A retired superhero runs a quiet hardware store until her old nemesis opens a rival shop across the street.
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Capes, seen from the side door: the retired hero, the sidekick left on their own, the henchman who quit. The powers are the hook; what the person does with an ordinary Tuesday is the story.
Press start on any of them and it lands in the premise box of a new comic, where every word is yours to change. Then you pick a look, meet the cast, and Panel & Ink writes and draws the first issue.
No. 1 No. 2 A sidekick whose hero has vanished has to finish the case alone, in a borrowed cape that doesn't fit.
Start with this ideaNo. 3 The city's least impressive superhero has one power: she always knows where the nearest lost thing is.
Start with this ideaNo. 4 A villain's henchman quits and starts a support group for other henchmen.
Start with this ideaNo. 5 A superhero's biggest fan becomes her landlord, and knows far too much.
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Looks that suit it
Draw it in one of these.
Or in any of the twenty-eight. A comic picks one look on its second step, and every panel of every issue keeps it.
Silver-Age Halftonebold ink, halftone dots, bright primaries 
Modern Superherodetailed ink, rich digital colour 
Golden Age Four-Colourbold outlines, flat primary colours 
Nineties Extremedense hatching, loud colour, huge poses
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