>Oh, he definitely owes a great stylistic debt to the Grey Ghost, and
>from there back to all the characters the Ghost owes debts to - the
>Spirit, Walter Gibson's The Shadow, the original Crimson
>Avenger...

Right after I posted, I realized that the Grey Ghost was inspired by the Spirit, and I hadn't even thought of the Shadow (to say nothing of the Crimson Avenger, who I'm not familiar with).

I don't have the time, money, or computing power for City of Heroes, but from what I've seen of it, it looks like a pretty badass game. Out of curiosity, what kind of superpowers does the Silver Spectre have? Similar to his forebears (sneaking around in the night; scaring the crap out of, then beating down bad guys)?

Zack