OPTIMA
While a young girl in India, she began to manifest unusual abilities that she was unable to control. At first, she and her family kept her abilities a secret, and she gradually learned to control them to some degree. Eventually, however, she was found out. The religious leaders of her village viewed her as a […]
PAINTED LADY
The Painted Lady is a villain who is able to send people and objects into the ‘reality’ of paintings and bring them out again. She has fought Black Orchid, TNT Todd and others. She also briefly delighted in sending Emulex into Renaissance and cubist paintings, until she lost interest. Art by Brendon and Brian […]
RAVEN
A lifelong student of the martial arts, as a young adult he became a highly skilled member of an elite covert missions/special ops team, developing various technical skills and abilities. He undertook a variety morally ambiguous missions, eventually culminating in a special operation in Costa Muerte, South America. Betrayed by another member of the agency […]
SENTINELS
The Sentinels formed in response to an attack on the United Nations by the Simian Savant, Cyborilla. Despite roster changes and the never ending schemes of the planet’s villains, the Sentinels remain at the vanguard of protecting the Earth, with no end in sight. Art by Brendon Fraim, Mitch Ballard, and Gerry Turnbull
SILVER AGENTS
The Silver Agents, featuring WonderMan, Lady Fairplay, and the Wraith. Art by Brendon and Brian Fraim
SORĉISTINO
Overjoyed with having a child, her parents raised her to be confident and assertive, which helped lay the groundwork for her successes later in life. Her genetic predisposition to magic first manifested at a young age. Wanting to understand and master her abilities, she sought out any information on magic she could, eventually coming to […]
SPRING HEEL JACK
Alex Redmond was a member of a world-traveling circus acrobat family. Alex received an eclectic education from his fellow circus people. One night in England, an attempt was made to burn down the circus, resulting in the death of his family and several friends. Discovering that the arson was to collect insurance money by the […]
TARANTULA
Richard Stevenson is a materials engineer who developed a thin, lightweight bullet resistant material and uses it in a suit to fight crime in Damark City. Art by JW Erwin and Rob Shalda
THE HYPERIAN
Kirk Vane was an accomplished astronomer. While studying the astronomical data in a Mayan temple, he and his wife were trapped when part of the temple collapsed. Making a psychic connection with a symbol on one of the glyphs, the symbol glowed and manifesting as a spinning object in front of him, beckoning him to […]
TNT TODD
Todd was both an F.B.I. field agent and a chemist. During an experiment, a strange purple gas was released accidentally into his lab. Because Todd could not escape, he inhaled large amounts of the gas which he discovered had given him superpowers, such as flight and disintegrating beams fired from his hands. Todd then donned […]