The Book of Wildfire

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The Book of Wildfire

C3G DC SUPER SECRET EXCLUSIVE 38
HEROES OF THE 31ST CENTURY


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The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Superman set.
Its model number and name are #039 / Wildfire.

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Character Bio - While studying at the Metropolis University research center, Drake Burroughs was caught in a laboratory explosion that completely destroyed his body. For reasons unknown, his consciousness survived, and the atoms of his body reconstituted themselves as pure antimatter. A scientist named Professor Vultan created a specially designed suit to contain Drake's energy form. The suit enabled Drake the ability to function in a relatively normal existence, and it also provided him the ability to channel a wide variety of new energy-based powers through the suit. Calling himself ERG-1, Drake applied for membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes. Unfortunately, the Legion maintained a policy which forbad inclusion of members whose powers duplicated those of other members. ERG-1's power-set included abilities shared by others such as Superboy, Colossal Boy and Shrinking Violet. As such, his application for membership was rejected.

Drake had not demonstrated his energy blasting or manipulation abilities because he was afraid he could not control them safely. Anxious to prove his abilities, he followed several Legionnaires on a mission to a planet called Manna-5. On this mission, Colossal Boy was knocked unconscious by an enemy machine and none of the other Legionnaires present had the power to save him. ERG-1 destroyed the machine, but expelled his entire energy form from his containment suit. Because his energy form was invisible, the Legionnaires assumed he had been killed in saving Colossal Boy and that ERG-1 had not demonstrated his energy powers earlier because they could only be used once.

However, ERG-1 was alive. By now, his energy form was stable enough so that he could survive without his suit, though he could neither take humanoid form nor communicate with anyone. He followed the Legionnaires back to Earth where they put his containment suit on display. Upon reaching the Legionnaries' headquarters he managed to regain the suit and, in the usual heroic fashion, save the Legion from another menace. He was then admitted to the team and adopted the name Wildfire.

Drake's original containment suit was eventually destroyed and subsequent copies were not as versatile. His later suits were also not nearly as durable and it was easier to cause him to be expelled from it. Even so, he always retained his flight, energy absorption, energy projection, and super strength, and was commonly considered among the four most powerful Legionnaires along with Superboy, Mon-El and Ultra Boy.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• Q. How do you choose "a shortest path" for WILDFIRE BLAST SPECIAL ATTACK?
  
  A. Just count the minimum number of spaces between Wildfire and the target figure, ignoring any elevation changes or obstacles. You may choose one of the paths with the minimum number of spaces.

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Metahuman, Wildfire has these Metahuman Synergies.
• As a Legionnaire, Wildfire has these Legionnaire Synergies.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Wildfire has these Super Strength Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• N/A

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• As a flying figure, Wildfire interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a figure with a special attack, Wildfire can interact differently with these special powers.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Wildfire interacts differently with these special powers.
• Wildfire's Wildfire Blast Special Attack does not affect figures with the Lava Resistant special power. Current figures with the Lava Resistant special power.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• N/A

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Initial playtest: A3n (280 points)
• Second playtest: IAmBatman (270-280 points)
• Third playtest: darkraptor5413 (280 points)
• Fourth playtest: Viegon (280 points)
• Art: Comic, Figure, Background
• Art by A3n