situation here. Everyone's healthy, there's no trouble, but it has taken some time to resolve ( Read more... )

Because I have a biology degree, I find Ultra-Mind's origin wrong but tweakable. However, the science in most comic books is laughable, so that's clearly a personal response (kind of like Steve Jackson including umpteen varieties of biology degree in GURPS but not many in other sciences).
Ultra-Mind

Here’s what we know:

Evolutionary biologist Victor ( Read more... )

The Troll

Notice that the Troll’s creator is now unnamed. It might be the same person as it used to be, or it might not. Here’s what we know:

Twelve feet of claws, horned, and leathery green muscle, Troll was once Carter Cassidy, a hard-bitten mercenary, until one of his employers, a villainous mastermind with plans for conquest, used Cassidy as a ( Read more... )

Speed Demon

Now we hit another that I’ve done before, and let’s try not to duplicate ourselves. I have an aid, though, and that’s the official biography. According to the official biography:

Eduardo Dacascos had wealth, but craved excitement. He became a race car driver and nearly lost his life in a fiery crash. A blood transfusion saved his life ( Read more... )

Grudge is quite difficult to be interesting about; he's a great utility infielder, but on his own, he's, well, pretty straight-forward.
Grudge

According to the Official Bio:

Parnell Tarrant wasn’t loved, or even liked, but he was respected-a capable scientist and researcher, but a man who knew how to hold a grudge, and repay every slight. He spent ( Read more... )

One for you while I'm away (and what a trip it's been! It took us longer to drive to Ottawa than it takes to fly from Toronto to Australia).
Gila-Master

What we know:

Gil Lonescale was always a bit of a snake, but Tom Crow, the medicine man of his tribe, saw potential in him and tried to untwist Gil’s path. When Tom’s other student, the slow-witted ( Read more... )

The Creeper

Here's what we know about the Creeper. The official bio says:

Carl Wessler did janitorial and groundskeeping work at the Botanical Gardens, where scientists from the University were working on a variety of new fertilizers and fast-growth formulas. Carl was not supposed to sample the fruits (and vegetables) of the botanists’ labors, but ( Read more... )