Guide to Player Cameos in the CoH Comic
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Posted on: 2004-12-06 20:40 in Player Guides
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That's about it, so far! I'll update this again when I get issue #8!
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That one should be the one featuring whoever won the bumper sticker contest, right?
Yes, that was the promised gift for the winners of the contest.
We have 2 player cameos showing up in the next issue that I've been made aware of, but there's more than 2 bumpersticker contest winners. So... I'm not sure what's up with that.
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Hmph! I can't edit the first post anymore, since there appears to be a time limit for editing. Ah well, updates will be replies I guess.
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Issue #8
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Contest winners begin to appear in the comic books! The first contest
winners won the Bumper Sticker Contest, earning themselves an Issue #8
appearance. An NPC, Kayla, also makes her 2nd appearance.
Payback - Referred to a "Captain Planet lookin' fella" by Kayla. Aside
from the black hair, pale skin, and white t-shirt it is a fairly
accurate description. Several lines and an interaction with primary
characters.
Lady Flame - Scantily clad, "hot blonde" character. Literally, a hot
blonde... with the flames and all. Several lines and interaction with
primary characters.
M'lojnir - The electric blaster in the first flashback of a conflict
between Crey Industries and a hero. No spoken lines.
Badmoon - An assault rife blaster wearing black and red armor. He is
in a flashback, only this is a different conflict with some Paragon
Protectors. No spoken lines.
Supergroup AKLM - Appear in the top panel of page 7. Left to right they
are: Victor Wells, Jennifer Render, Rayvenwolf, Lightning-Rod (alt of
artist), Jesse Sterling and Melaine (2nd appearance!). No spoken roles.
Jaded Angel - In the monitor on the first panel of page 10. Only "real"
hero out of all of the other heroes appearing on various screens
throughout the issue.
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Awesome information to know. I never knew that those were players in there, I only recognized that they were costumes available in the game. Thanks for this information!
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Issue #9
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The attempt to get answers about Horus' origins continues, while
Apex and War Witch do their own part in the hunt for the 5th Column
base. 2 more contest winners (or something) appear in this issue.
Enigma - The male in dark/black and green armor who joins Apex and
War Witch in Independence Port. Has what appears to be Super Speed,
but is given a green color for the f/x. Has a few lines, mostly
one-liners like the comical, "BLARGH!"
Mentl Midget - Short male in shades, a fedora, a suit coat, and
tights... all very red-brown or maroon. Is a Force Field hero and
has plenty of lines, and has an important role in tracking down the
5th Column base.
Jack Emmert - Not a spectacular likeness, but this developer of CoH
appears in the elevator with Horus.
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Anyone else notice that Mentl Midget has his own bubble, and can still attack? I think all bubblers would love the ability to bubble himself, or be able to attack through personal force field.
Dispersion Bubble?
Full guide can now be found at GameFAQs.com !
Updates will be posted there, in individual posts in this thread, and eventually ParagonCity.com's revamped website.
Right now Xanatos and I, mostly Xanatos, are attempting to get in touch with the next comic book artist to get cameo info. Failing that, I'll hit up CuppaJo for some ideas and hope I don't get the same generic "Oh, they'll have to reveal themselves" bull I got on the last HoC.
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The new comic is set in the past, right? So does that nix any chance of cameos? I hope not; it was a nice prize, even if the odds were pretty long.
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The new comic is set in the past, right? So does that nix any chance of cameos? I hope not; it was a nice prize, even if the odds were pretty long.
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They have already had one offical contest for cameos in the Top Cow comics, and I've heard that there have already been Player Heroes in the TC comic already... 
Yep, there was a contest for player characters to appear, and that will be happening in issue #5 (out in about a month). And yes, I believe there have already been a few character cameos in the first three issues (and no, I didn't use the opportunity of my arc in #4-6 to shoehorn in any of my PCs... )
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Is there any new updates to the guide? There's been quite a few player heroes cameoing in the Top Cow run.
There might be some updates for Volume 2, but probably not. My initial attempts to open a line of communucation (through e-mails) for cameo information back when we switched to Top Cow were ignored. The artist recently posted on the forums a few times, but he's unable to give me much info than a couple of the names he can remember off the top of his head.
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Website with some pictures for reference are on the way!
After many delays caused by "Hey, sounds like a great idea!" from almost every fansite out there, and then another huge delay caused by lazyness combined with a broken scanner...
COH Comic Cameos is up, and every month new cameos will be added. Next up are Issue 6's cameos. If any of these characters is yours, feel free to drop by and post about your cameo and I'll include them on your character's page.
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Website with some pictures for reference are on the way!
After many delays caused by "Hey, sounds like a great idea!" from almost every fansite out there, and then another huge delay caused by lazyness combined with a broken scanner...
