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Well technically I guess my idea is sort of been done in a way, thing is my twist is to have them in modern times. Like can you imagine Tarzan running around these days doing that "Me Tarzan" bit. Maybe he could say stuff like Tarzan Smash.
I figure Time-Rider is going to have something to do with these time lost heroes.
It could be kind of like the Avengers or the JLA but instead of Green Arrow or Hawkeye I use the one that started it all, Robin Hood for example and Zorro could be Batman that is if Zorro is really public domain. I've read he is but I'm not sure how to verify that for sure.
He's listed here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Public_domain_characters as public domain but then there's this like official website called Zorro.com that seems to think they own the copyright.
He was created by pulp writer Johnston McCulley, and first made his appearance in The Curse of Capistrano, serialized in the pulp magazine All-Story Weekly in 1919.
According to wiki
The work was created and first published before January 1, 1923, or at least 95 years before January 1 of the current year, whichever is later;
The last surviving author died at least 70 years before January 1 of the current year;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
I would probably change the costume a little bit and maybe give him a gun, something a little more present day, maybe a gimmick or two.
I really really wish I knew for sure about this public domain thing otherwise I'll have to stick with only the really old heroes.
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