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       #Post#: 81--------------------------------------------------
       HERO SQUAD
   DIR By: hailtotheking
       Date: September 25, 2019, 10:44 am
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       No Villain to big, No job too small
       Need Hero help? Give us a call!
       D-Z List "heroes" doing jobs for cash
       The Cricketeer: rocket boost implants in lower legs allow
       proportional leaping distances of a cricket ... sonic chirp
       Bullfrog Bob: proportional ability to jump like a bullfrog ...
       ballistic tongue projection
       Jolt Joe: can emit taser level electro shocks from hands ...
       limited range, pulse or continuous
       Madam Ventril - failed theatre actress ... can throw her voice
       and mimic voices in limited capacity
       Muddsy - can loosely shapeshift to somewhat look like inanimate
       objects
       Gadgetina - has mr gadget like body ... can use only two things
       at once and it drastically limits effectiveness of each if she
       does
       Boyzilla - can transform into a kaijue with all the power of
       Godzilla ... in 6" plushie form
       [BAD GUYS]
       Scepton
       Techno Toad Super Fan
       Illusionaire
       Bossioso
       Doodler (can bring drawings to life ... only has stick figure
       art skills)
       Pigeon Master (controls pigeons)
       The Disruptor (minor inconvenience)
       Drip Dr (controls small amounts of water)
       The Ticker (can manipulate time, but only for a few seconds)
       Miss Direction (can cause disorientation for 3 seconds)
       Litterbug (can control trash)
       ADVENTURES
       Demon Kitty (Scepton's demon pets running amok. Just needs help
       with the demon kitty in the tree)
       Techno Toad (super fan of techno toad trying to sell shop his
       techno toad stuff, working equipment, gets toasted - post
       pubescent warrior salamander rip off from 90s)
       Not So Haunted House (Illusionaire bored in house doing his own
       puppet shows, call from worried neighbors)
       Security Detail (hired by Bossioso the main mafia boss in town.
       Security detail for a deal ... oh heck no, turn tail run and
       leave note "pro bono")
       Fiasco on the Farm (parts of veggie crops destroyed ... ends up
       pig pen was left open)
       Night of the Rats (eating at rest, rats invade ... Rattatour
       called upset rest won't let his rats eat freely)
       Moving Day (villian hires squad to help move out of lair ...
       traps, etc)
       Double Blind Date (two villains hire two of the heroes to be
       dates and end up going to same place ... villains are exes doing
       the rebound thing)
       Fan Club Stand In (hires hero to pose as them at fan club
       meeting ... boo'd, tomatoed, etc ... what, they hate me)
       Villain Vacation (hires hero to do their villainry while they're
       away)
       Master Chef (villain hires hero to teach them to cook)
       Tour Guide (villain hires hero to give them tour of downtown's
       hot spots, takes notes/etc ... hero realizes at end, other heros
       give him the business)
       Neutral Ground (heroes hired as mediators for villain dispute
       ... all get hot and bothered)
       ******
       On the way back to their hotel after a long day at COMICPALOOZA
       a group of Cosplaying friends is mistaken for the real deal by a
       young kid scared out of his wits.  He got separated from his
       parents and now finds himself lost, alone and afraid.
       Unbeknownst to the group of friends, their choice to help the
       young kid will lead them down a path involving REAL super heroes
       and a plot to use them for villainy!
       #Post#: 105--------------------------------------------------
       Re: HERO SQUAD
   DIR By: hailtotheking
       Date: January 15, 2024, 6:05 pm
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       **HERO SQUAD - Episode 1 - DEMON KITTY**
       Written by - David Lyons
       Art by -
       Colors by -
       Letters by -
       Edits by -
       INDIE ENGINE PRESS (c) JAN 2024
       Page 1
       Panel 1
       Zoomed out shot of a strip mall laundromat. There are apartments
       above it. Hung across the top of one of the apartments is a hand
       painted banner that reads "HSHQ."
       Panel 2
       Zoom into window of the HSHQ apartment where a tv/vcr combo
       (think the old disney types) is playing the news. Looking
       past/through a couple of memebers of the Hero Squad (Cricketeer
       and Madam Ventril) the screen shows a live shot of 'Scepton the
       Terrible' outside his home with household pets all over the
       place.
