Ideas for Comic Book Stories

 

Yep, I love comic books; you should see the stacks of graphic novels that litter the apartment.  So, here are some ideas for comic books.  As always, these ideas are in the “What if…” format – that is, add the phrase “what if” in front of every idea.  Enjoy!

 

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(in DC Universe) Superman had landed in the USSR?

 

(in DC Universe) There was an X-Men (or Avengers)/JLA crossover?

 

(in DC Universe) You Aretold@ Batman stories from the 1930's-40's?

 

(in Marvel Universe) you were the most powerful mutant, able to anything (seemingly) with your mind, and you realized the danger you represented?  I posit that, having a conscience, you would become a hermit in some desert.     

 

(in DC Universe) Batman was given the opportunity to prevent his parents= deaths?

 

(in DC Universe)  Batman was forced to call on Wally West to help find a mysterious serial killer?

 

(in DC Universe) Batman and his cohorts had to use the Kryptonite ring to stop a berserk Superman?

 

(in DC Universe) Superman had to take up the mantle of Batman for a time?

 

(in DC Universe) You wrote a Batman story with the Russian mafia, or, ABatman in Leningrad@?

 

(in Marvel Universe) You were a mutant whose ability was to cause either pain or pleasure?

 

(in Marvel Universe) You were a mutant whose ability was to stop any person from feeling any physical sensation?  Or emotions?

 

(In DC Universe) There was a true significance to the ALL@ names that appear in Superman=s life?

 

(In DC Universe)  Lois Lane got Superman=s powers?  What if the same happened to Bruce Wayne, Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olson, or any other figure in the DC Universe?

 

(In DC Universe) Bruce Wayne was made acting police commissioner?  Definitely an AElseworlds@ story.

 

(In DC Universe) A band of Kryptonian mercenaries landed on earth?  What if they sold their services to the highest bidder?

 

(In the Marvel Universe) a mutant=s ability was to be invulnerable to everything, but that=s it?  You couldn=t be crushed, cut, shot, zapped, or mind-probed.  But, you had no Aoffensive@ capabilities.  What would you do?

 

(In DC Universe) Clark Kent decided not to become Superman?

 

(In DC Universe)  Superman became more powerful, and finally the dictum power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely came true?  What would that be like, and how could he be stopped?

 

(In DC Universe) Batman abandoned Gotham City?

 

(In DC Universe) Superman got amnesia?

 

(In DC Universe) You put Batman in the future, as in ABatman 3000"?  What if that involved putting Batman in space?

 

(In the Marvel Universe) the Punisher became a mutant?

 

(In DC Universe) Superman had as an infant landed near a pioneer family in America=s period of expansion?  He could be a pioneer, a mountain man, or something like that.  What if he had been adopted by a Native American tribe?

 

(In Marvel Universe) Your mutant power was to give to someone else indomitable will?

 

(In DC or Marvel Universe) An alien group was silently infiltrating and invading the planet?  What if this was in some other fictional universe?

 

(In DC Universe) All the Aold@ heros banded together for one last crusade against evil?

 

(In D.C. Universe) Batman was kidnaped and held for ransom?  What if the same thing somehow happened to Superman (especially in his Clark Kent guise)?

 

(In DC Universe) Superman decided to give up his powers?  What if he could actually give them to someone else?  Who would he give them to?

 

(In DC Universe) Superman mutated?

 

(In the D.C. Universe) Batman acquired superpowers?  Could he continue the fight against crime, or would the temptation to misuse his power be too great?  What kind of powers could he or should he acquire?  Would he force himself to retire?  Could he resist the call to clean up Gotham?

 

(In DC Universe) All evil was finally abolished?  What would happen to the meta-humans?

 

(In DC Universe) Batman turned out to be a super-human, after all?

 

(In DC Universe) There had never been a Batman?  What would Gotham City, and the rest of the DC Universe, be like?

 

(In DC Universe) Gotham City was finally rid of really big crime?  What would Batman do?

 

(In DC Universe) There were no metahumans?  What if all-of-the-sudden there they were?

 

(In DC Universe) Superman and Batman changed places for a week?

 

(In any fictional universe) You created an unbeatable opponent?  Now, beat it.

 

(In the Marvel Universe) Ben Grimm (the Thing) was elected President?

 

(In DC Universe)  Superman had to team with Oracle?

 

(In DC Universe) Bruce Wayne went broke?  Could it be some sort of a plot?  Perhaps someone has figured out that Bruce Wayne is Batman, and is attacking him through Wayne Enterprises.  Managing to destroy him financially is one good way to start.

 

(In DC Universe) The timeline was altered in the past (Victorian England, revolutionary Russia, World War II, Civil War, etc.), and the JLA has to get everything back on track?  You could get around the World War II problem by having whoever is sending these guys out giving them a way to get around the mystic shield used by the Axis forces.

 

(In DC Universe) A metahuman went insane?

 

(In DC Universe) What if there was a Acrisis@ that brought not multiple heros from the multiverse, but multiple villains?

 

(In Marvel Universe)  The X-Men are given a chance to once and for all set everything right, a complete retcon of the entire universe?  Can they do it?  Should they do it?  (Not like the way DC did it, but better.)

 

(In DC Universe) Someone suddenly gained the powers of Superman?  Is it permanent or temporary?  What does he do with it?

 

(In DC Universe) You ran a series, ASuperman in Space@?  To make it interesting, it could be set at a time after Lois Lane has died.  Superman leaves to Earth in the hands of other superheros, and goes out to see what=s out there.

 

(In DC Universe) The Linear Men go berserk, and starting making radical changes in the time-line?  What is causing this, and how can it be stopped?  What if this results in the creation of a new multiverse?

 

(In DC Universe) Flash and Superman had to race?

 

A DC hero was trapped in the Marvel universe (or vice versa)?

 

Batman needed Superman=s help?  What kind of storyline could be generated?  What if the situations were reversed?  Of course, we can all see the Man of Steel needing the Dark Night Detective.  I=ve always thought DC=s AWorld=s Finest@ concept was one of their better ideas.

 

In a world that has Superman, you suddenly found yourself in possession of the same abilities?  How would you and he react to this?  What would you do?  Would you want to keep this or get rid of it?

 

The sun began to quickly die?  What if we found it was about to go nova (or turn into a black hole)?  What would we do?  What could we do?  What if this was in the D.C. Universe (or Marvel, or ST)?

 

There was a true Marvel/DC crossover, with the heros meeting in a third, separate universe?  Would Superman emerge as the leader?  The only real choice from Marvel is Reed Richards (or Captain America).

 

There were a group of people (in the Marvel Universe) who saw mutants as, well, gods, and worshiped them?  Why are these mutants not constantly badgered by those who need (or want) help?  Storm, for instance, would make an interesting Atarget@ for a drought-stricken Kansas farmer.  A demolitions expert might find a sudden need for a Cyclops or a Havok.  How would our heroes react to this?

 

You wrote a superhero story (say, Superman) in a first person point of view?

 

You were a special person, gifted with strange mental powers, and you were an orphan?  How would you go about finding your parents?  What if this was set in the D.C. Universe?  Heaven forbid, what if it was set in the Marvel Universe?  What if it was set in the Star Trek Universe?

 

You did a Magnificent Seven story in the Star Trek universe?  Or in Marvel or D.C.?

 

You had to redo the Superman origin as a motion picture?

 

You were a shapeshifter?  What would life be like in the Star Trek universe (or any other fictional world)?  What questions of morality and ethics would this person have to deal with?

 

 

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