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What was Magnus' harbinger power?

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He's the son of a harbinger and acquired Torque's strength. What does Magnus add to the Harby pool? (I'm pretty sure they mention it in the early early issues but lets see if anyone here is thinking the same thing)
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The ability to pull off a mini skirt and Nancy Sinatra boots? :?

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Blood of Heroes wrote: Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:07:23 pm The ability to pull off a mini skirt and Nancy Sinatra boots? :?
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Blood of Heroes wrote: Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:07:23 pm The ability to pull off a mini skirt and Nancy Sinatra boots? :?
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Blood of Heroes wrote: Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:07:23 pm The ability to pull off a mini skirt and Nancy Sinatra boots? :?
I don't believe I'd say he pulled it off and I really don't want him to pull it off. You guys and your homoerotica. :roll:
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geocarr wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:24:20 pm
Blood of Heroes wrote: Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:07:23 pm The ability to pull off a mini skirt and Nancy Sinatra boots? :?
I don't believe I'd say he pulled it off and I really don't want him to pull it off. You guys and your homoerotica. :roll:
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I thought his outfit looked fabulous, and he knew how to spank a robot.
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The Chosen 1 wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:46:15 pm
geocarr wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:24:20 pm
Blood of Heroes wrote: Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:07:23 pm The ability to pull off a mini skirt and Nancy Sinatra boots? :?
I don't believe I'd say he pulled it off and I really don't want him to pull it off. You guys and your homoerotica. :roll:
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I thought his outfit looked fabulous, and he knew how to spank a robot.
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The Chosen 1 wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:46:15 pm
geocarr wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:24:20 pm
Blood of Heroes wrote: Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:07:23 pm The ability to pull off a mini skirt and Nancy Sinatra boots? :?
I don't believe I'd say he pulled it off and I really don't want him to pull it off. You guys and your homoerotica. :roll:
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I thought his outfit looked fabulous, and he knew how to spank a robot.
You guys must be getting to me. I could have shown Chosen 1s Avatar ?tag? said Harbinger rank: Sinatra

But to get this conversation back on track, I don't know of anything beyond strength and "physical toughness" and training, so I'd be very curious to know
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He got the hardened skin and enhanced strength, same as his father. His son also got this same Harbinger ability. Some Harbinger got the same powers as their parents, and some got wildly different powers. Some even got powers plus...like Obadiah Konishi.

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Ramses818 wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:44:46 pm He got the hardened skin and enhanced strength, same as his father. His son also got this same Harbinger ability. Some Harbinger got the same powers as their parents, and some got wildly different powers. Some even got powers plus...like Obadiah Konishi.
Torque, Pete's offspring, and Obadiah all have very similar powers. But who got wildly different powers?

Even the McHenry's have almost identical powers. :hm:

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Yes I am curious as well. Who had powers unlike their parents?
Sunlight on Snow wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:36:28 am
Ramses818 wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:44:46 pm He got the hardened skin and enhanced strength, same as his father. His son also got this same Harbinger ability. Some Harbinger got the same powers as their parents, and some got wildly different powers. Some even got powers plus...like Obadiah Konishi.
Torque, Pete's offspring, and Obadiah all have very similar powers. But who got wildly different powers?

Even the McHenry's have almost identical powers. :hm:
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You got it! He has his father's strength but I never remember Torque having hardened skin. In one early issue Magnus is at dinner with some Senators and one asks him how is able to smash robots. Magnus says he can harden his skin - it is just a matter of concentration. Sounds like a Harbinger ability to me.

Given that Shooter was so precise as to give Thumper spent Uranium weights I wouldn't be surprised if he ultimately meant the skin to be Magnus' (sort of) latent Harby ability :hm:
Ramses818 wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:44:46 pm He got the hardened skin and enhanced strength, same as his father. His son also got this same Harbinger ability. Some Harbinger got the same powers as their parents, and some got wildly different powers. Some even got powers plus...like Obadiah Konishi.
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jakgrimm wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:39:14 am You got it! He has his father's strength but I never remember Torque having hardened skin. In one early issue Magnus is at dinner with some Senators and one asks him how is able to smash robots. Magnus says he can harden his skin - it is just a matter of concentration. Sounds like a Harbinger ability to me.
It was never really mentioned, however, when Magnus' body is possessed by the Immortal Enemy he believes to be unstoppable, then he knocks out Slagger and Armstrong but is eventually knocked unconscious by Torque, meaning ultimately Torque's body is at least as strong and durable as Magnus' body. You can also see that they both have perfect skin under their ripped suits.

It's at the end of the Eternal Geomancer arc. Pay attention to their right knees. :lol:

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Sunlight on Snow wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:42:56 am
jakgrimm wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:39:14 am You got it! He has his father's strength but I never remember Torque having hardened skin. In one early issue Magnus is at dinner with some Senators and one asks him how is able to smash robots. Magnus says he can harden his skin - it is just a matter of concentration. Sounds like a Harbinger ability to me.
It was never really mentioned, however, when Magnus' body is possessed by the Immortal Enemy he believes to be unstoppable, then he knocks out Slagger and Armstrong but is eventually knocked unconscious by Torque, meaning ultimately Torque's body is at least as strong and durable as Magnus' body. You can also see that they both have perfect skin under their ripped suits.

