from solo avengers #5:
QuoteDuring my recent move to another office, I unearthed a document written circa 1978 by Marvel writer Peter Gillis and his brother Robert. What it is is a handy-dandy guide to creating thousands of valid villain (and hero) names by combining two simple words to make a compound word. Herewith, for your edification, and by kind permission of the Brothers Gillis is...
THE PATENTED GILLIS SUPERDUDE NAME MAKER
(Pick one from Column A and one from Column B-- and presto! you have a character name.)
COLUMN A COLUMN B
Dark Lord
Fire Master
Shadow Sword
Black Dragon
Moon Rider
Spider Slayer
Iron Witch
Night Hawk
Star Stealer
Ring Destroyer
Power Thief
Ruby Force
Scarlet Flame
Silver Wizard
Mind Light
Sun Warrior
Hell Arrow
Sea Shark
Air Demon
Doom Queen
Green King
Red Wing
Sky Storm
Time Dancer
Earth Mask
Grey Knight
Wing Guardian
Phantom Axe
Blood Stalker
Hawk Eagle
Crimson Mane
Winter Star
Plague Fire
Wind Serpent
Dragon Flower
White Shadow
Death Phantom
Dream Skull
Thunder Wolf
Dawn Tiger
Wind Singer
Were Spear
Mad Eye
Bird
Fox
See how simple it is? Hey, readers, how many names of established characters can you find by putting together a word from Column A and Column B?
Heh... I remember this...
Hmm.... Dark Arrow.
Hehe... perfect for this site! Too bad we can't work it into the game. :9
I shall be known as....."Hawk Hawk!"
Quote from: marhawkman on July 18, 2009, 09:28:14 PM
Hehe... perfect for this site! Too bad we can't work it into the game. :9
actually, furie made a random hero file generator in python code that can use this.
Call me Dream Shark or Power Thief!
There are a lot of cool names in those combos. Even some of those that don't necessarily make a lot of sense (Earth Axe?, Time Star?) are still pretty cool-sounding.
I was amused by some of them, like ThunderStealer (shows up right after the battle to strike a pose with his boot planted on the defeated villain just in time for the cameras), AirMask (he claims to be wearing a mask, but no one can see it), and WereFlower (pretty petunia transforms under a full moon into a bloodthirsty... um... dandelion? no, something tougher sounding... a tiger lily? wait! a weretiger lily!) :P
Quote from: bearded on July 19, 2009, 01:42:39 AM
Quote from: marhawkman on July 18, 2009, 09:28:14 PM
Hehe... perfect for this site! Too bad we can't work it into the game. :9
actually, furie made a random hero file generator in python code that can use this.
It CAN be done?!? O_O! YAY!