In 1979, Jeff Dee and Jack Herman created the original Villains And Vigilantes, the game that brought classic comic book style superheroes into the world of role-playing games. It inspired thousands of crossover fans between comics and gaming, and spawned dozens of imitations.

Villains And Vigilantes is legendary among role-playing games for its dynamic random super-powered character generation system, its accessible, open and fast-paced rules, and the imaginative, far-ranging campaign universe created by Jeff Dee and Jack Herman.