It's at the end of the Eternal Geomancer arc. Pay attention to their right knees. :lol:
Dammit! Dammit dammit dammit! I just spoiled Geomancer Quest for myself and I've been looking forward to it for about two or three years. It's been sitting around waiting for me to get the time to read it.
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Oxmyx wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:29:23 pm
Sunlight on Snow wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:42:56 am
jakgrimm wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:39:14 am You got it! He has his father's strength but I never remember Torque having hardened skin. In one early issue Magnus is at dinner with some Senators and one asks him how is able to smash robots. Magnus says he can harden his skin - it is just a matter of concentration. Sounds like a Harbinger ability to me.
It was never really mentioned, however, when Magnus' body is possessed by the Immortal Enemy he believes to be unstoppable, then he knocks out Slagger and Armstrong but is eventually knocked unconscious by Torque, meaning ultimately Torque's body is at least as strong and durable as Magnus' body. You can also see that they both have perfect skin under their ripped suits.

It's at the end of the Eternal Geomancer arc. Pay attention to their right knees. :lol:
Dammit! Dammit dammit dammit! I just spoiled Geomancer Quest for myself and I've been looking forward to it for about two or three years. It's been sitting around waiting for me to get the time to read it.
Yeah, you said you were curious. Sorry!

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Sunlight on Snow wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 4:29:11 am
Oxmyx wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:29:23 pm
Sunlight on Snow wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:42:56 am
jakgrimm wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:39:14 am You got it! He has his father's strength but I never remember Torque having hardened skin. In one early issue Magnus is at dinner with some Senators and one asks him how is able to smash robots. Magnus says he can harden his skin - it is just a matter of concentration. Sounds like a Harbinger ability to me.
It was never really mentioned, however, when Magnus' body is possessed by the Immortal Enemy he believes to be unstoppable, then he knocks out Slagger and Armstrong but is eventually knocked unconscious by Torque, meaning ultimately Torque's body is at least as strong and durable as Magnus' body. You can also see that they both have perfect skin under their ripped suits.

It's at the end of the Eternal Geomancer arc. Pay attention to their right knees. :lol:
Dammit! Dammit dammit dammit! I just spoiled Geomancer Quest for myself and I've been looking forward to it for about two or three years. It's been sitting around waiting for me to get the time to read it.
Yeah, you said you were curious. Sorry!
Why didn't Obie or Torque get Leeja's powers?That would have made them both really strong.
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mramsterdam wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:59:29 pm
Sunlight on Snow wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 4:29:11 am
Oxmyx wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:29:23 pm
Sunlight on Snow wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:42:56 am
jakgrimm wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:39:14 am You got it! He has his father's strength but I never remember Torque having hardened skin. In one early issue Magnus is at dinner with some Senators and one asks him how is able to smash robots. Magnus says he can harden his skin - it is just a matter of concentration. Sounds like a Harbinger ability to me.
It was never really mentioned, however, when Magnus' body is possessed by the Immortal Enemy he believes to be unstoppable, then he knocks out Slagger and Armstrong but is eventually knocked unconscious by Torque, meaning ultimately Torque's body is at least as strong and durable as Magnus' body. You can also see that they both have perfect skin under their ripped suits.

It's at the end of the Eternal Geomancer arc. Pay attention to their right knees. :lol:
Dammit! Dammit dammit dammit! I just spoiled Geomancer Quest for myself and I've been looking forward to it for about two or three years. It's been sitting around waiting for me to get the time to read it.
Yeah, you said you were curious. Sorry!
Why didn't Obie or Torque get Leeja's powers?That would have made them both really strong.
I don't think Leeja had Harby powers, she was just sensative to the ectotheric energy like M'ree was. I mean it still doesn't mean it couldn't have been passed down but there's no precedent for that. Or did she have other powers later on?

And didn't Obie develop his own harby powers toward the end as well?
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Now this is a Valiant Fans thread...

Seriously. I'm not joking. Here's to more of this inane banter, discussion of decades old comics, and people getting upset that decades old story lines are spoiled.

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lorddunlow wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:38:57 pm Now this is a Valiant Fans thread...

Seriously. I'm not joking. Here's to more of this inane banter, discussion of decades old comics, and people getting upset that decades old story lines are spoiled.

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lorddunlow wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:38:57 pm Now this is a Valiant Fans thread...

Seriously. I'm not joking. Here's to more of this inane banter, discussion of decades old comics, and people getting upset that decades old story lines are spoiled.

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lorddunlow wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:38:57 pm Now this is a Valiant Fans thread...

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I'm going with super strength and hardened skin. Bullets bounce off Torque.

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mramsterdam wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:59:29 pm Why didn't Obie or Torque get Leeja's powers?That would have made them both really strong.
Obie did. Will look up the details. EDIT: It's what issue 51 of Magnus builds up to.

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