The Book of Songbird

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The Book of Songbird

C3G MARVEL SUPER SECRET EXCLUSIVE 55
JUSTICE, LIKE LIGHTNING...


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The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Fantastic Forces set.
Its model number and name are #043-045 / Songbird.

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Character Bio - Melissa Gold ran away from home at an early age, after her mother was sent to prison and she was left with her alcoholic father. She adopted a harder persona in order to get by on the streets, and started calling herself "Mimi", after her mother. Her moniker eventually evolved into "Screaming Mimi" after she fell in with the wrong crowd and wound up a cybernetically-enhanced supervillain with sonic powers.

After several years of working with criminal groups like the Grapplers and the Masters of Evil, Melissa was selected by Baron Helmut Zemo to join the team that would become the Thunderbolts. Though her new persona as Songbird was initially created as a ruse to help "Citizen V" and the rest of the Thunderbolts gain the public's trust, Melissa found that she genuinely enjoyed being a superhero. When Zemo's master plan reached its endgame, Melissa joined most of her teammates in revolting against him.

After saving the world from falling under the sway of a madman in a purple headsock, Melissa stuck with the rest of the reformed Thunderbolts and came into her own as Songbird. She has since lead multiple incarnations of the Thunderbolts herself, helped to reform several former criminals, and gone toe-to-toe with baddies ranging from Zemo to the Green Goblin.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Mutate, Songbird has these Mutate Synergies.
• As a Charlatan, Songbird has these Charlatan Synergies.
• As a potential Crime Fighter, Songbird may gain these Crime Fighter Synergies.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, has these Super Strength Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• Songbird may turn a Unique Hero that is a Criminal or has the Repentant personality into a Crime Fighter. Current Criminals and Repentant figures.
• Songbird's Thunderbolt Loyalty special power allows her to take a turn after a Unique Crime Fighter or Charlatan Hero that shares a class with her, and her Sonic Construct Defense special power allows her to boost their Defense numbers. Current Crime Fighters and Charlatans.

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• As a flying figure, Songbird interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Songbird interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a potential Crime Fighter, Songbird may interact differently with these special powers.
• Songbird's Sonic Construct Defense special power allows affected figures to roll an additional defense die against normal attacks from Symbiotes. Current Symbiotes.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• Thunderbolts Strategy Guide
• Defenders / Heroes for Hire faction strategy

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: Ronin
• Second playtest: Lazy Orang
• Third playtest: b57123m
• Fourth playtest: Ronin
• Fifth playtest: TrollBrute
• Playtesting Summary
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by Arkham
• Screaming Mimi created by Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, and John Byrne
• Songbird persona created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley
• Comic Art by Declan Shalvey