The Magnifcent Men

[Mr. E. Liturazy]

THE MAGNIFICENT MEN

Great fictional characters never die, they just get rewritten...

A threat that the world could never foresee called them together. Men and women of strange sciences and spectacular skills. John "Hannibal" Smith, the most brilliant tactical mind the world has ever known, Steve Austin the Six Million Dollar Man, superhuman cyborg, John Steed and Emma Peel, adventurers known as the Avengers, Martin O'Hara, your favorite Martian, Jeannie, mystical Djinn with mystical powers, Dr. Herman Munster, Frankenstein's monster and the world's greatest surgeon and Kwai-Chang Caine, the greatest martial artist ever--answer the call of duty.

CHAPTER 1: SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
CHAPTER 2: A MONK AND A COWBOY
CHAPTER 3: WHO KILLED THE BIONIC WOMAN?
CHAPTER 4: THE MODERN PROMETHEUS
CHAPTER 5: THE MAGNIFICENT MEN
CHAPTER 6: WHEN MINDS MEET
CHAPTER 7: WORLDS DON'T SAVE THEMSELVES

HANNIBAL
Name:
John Smith

First Appearance:
A-Team Season 1, Episode 1: Mexican Slayride pt. 1

Colonel John Smith, during a mission in Iraq, was wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit. The only man that could clear their name was killed during said mission which led Hannibal and his team to flee the law and become soldiers of fortune. Hannibal is known for his ability to come up with ideas on the fly and loving the thrill of a fight which his men often refer to him "being on the jazz." Most of all, he loves it when a plan comes together.

DR. MUNSTER
Name:
Herman Munster

First Appearance:
The Munsters Season 1, Episode 1: Munsters Masquerade
(Based on Frankenstein's Monster from Mary Shelley's The Modern Prometheus)

Doctor Herman Munster is known for being the greatest surgeon known to man. After escaping Germany, he was adopted by the Munsters in England despite his monstrous appearance. He later moved to America with his new wife where they began a family. After the death of his son he became obsessed with the field of medicine. His wife left him after he'd turned to alcohol to cope with his pain.

CAINE
Name:
Kwai Chang Caine

First Appearance:
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Season 1, Episode 1: Initiation pt 1

The descendant of the original Kwai Chang Caine who came from China in search for long lost family. Kwai Chang is currently living as a medicine doctor in San Francisco. A master of every style known to man, Kwai Chang is by far the most dangerous man in the world with his hands.

STEED
Name:
John Wickham Gascoyne Berresford Steed

First Appearance:
The Avengers Series 1, Episode 1: Hot Snow

Born to a noble family, Steed is a super-agent of an unnamed branch of British Military Intelligence specializing in strange happenings. Not much is known other than he fought in the war and that he's an invaluable asset to Britain.

MRS. PEEL
Name:
Emma Peel

First Appearance:
The Avengers Series 4, Episode 1: The Town of No Return

A young woman with a mysterious past. At the age of 21 she took up her father's business and became head of Knight Industries. After the disappearance of her husband, Steed approached her to become his partner due to her skills and together they were known as the Avengers. They parted ways after her husband resurfaced.

JEANNIE
Name:
Jean Nelson

First Appearance:
I Dream of Jeannie Season 1, Episode 1: The Lady in the Bottle

Entrapped in a bottle and turned into a Djinn by an evil Djinn who wished for her hand in marriage. It was centuries before she was released by Tony Nelson, an astronaut she was taken with and lived with until they were married. Tony eventually passed on, freeing her from her bonds as a Djinn while she went on to travel the world, settling in Las Vegas where she performs as a dancer.

THE MARTIAN
Name:
Martin O'Hara

First Appearance:
My Favorite Martian Season 1, Episode 1: My Favorite Martian

Crashing to Earth during an anthropological examination of the planet, he was saved by a human named Tim O'Hara. Adopting the name Martin and posing as Tim's uncle, he eventually fell in love with Earth's culture and humanity itself. Currently he's a Professor at Stanford University teaching Anthropology.

THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
Name:
Steve Austin

First Appearance:
Six Million Dollar Man television movie "The Moon and the Desert"
(Based on Steve Austin from Martin Caidin's Cyborg)

After a tragic accident in an experimental plane, Steve Austin lost both of his legs, his arm and suffered trauma to his skull. The Office of Scientific Intelligence took Steve's mangled body and rebuilt him, better, faster, stronger. Operating as an agent of the OSI, he gained fame and was revered around the world.

Inspired by Alan Moore's usage of Victorian age science fiction and drama literature characters. Instead of Victorian characters from books, I decided to use characters from Classic television shows (strictly from the 50's to the 80's only). Fair warning, these characters are my take on them drawing inspiration from a number of incarnations of them (though, mainly their most prominent incarnations). There are also characters that I've changed, almost dramatically, and hopefully this does not offend or aggravate any readers.

Please enjoy, questions, comments and concerns are welcome. As are suggestions for future chapters such as characters you would like to see or whatever.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the characters or any of the concepts in this story. So...yeah. Whattup.

[Mr. E. Liturazy]

+ Chapter 7 added