       CAPTION: ... and as you can see his pets are running amok
       everywhere.
       Panel 3
       The tv screen is mostly in view and the image from the news
       shows the pets terrorizing people.
       CAPTION: Local authorities have attempted to help but currently
       the situation remains unresolved.
       SFX (FROM OFF SCREEN): BRIIIING BRIIIIING
       Page 2
       Panel 1
       Madam Ventril has picked up the phone and looks delighted as if
       she's speaking to someone in person. The Cricketeer is still
       watching the news paying no mind to the phone.
       MADAM VENTRIL: "You've reached the Hero Squad where no villain
       is too big and no problem is too small! Thank you for reaching
       out for hero help, how can I direct your call?"
       CRICKETEER: "HAHAHAHA you believe this guy? He's supposed to be
       some big shot demon controlling overloard or something. He can't
       even wrangle his pets."
       Panel 2
       Madam Ventril is leaning over Cricketeer's shoulder speaking to
       him. Cricketeer has a happily shocked look on his face.
       MADAM VENTRIL: "Laugh it up big boy, we just got a job."
       Panel 3
       Close up of a very giddy Cricketeer.
       CRICKETEER: "Really?! What is it?!
       Panel 4
       Madam Ventril is pointing to the newscast on the tv. Cricketeer
       looks dejected.
       MADAM VENTRIL: "You're looking at it."
       Page 3
       Splash page of Scepton's mansion with all the pets running amok.
       Various 'demon' magic swirls and pets messing with and/or
       fussing people/plants. Small inset panel of the HS looking at
       the scene from the sidewalk (Cricketeer, Gadgetina, Bullfrog
       Bob, Jolt Joe, Madam Ventril).
       SFX: Various pet noises and yells of the chaos at the scene
       CRICKETEER (IN INSET PANEL): "You've got to be friggin kidding
       me."
       Page 4
       Cricketeer is confronting Scepton the Terrible. Cricketeer is
       questioning him in a vexed/perplexed manner. Scepton is almost
       paying him no mind as he answers.
       Panel 1
       Scepton's back is turned to Cricketeer who is questioning him.
       CRICKETEER: "You hired us to round up your pets? SERIOUSLY
       SCEPTON?!!!"
       Panel 2
       Scepton doesn't turn around but instead just starts laughing,
       guffawing even.
       SCEPTON: "BWAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!"
       Panel 3
       Scepton turns to Cricketeer with an evil smirk. He's pointing at
       something.
       SCEPTON: "No no no dear Cricketeer. I haven't called you to
       wrangle all of my pets. Just the one, there in the tree."
       Page 5
       Two panel page. Panel 1 takes up most of the page.
       Panel 1
       Semi-close up of a cute, innocent looking kitty sitting on a
       tree branch. It is looking at Scepton and Cricketeer as if it
       knows they are talking about it.
       SFX: MROW
       Panel 2
       Cricketeer is looking dumbfounded and questions Scepton once
       again. Scepton has the evil smirk on his face.
       CRICKETEER: "You friggin called us ... to get ... your KITTY
       OUT OF A TREE?!!!"
       Page 6
       Full splash page. Kitty reveals its true demon self. Have fun
       with the creativity here! My initial thought was like the kitty
       in the CPT Marvel movie in terms of how the true form is shown,
       but this is all up to you!
       SFX: MROOOOOOAAAAAAAR
       Page 7
       Page has full splash panel as background. It is Scepton throwing
       his hands up not understanding what the big deal is as the HS
       huddles up. The detailed panels are individual shots of the HS
       set over the larger scene.
       Panel 1
       Huddle shot, close up of Jolt Joe.
       JOLT JOE: "I ain't touching that thing dude."
       Panel 2
       Huddle shot, close up of Madam Ventril.
       MADAM VENTRIL: "He's offering FIVE TIMES our rate."
       Panel 3
       Huddle shot, close up of Cricketeer looking towards Madam
       Ventril.
       CRICKETEER: "Did you NOT see ..."
       Panel 4
       Huddle shot, close up of Madam Ventril
       MADAM VENTRIL: "FIVE TIMES OUR RATE ..."
