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This is a pair of original characters from the comic I and my wife are developing - 'The Uniques.'

Mentor and Kinetic are the world’s greatest Psions (Psion = Unique with mental powers). They’re also Telepath’s parents. Oh, yeah-- they’re also dead, now. *sigh* They have a rather storied history in the book, including becoming the leaders of the League of Seven (biggest, baddest supergroup in our world), directly contributing to the implementation of civil rights coverage for Uniques, were two of the few people most directly involved in the end of the Cold War and prevention of WWIII, and also acting as beloved and respected superheroes in general.

One thing in our comic is that we didn’t want to do the whole ‘world that hates and fears them’ thing. It’s been done to death, and even the X-Men can’t really make it work too well anymore. We also wanted to tie the existence of the Uniques into our history, and still keep that history fairly close to our ‘real-world’ timeline. So while civil rights were tearing the country apart in the 60’s-70’s, Mentor and Kinetic were the ones acting as the ‘Xavier’ for Unique rights, while their closest friend and teammate became the ‘Magneto.’

Due in large part to the work they did back then, by the time our story starts in 1996, Uniques are an accepted part of society. They perform jobs just like ordinary people, and their being a part of our workforce and social order has lead to some pretty big leaps in technology, environmental safety, and universally available resources. To that end, while their timeline matches ours pretty closely, from the 70’s onward, things get pretty different.

You can read more about Mentor and Kinetic, their powers, and their story in their 'Better Know a Unique' entry on our blog: [link]

Description
This is a pair of original characters from the comic I and my wife are developing - 'The Uniques.'

Mentor and Kinetic are the world’s greatest Psions (Psion = Unique with mental powers). They’re also Telepath’s parents. Oh, yeah-- they’re also dead, now. *sigh* They have a rather storied history in the book, including becoming the leaders of the League of Seven (biggest, baddest supergroup in our world), directly contributing to the implementation of civil rights coverage for Uniques, were two of the few people most directly involved in the end of the Cold War and prevention of WWIII, and also acting as beloved and respected superheroes in general.

One thing in our comic is that we didn’t want to do the whole ‘world that hates and fears them’ thing. It’s been done to death, and even the X-Men can’t really make it work too well anymore. We also wanted to tie the existence of the Uniques into our history, and still keep that history fairly close to our ‘real-world’ timeline. So while civil rights were tearing the country apart in the 60’s-70’s, Mentor and Kinetic were the ones acting as the ‘Xavier’ for Unique rights, while their closest friend and teammate became the ‘Magneto.’

Due in large part to the work they did back then, by the time our story starts in 1996, Uniques are an accepted part of society. They perform jobs just like ordinary people, and their being a part of our workforce and social order has lead to some pretty big leaps in technology, environmental safety, and universally available resources. To that end, while their timeline matches ours pretty closely, from the 70’s onward, things get pretty different.

You can read more about Mentor and Kinetic, their powers, and their story in their 'Better Know a Unique' entry on our blog: [link]