<a href="http:/www.wawco.com/cohcameos" target="_blank">COH Comic Cameos</a> is up, and every month new cameos will be added. Next up are Issue 6's cameos. If any of these characters is yours, feel free to drop by and post about your cameo and I'll include them on your character's page.
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First link's missing a /, making it bad.
Trying this again, whee.
http://www.wawco.com/cohcameos
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In issue #1 of the comic there was a poster featuring 4 characters from beta. Icerider was one of them but I cant remember the other 3.
Icerider appearing in issue #1 of the CoH comic
Playing CoH since January '04
CoH forum resident since Sept '01
I think I remember that. They were in-game shots of the characters, with bios, right?
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I think I remember that. They were in-game shots of the characters, with bios, right?
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Don't know. Although my character was in it I never got to see the pic. I live in Australia and they didn't send me a copy.
Icerider appearing in issue #1 of the CoH comic
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My main,Lamorak was featured in Vol.2 - Issue 3 - Page 5.
I won the cameo,at a Mark Waid/David Nakayama signing here in L.A.
You can actually see part of the shot in my Avatar pic.
According to David,Lam(my character) was the first cameo to have a sequential panel. Which I thought was neat.
Issue 6 up: Eddie, Firehands, and Sir Arctic
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City of Heroes Comic
Player Cameo Guide
Since the artist's forum posts will always inevitably bite the dust due
to the weekly forum purge of old topics, I figured a Cameo guide that
is updated when a new Player Character appears in the CoH comic was
in order!
As of this update I've also begun working towards a small series of
web pages that will keep track of PC cameos, too. They'll include
all the data I put here, will allow you to sort the list based on order
of appearance, alphabetically, speaking or non-speaking parts, and
other things I can think of. Perhaps number of unique appearances,
should some Player Characters ever return the pages on occasion (which
would be cool, but probably too unfair to everyone else). Scans of
the comics and headshots of the characters will also be included.
This guide will be sorted by comic book issue. Much thanks to Brandon,
the CoH artist, for this info.
Last update: 12-06-2004
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Issues: 1,2, 3, and 4
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Issue #5
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This issue is noteworthy because it is the first case of Player
Character cameos. With the exception of Apex and the telepath/mentalist
in red and purple, the jury consists of Beta Characters picked from a
pool given to the artist.
Freija - The blonde female with the topknot wearing pink/orange (described as
pink by the artist, looks orange to me). Has a non-speaking role in this
issue.
Janey Kindheart - The female foreperson. Introduces herself by name, and wears
purple tights and has purple hair.
Lady Elenya - Female with black hair and red skin, in a skimpy black outfit.
No speaking part.
MoJo TeXaS - The rather outspoken male with brown dreadlocks and pimp suit.
Namaste - The mage in blue with an eye in the middle of his forehead, uses
a spell to gather info about the trial. Helps get everyone in trouble with
the Bailiff.
Pawn of Fate - The lone dissenting Jury member. He has brown hair, eyes without
pupils, and is wearing a white "wifebeater" shirt. This character is known
to have re-created for retail by the player and you might even run into them
someday.
The Last Ancient - Big male with skin colored black. Has big horns, and no
spoken lines.
Soljourn - The male grey-skinned, ninja-type sitting next to Fate. Has
no lines.
Stars'n'Stripes - The redheaded female wearing red, white, and blue. No
lines are spoken in this issue.
Wes The Mess - The big male with blue hair, wearing blue and yellow pants.
No spoken lines.
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Issue #6
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The Jury continues to appear in this issue, but go separate ways
eventually. Wes The Mess speaks up this issue, as does Freija with
a one-liner. Janey flirts it up with Apex a bit, too.
New cameos in this story arc are...
Eddie - One of Namaste's SG members*. Male that has black dreadlocks,
dark/tan skin, and teleportation powers. Has several lines.
Firehands - One of Namaste's SG members*. Female blond in
futuristic body armor and a short black skirt. Uses several fire powers and has several
lines.
Sir Arctic - One of Namaste's SG members*. Large male tanker in medieval
Armor with a big axe. Speaks several lines with a "medieval" accent.
* It isn't clear if these three were actual SG members, or just turned
into SG members for storytelling purposes.
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Issue #7
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Fate, Janey Kindheart, Lady Elenya, Namaste (with SG members Eddie,
Firehands, and Sir Arctic), Soljourn, Stars'n'Stripes, and Wes The
Mess stick around once more. Not a whole lot of talking goes on by
everyone as they get pounded on by the pair of Titans, except for the
three main characters and Eddie and Janey.
Our first cameos involving non-Beta characters begin in this issue!
Cyberlynx - In one of the tubes at the end. Is the artist's character!
KC Render - Another one from the tubes. Only spoken line: "URRMRR." Is
one of the first characters the artist met in-game.
Melanie - Another tube hero! Also is someone the artist met in-game.
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That's about it, so far! I'll update this again when I get issue #8!
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