       Panel 5
       Huddle shot, close up of Cricketeer and Bullfrog Bob. Bob is
       genuinely confused, Cricketeer is accepting their fate.
       BULLFROG BOB: "So we're..."
       GADGETINA: " ... getting the ..."
       CRICKETEER: "... we're getting the kitty out of the tree."
       Page 8
       Wasting no time Gadgetina jumps into action.
       Panel 1
       Gadgetina uses her built in stilt legs to shoot herself up to
       the height of the limb the kitty is on. She's also produced a
       net from a slot on her arm and is reaching out towards the
       kitty.
       SFX: SPROOOING
       GADGETINA: "GOTCHA!"
       Panel 2
       Unfussed, the kitty uses its claws to tear through the net.
       SFX: SLICE
       Panel 3
       Still unfussed the kitty uses its tail to cinch Gadgetina's
       stilted legs together.
       GADGETINA: "GAAAAAH!"
       Panel 4
       Gadgetina crashes to the ground.
       Page 9
       Jolt Joe springs into action.
       Panel 1
       Joe shoots his tasers at the cat, hitting it. The cat is shocked
       and annoyed all to hell.
       SFX: FZZZHH
       SFX (KITTY): REEAAAR
       Panel 2
       The kitty shoots its own tasers out of its eyes hitting Joe. Joe
       is shocked/burned (cartoon like) from the hit.
       SFX: SCHZZZZZZ
       Panel 3
       Joe is standing like Tom from Tom and Jerry after a bomb goes
       off in his face.
       Page 10
       Bullfrog Bob tries his luck. In the background the Cricketeer
       uses the distraction and leaps to a branch just above the kitty.
       Panel 1
       Bullfrog Bob leaps at the kitty with his tongue out as if to
       punch the kitty out of the tree.
       SFX: THPT
       Panel 2
       The kitty opens up a small portal over Bob's tongue.
       Panel 3
       The portal has sent the projectile end of Bob's tongue direclty
       behind his head and it smacks him silly.
       SFX: SMACK
       Panel 4
       Bob hits the ground knocked silly.
       Page 11
       Cricketeer is looming over the kitty who is oblivious to his
       presence. The second panel is bigger than the others to reflect
       the action of the panel. Panels on this page are loose, so no
       issues messing with the page structure to best make the sequence
       work.
       Panel 1
       Cricketeer is hitting his legs together like a cricket does to
       chirp.
       CRICKETEER: "SONIC CHIRP"
       SFX: CHIIIIIIIIIIIIRP
       Panel 2
       The kitty is surprised and caught off guard. It is
       scared/startled and looks all out of whack. Windows of Scepton's
       mansion are breaking and car alarms from cars parked along the
       street are going off.
       SFX (KITTY): MRAARRAAAOOOOWWWW
       SFX (OFF PANEL CAR ALARMS): Bwoooouuup ... MEH MEH MEH ....
       eewoo eewoo
       Panel 3
       Scepton and the other heroes in the HS are all covering their
       ears and grimacing at the sound.
       Panel 4
       The kitty falls off the limb it was on into a pile of leaves.
       Panel 5
       Scepton is leaning over the kitty reaching out to it while still
       covering one ear with the other hand.
       SCEPTON: "My precious demon kitty, are you ok my little buddy?"
       Page 12
       No specific panel structure. Just specific points of action for
       the story so panel count is just an action outline here.
       Panel 1
       Cricketeer is standing over/bending down to Scepton who is
       cuddling the kitty. He is reaching out with a piece of paper
       that reads "invoice."
       CRICKETEER: "The invoice for the job reflecting the FIVE TIMES
       rate agreed upon."
       Panel 2
       Scepton holding the invoice in one hand while still coddling the
       kitty. He watches one last piece of glass fall out of one of his
       windows.
       SFX: TNK CSH (or if you've got something better)
       Panel 3
       Scepton looking up at Cricketeer bewildered that he'd still be
       charged for the service.
       Panel 4
       Cricketeer with a cheeseball grin and giving an equally cheezy
       thumbs up.
       CRICKETEER: "Thanks for giving Hero Squad a call!"
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