Feb 16 2012
List of Superhero Origin Stories
If you’re not sure where your superhero’s superpowers might come from, here are some potential superhero origins.
Science and Science Fiction
1. Cybernetics–replacing human limbs or organs (usually crippled/injured ones) with superior mechanical substitutes. See Cyborg, the Bionic Woman, etc.
2. Genetic engineering–e.g. replacing genes with sequences from other sources can create interesting results, such as pigs that glow like jellyfish. See Spider-Man, etc.
3. Powersuits, exoskeletons and/or giant death machines (Iron Man, Steel, the M-1 Abrams, etc). We already have jet packs, military-grade lasers, and a five-pound rocket launcher, so within (say) 30 years, origins like the Iron Man suit might not actually be science fiction.
3.1. Robotics. Domo arigato, human-sized death machine. (Robots don’t have to be androids, but usually are in fiction).
