Heroes

ESCAPEMAN
Real Name: Unknown
Abilities: Teleportation, Electric Shock, Flight.
Affiliation: None. (formerly the leader of Atomic 7)

Info: Escapeman is an out of work super hero with slight mental problems. More often than not he ends up being the voice of reason by default.


THE TARGET
Real Name: None
Abilities: Projectile attraction.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Violent. Mischevious. Completely without remorse. The Target leaves a path of destruction almost everywhere he goes, but he's fun at parties so no one seems to mind.


SPACE HEAD
Real Name: None
Abilities: Able to conjure items and creatures from head.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Slightly more responcible than The Target, but only because he's more into parties than random destruction. Plays in a rock band.


BRICKETTE
Real Name: Brickette Stampado
Abilities: Random violence.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Escapeman's punkish gothish kinda girlfriend. It's not clear how close they really are, or if they even particularly care.


CAPTAIN PAWN
Real Name: Unknown
Abilities: Master of weaponry and armed combat.
Affiliation: Atomic 7 (leader)

Info: Runs a pawn shop for super heroes. Hell of a nice guy, but somewhat motivated by cash. Often times seen carrying unclaimed pawned items into battle.


PAPER DOLL
Real Name: Unknown
Abilities: Able to clone himself, as flat and light as paper.
Affiliation: Atomic 7 (second in command)

Info: The paper-thin hero who can create a nearly limitless supply of clones. He's a quiet chap who mostly keeps to himself.


BOOGERNAUT
Real Name: Arnold Lister
Abilities: Elasticity, Shape manipulation.
Affiliation: Atomic 7

Info: A product of science gone wrong, Boogernaut is a paranoid (sometimes dillusional) glob of snot-like material. He is highly malleable, and usually freaked out of his gourd.


WAR HEAD
Real Name: None.
Abilities: Highly explosive, impervious to damage from said explosions.
Affiliation: Atomic 7

Info: War Head is very dumb. Though he causes devistating explosions, I'm not worried about what he'll do when he reads this. Why? Because he's too stupid to use the internet - and that's pretty stupid.


HEADY THE HEAD BOY
Real Name: Duane Nolen
Abilities: Flight, air blasts.
Affiliation: Atomic 7

Info: 'Heady' for short. His melon is full of super-light gas, which allows him to levitate and makes him sort of rubbery as well. His vocabulary consists of 90% "Dude" and 10% "Whoa".


PILLOW
Real Name: Unknown
Abilities: Flight. Super-human strength and speed, invulnerable.
Affiliation: Atomic 7

Info: Indestructable, unstoppable, and posessed of the shortest fuse of all the other heroes. He is easy to rile, and when this happens his cute exterior does little to hide his berzerker rage.


IOTA
Real Name: None
Abilities: Size manipulation.
Affiliation: Atomic 7

Info: When Escapeman left the Atomic Seven, Iota filled the void. Iota has the ability to shrink to sub-atomic size, and to grow several stories tall. He is an enigmatic guy, but is always nearby when you need him.


MISTER CAKE
Real Name: Unknown
Abilities: Conjures cakes.
Affiliation: None

Info: Escman's highschool classmate. He posesses a cake server that can seemily create cake slices of any given flavor or effect. He is currently engaged to Laura Light, another former schoolmate.


THE MITTEN
Real Name: Abner Jenkins
Abilities: Hand-to-hand combat.
Affiliation: Awesome Foursome

Info: He embodies the grim and gritty anti-hero. When he was a small child, his mitten was stolen. He never got over it, and now he runs around beating up criminals while wearing the remaining mitten. Don't look at me like that.


SNOWGIRL
Real Name: Alexis Tundra
Abilities: Snow/Ice generation and manipulation.
Affiliation: Awesome Foursome

Info: The queen of cold, Snowgirl freezes crime in its tracks. She's a no-nonsense kind of gal, and though some may say she's given them the cold shoulder, they really should have seen it coming.


