Hup to soldiers, it’s time to look at the myriad of heroes with military backgrounds.There are quite a few, from Captain Atom to Wolverine While most are veterans, some still maintain an active duty, or reserve status. This can create any number of plot hooks, not just from the classic work / life / spandex balance, but exploring conflicts [...]
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Day Jobs 13: Military
Hup to soldiers, it’s time to look at the myriad of heroes with military backgrounds.There are quite a few, from Captain Atom to Wolverine While most are veterans, some still maintain an active duty, or reserve status. This can create any number of plot hooks, not just from the classic work / life / spandex balance, but exploring conflicts [...]
Day Jobs 12: Data Analyst
This week we’re looking at number crunchers, The unsung heroes and / or the backbone of the business world, the Data Analysts. Data Analysts consolidate, organize, and restructure data in a way that it provides meaningful insights and is understandable to others. These are the people that figure out that the cost of gas has gone down or up n [...]
Day Jobs 11: Lawyer
We may have missed the opportunity to bring back our Day Job series with She-Hulk: Attorney At Law. Nevertheless, it’s time to look at some work when it comes to superheroing, and we’re starting with lawyers. It’s not just She-Hulk and Daredevil though, comics have a number of super powered legal professionals like DC’s Manhunter and Two-Fac [...]
Day Jobs 10: Socialite
We conclude our series on superhero day jobs with another entry that’s not so much a job as it is a lifestyle. From lavish galas to the opening night of the opera, the socialite is on the pulse of the 1%. Often fabulously wealthy themselves, the socialite understands the nuances of rubbing elbows with the upper crust, without touching a [...]
Day Jobs 9: Professor
The professor has a deep understanding of topics, and the the ability to convey that information. We often look at these characters as educators, but they may also be experts in a specific field, technical or genre writers, even public speakers, focusing on a topic of interest.
The professor’s Talent’s zero in on the fact that th [...]
Day Jobs 8: Photographer
Be them wedding photos, or a crime scene investigation, photographic evidence can be vital. Photographers have an eye for detail, and their lens can serve to frame moments others might miss. A good photographer can add depth to the most shallow of glamour shots or highlight the unspoken emotions of soldiers as they march towards an uncertain [...]
Day Jobs 7: Cab Driver
It may be because the center of the Marvel comics universe is Manhattan, but the cab driver shows up as a popular occupation for heroes. Across the pond, we can also root for Chas, even if he is relegated to a Hellblazer’s sidekick. We’re diving into the cab driver, but Talents fit many professional driving archetypes, from limos [...]
Day Jobs 6: Student
Alright, you got us, being a student isn’t a career, or a job, although it can feel like one. For the purposes of our build, we will take the student to be someone who spends the majority of their time outside of spandex in the pursuit of learning, often lacking the more practical skills one needs to earn a living.
A note about sidekic [...]
Day Jobs 5: Scientist
In the modern world there are dozens, if not well over a hundred or more fields of expertise for a scientist to specialize in, from agronomist to zoologist. Things are a little more generalized in most comics, with scientists often studying SCIENCE! As Metahumans Rising tries to navigate the superhero genre we opted for big S science as a c [...]
Day Jobs 4: Medical Professional
There are more than a few doctors in the realm of superheroes, from Doctor Destiny to Doctor Zodiac, and let us not forget Fate, Mid-Nite, and Strange somewhere in the middle. The medical professional can represent a wide range of careers including our aforementioned doctors, EMTs, nurses and surgeons. The core of the medical professional is [...]