This was a blast to read! Thanks for going to all the trouble of writing it up.
My favorite bit:
urbwar wrote:Interlude 2: realizing there is nothing more to be learned at the museum, the remaining heroes try and figure out how to join their team mates. American Ape finds a life size model of a flying contraption designed by Da Vinci. He takes it to the street, the others jump on, and he starts to peddle furiously, until they take off into the air!
All Renaissance aircraft should be powered by apes--preferably the patriotic, sentient kind.