Each supervillain has a two-page write-up including a picture, complete game statistics, a history, abilities, and battle tactics.

This slim volume manages to pack in about two dozen socially maladjusted supers.

Super Scum was written by Mark Johnson, with a cover by Alan Gutierrez and illustrations by Doug Shuler, and was published by Steve Jackson Games in 1989 as a 64-page book.

[2] Mike Jarvis reviewed GURPS Super Scum for Games International magazine, and gave it 3 stars out of 5, and stated that "While hardly being indispensable, this is certainly a useful book for GURPS Supers referees.

We all know the feeling of trying to get a scenario ready at the last minute, and this book is a definite labour saving device for those times, or a springboard for ideas when you're short of a plot.