Comic:Patchwork Champions

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Patchwork Champions
200 px
Artist:	Friv Yeti
Writer:	Friv Yeti
Characters:	See below
Updates:	MTWTF
Began:	January 9, 2006
Ended:	Not yet!
Art style:	Pixel Art
Rating:	PG-13
Website	Website

Four young heroes in a small city in the Northern United States, the Patchwork Champions seek to defend themselves from the Registered Villainous forces of Dr. Ecchs and Malefico, along with any other threats that might rise to challenge their town.

Contents 1 Plot 1.1 Chapters 2 Characters 2.1 The Patchwork Champions 3 Trivia 4 Links

Plot

In 1981, the city of New York was destroyed at the apex of a massive hero-villain conflict. As a result, heroic and villains organizations signed a series of rules detailing exactly what each side could or could not do to one another. Ratified into law by the courts, the Accords remain the benchmark for Hero-Villain confrontations.

However, there are forces at play that are opposed to the Accords. The Antiheroes undertake terrorist activities, trying to destroy the Villains by any means necessary. Rogue villains plot and scheme, brought to heel by the Superhuman Enforcement Agency (S.E.A.). And young heroes try to make their mark on the world.

In Patchwork City, Lucky Ladd and Amber Smith have formed the Patchwork Champions, hoping to protect their city and succeed as heroes. With other young heroes joining them, they are poised to make a mark on the world.

Chapters

Be warned: The following information contains some spoilers about the progress of the comic.

"Lights, Camera, Action!" #1 - #10
Timebender and Lucky Ladd foil Dr. Ecchs's plan to hold the city to ransom through use of a Subatomic Transpolarizer.

"Hiring Time" #11 - #28
The Champions hire a third hero, encountering difficulties along the way in the form of their corrupt mayor and a slew of incompetant hopefuls.

"Excessive Application of Lasers" #29 - #50
Dr. Ecchs hatches a plot to get his company back in the black, only to be defeated once again by the new, improved Patchwork Champions. Along the way, we learn more about the history of New York.

"Family Matters" #50.5 - #64
Dr. Ecchs descends into his yearly bout of madness, changes his name, and attacks the city with an army of robots, but Timebender and Nightshade are busy handling a tense family dinner.

"Power To The People" #65 - #97
Four friends steal experimental Malefico suits and go on a crime spree; the Champions muster to defeat them, picking up their fourth member along the way. Dr. Ecchs pouts.

"A Town By Any Other Name" #98 - #113
The Mayor starts a referendum when he learns that his city has no name; Dr Ecchs tries to rig the vote to get his choice to come out in first place.

"The Science Of Love" #115 - #134
When a mutant zombie Mozart attacks the city, Dr. Ecchs falls in love with its creator, the lady Ada Byron. But when Dr. Ecchs's old rival the Witch Doctor makes an appearance, things are trickier than they first appear!

"Antihero" #135 - #97
Tensions rise when the President comes to town, along with his Superhero bodyguard Dudeman - who doesn't approve of Lucky or Mayfly. But when an Antihero assasin shows up, the stage is set for the hardest fight of the Champions' careers to date!

Characters

The Patchwork Champions

Character	Hero Alias	Age	Appearance	Bio/description
Amber Smith	Timebender	28	Brown hair, dark eyes	The leader of the team, Amber dedicated her life to heroism over her father's objections and her sister's turn to villainy. Serious and flippant by turns, her leadership is the glue that holds the Champions together.
Lucky Ladd	Lucky Ladd	28	Blond hair, blue eyes	Lucky's whimsical attitude to the world covers deep and abiding self-esteem issues, driven by his inability to control his luck powers, and his resultant uncertainty about whether he earned any of his success. His past, thus far, remains shrouded in mystery, but he has prior history with Dudeman. His father, Brightwalker (once the sidekick Uberlad), is one of Chicago's most prestigious heroes.
Jim Carpenter	Handyman	??	Black hair, dark eyes	Jim signed on to the Champions in March of 2006, bringing his amazing control over duct tape to the team. He refuses to seriously disclose his past, but his chivalry and natural kindness make him a solid addition to the team.
Nadia Tyler	Mayfly	26	Red hair, gray eyes	Nadia became one of the Champions as part of a commuted sentence, after she took action to prevent a crime wave that she had been a part of. A profound admirer of superheroes, she drives herself as hard as possible to prove that she is not the criminal she nearly became, and her infectious cheer and powerful suit of technomagical armour has thus far helped keep her a solid addition to the team.

Trivia

- This is the third pixel art comic done on Comic Genesis by me; the first two can be found in the site archives.
- Patchwork Champions' first draft was "Captain Icicle and the Patchwork Heroes", and features a living icicle fighting against Dr. Ecchs of Evil, Incorporated. In that incarnation, Timebender was Timebender Lass, and served a much more 'support' than 'lead' role, and Handyman and Mayfly were absent, replaced with The Lady and The Inskeletal Bulk. Oy. Dr. Ecchs was supported by a supervillainess named Evil, a villain named Delusion, and Tony the Tentacle Monster, none of whom survived to the final draft.
- In early script drafts, Dragonfly was meant to join Malefico as a counterpart to Mayfly, but the story did not reasonably allow for it.

Links

http://yeti.comicgenesis.com - Patchwork Champions!