The Art of Mindsweeper

This hero’s vast nuclear power means nothing when a diabolical mind controlling villain finds his normal human mind.

Two images of Power Pup from Alex Miller’s Cave. The drawing is by an artist named Janu.

As the kryptonite-chloroform robbed him of his powers and consciousness, a confused Superman’s last thought was, “How can I keep losing to this unpowered human?” Behind him, a smirking Batman knew the reason. The Kryptonian subconsciously wanted to lose.

2017

Love the pose - so heroic - but couldn’t figure out who to make him, so I opted for an Elseworlds version of Superman.

Aracniss, Overfiend and Pharaoh from the “How to Kill a Superhero” series.

Check out a review of the new third book in the four-part series “Transformation Fetish” over at The Cave blog.

The Fighter from the “How to Kill a Superhero” series.

Check out a review of the new third book in the four-part series “Transformation Fetish” over at The Cave blog.

Thanks, man. I hope to have new stuff coming later this week.

Superman + Captain Marvel? Hm, two origin thoughts: (1) the wizard chooses young Clark for the powers of SHAZAM instead of Billy; or (2) a Kryptonian infused with the power of Krypton’s gods (whose names coincidentally form an acronym to spell out SHAZAM in English) comes to Earth under our yellow sun for a double dose of power.

In either case, he could be more muscular than either separately and wear tight purple with a lot of gold accessories. His normal weaknesses would be negated by the impossible power of the combination, but he’d have double the ‘boy scout’ personality. He’d be doubly strong, so his villains would need to be doubly brilliant and ruthless. I see three types of plots. (1) Villains who would use threats of violence against civilians to force him to submit to their will or risk innocent lives. (2) Mind control would still be a major threat. (3) Using Kryptonite gags on Clark/new Kryptonian before he could say SHAZAM.