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== Popularity ==

A character receives a +1 shift on a Popularity FEAT if the target previously owes them a favor.

Changes to Popularity are tracked in ''headlines'' (generally the same as the published awards and penalties to Popularity). A character can 'cash in' 10 headlines to improve their Popularity by one rank; a character who collects 10 negative headlines loses one rank of Popularity.

''Everybody loves a winner:'' Publicly defeating a costumed character (even another hero!) in public generates a minimum of +1 headline (though depending on circumstances this may be counterbalanced by resulting media attacks or criminal charges). Publicly defeating a character with negative Popularity generates headlines equal to their popularity rank (e.g. defeating the Beetle earns +4 headlines, while defeating the Red Skull earns +9).