Re: mundane superpower origins?

"Mikel Midnight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matt
> Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > What happens to the guy who gets hit by a bus?  Do we get Busman?  I
> > think we should.  Or possibly an evil supervillian; the Transporter!
> > The Scheduler!
>
> Actually, that's one of the big problem with DC's metagene of several
> years back.  Supposedly 25% of the population had it, and it was called
> to activation when someone was threatened with death.  But on that
> account we'd be seeing a lot of Busmans and the like.
>
> I actually thought the metagene was a good idea, but that percentile is
> inane.
>

You sure it was that high?  I know we discussed the stat recently on here,
but I don't recall it being so high.  More like 1 in 1000 (which is still a
lot)...


michael j pastor