[quote=@Dedonus]
Would something like this work (at least for the interest check) or do you think I need more details?

1) Heroes have been in the public light for a decade max.  Your character can be a newcomer to the heroics/villainy scene or a seasoned veteran (or anywhere in between).

2) The idea of mutants is common scientific knowledge.  What are human-mutants relations like at the moment?  How did "mutant-kind" come into being?

3) S.H.I.E.L.D. is an active spy organization that monitors superhuman activity.  Will they work from the shadows or will they be more public about their actions? 

4) A group of heroes have relatively recently banded together to stop a threat that no single hero could handle.  What threat did they face?  Who is part of this team?  What are they called (Avengers, Defenders, Ultimates, etc.), is up to you.

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1) I agree with Sep, there should be small random occurrences of superheroes (Cap in the 40's, maybe like Tony Stark's grandpa as an earlier Iron Man in the 60's as an example, so on and so forth).  But now its really starting to pick up very notably.

2) If we're going to make this modern lets just play off of the current stuff involving the LGBT/Minorities in the US and world, mutants have recently been able to be given rights and its a pretty even keel of opinion of them.  Some think mutants are okay or even great, others think mutants are abominations and should be destroyed.  Meanwhile there are other countries where mutants are just straight up executed if found.

3) We can start them as shadow, but when whatever big first story hits they're forced to become public leading to issues.  That or just keep them shadow based but work with the heroes as sort of a hidden police of superheroes.

4) I would say lets go simple, Skrulls invaded, Avengers were formed by SHIELD though shown as more a UN creation.