So with the release of "Zenith Comics Presents: Supervillains! Vol. 1" edging even nearer (1 more piece of art and we are good to go man!), my partner in crime Walt and I have started kicking around an idea.  The idea is to create 1 character folios that have a complete character, with art and stats to use in your games.

There's only one catch... I was sort of opposed to the idea of selling superheroes, since to me the idea is for YOUR characters to be the stars of the setting and if I produce more villains, wouldn't that just be double-sipping on upcoming roster books?

So being completely unsure of which way to go with this, I turn to you all and ask for your thoughts;

• Would hero profiles/folios be something that would interest you?

• Should I maybe do villains instead?

• Is there another idea that I am completely missing that would bite me if it were a snake?

Thanks for taking the time and I am cross posting this on my blog.

Sorry for taking so long to respond, as I somehow missed this. My personal preference is for villains, or a generic locale. Say a villain base, that could easily be dropped into an ongoing campaign. Nothing spectacular, but a map or two, with enough enough on the location to make it and interesting setting.

99 Cents definitely isn't a bad deal. You spend that on a candy bar.

With all due respect comparing the ICONS Hero Pack is not a fair comparission.

The reason why is we all paid Dan $15 - $25 per character art piece, with the agreement that he could use them for publication.  I pulled my Zenith Characters once Adamant decided to publish it for sale.

There is no way anyone can compete with a product that;

A] Has all the art paid for by the users (in this case a minimum of $1800 paid to artist).

B] Is created by the artist himself, thereby making his art issues his own and not paying out of pocket to someone else and then waiting, waiting, waiting and waiting for the art to arrive in a vacuum.

Now, as to you issue of value vs. product.  Yes a series of plot seeds would be a wonderful thing, but again this is not the item I am asking about (though everything I produce has Hooks in it to make for more use than just a bunch of stats).  Though like the idea of locations it is something to think about, down the road.

Based on your price comparisons ($4 for 30 villains or $1.99 for 120 villains) I shouldn't expect you to purchase "Zenith Comics Presents: Supervillains! Vol. 1" which will provide 11 villains for $1.99?  A shame, though I totally understand you reasoning for your price points.

So based on the feedback I have seen for this idea (single hero/villain dossiers) I probably can't seen myself producing them.  No one seems to like the idea and that's that.  No harm no foul.

I was aware of how the Icons pack worked - actually, it was a $20 purchase per person who paid to have their character illustrated, then they asked if they could publish the characters.

So yes, the artist was paid for his art by the people who created the characters, but the book is now up for sale to people who didn't pay up front.

I would be willing to consider 11 characters for $2, as that is much closer to the format of 30 for $4.  But $1 for 1, no, I wouldn't pay that.