DRIBBLER
Real Name: Rudy Riggs
Abilities: Super-human agility, expert marksman.
Affiliation: Awesome Foursome

Info: Once the greatest all-star basketball player in the NBA, Dribbler got bored with the whole 'athlete' thing and gave it all up to become a super hero. Now he uses his spectacular basketball skills to fight crime and impress the ladies.


PICKLE
Real Name: Unknown
Abilities: Unknown.
Affiliation: Awesome Foursome

Info: Some kinda mutant pickle.. He's a freaky little lunatic with no real abilities aside from smelling like brine.


(I just realized he doesn't have any good pictures to display here!)

CHANCE RAVENHART
Real Name: Same as above.
Abilities: Hand-to-hand combat, armed combat.
Affiliation: Knight Club

Info: At a young age, Chance witnessed the murder of her elder brother. At that point, her life as the pampered princess of the family was over. She took up her brother's work load, lest her family go poor. Eventually, she began a personal quest to find her brother's killer.


VINCENT CARTER
Real Name: Same as above.
Abilities: Above average intelligence, swordsman.
Affiliation: Knight Club

Info: Sir Carter is a swordsman beyond compare, and a bit of a trickster. He has a certain level of intelligence that works to his advantage in most situations, but can become very tiresome for those around him.


TED THE ARMORER
Real Name: Theodore Gulgrid
Abilities: Above average strength and stamina, weapon and armor crafting.
Affiliation: Knight Club

Info: Ted comes from a long line of armorers, weapon-makers and blacksmiths. He knows his stuff when it comes to crafting, but not much else. He's built like a shaved gorilla, and he can be twice as mean.


LERON
Real Name: Same as above.
Abilities: Super-human pinaché.
Affiliation: Knight Club

Info: After a very sheltered upbringing, LeRon left his small fishing villiage and family behind to become an adventurer. He has an overly romantic view of the world, and has very little skill as a fighter. He never lets this get in the way, however.


CATSCRATCH
Real Name: Desireé Padfoot
Abilities: Super-human agility and senses, poisonous claws.
Affiliation: None


LAURA LIGHT
Real Name: Same as above.
Abilities: Generates light with varying effects.
Affiliation: None.


PRINCESS POWER
Real Name: Gwen Clearwater
Abilities: Above average strength and stamina, flight, might wield Excaliber.
Affiliation: None.


SGT. SPECTRUM
Real Name: Lionel Sherman.
Abilities: Generates multi-colored beams with different effects.
Affiliation: None.


MISTER JUSTICE
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: Super-human speed, strength, agility, and stamina. Possibly immortal.
Affiliation: None


Deceased?

DADDY LONG LEGS
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: Extending limbs, robotic 'daddy long legs' spiders.
Affiliation: None.


UNCLE ZERB
Real Name: Same as above.
Abilities: Unknown.
Affiliation: None.


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Villains

PRESIDENT FOOG
Real Name: Arthur Foogison.
Abilities: Mastery of Hell magic.
Affiliation: E.V.I.L. (disbanded)

Info: The current President of the United States of America. Foog is an evil witch doctor from Hell who ran for office successfully because citizens had become ignorant and apathetic. He's crossed paths with Escman and the Atomic 7 quite a few times.


CONTROL MAN
Real Name: Unknown
Abilities: Above average intelligence, high-tech weapons and machinery.
Affiliation: E.V.I.L. (disbanded)

Info: Hailing from an alternate reality, Control Man is actually the evil antithesis of Escapeman himself. Control Man seeks domination of all dimensions and their inhabitants.


CAPTAIN NEGATIVE
Real Name: None.
Abilities: Limited mind control, limited shape-shifting.
Affiliation: E.V.I.L. (disbanded)

Info: The father of all downers, Captain Negative can control others, or instill in them deep depression and self loathing. He loves nothing more than to make people miserable.


GAME MASTER
Real Name: Andrew Beck
Abilities: Usually none. Gains 'magical' abilities from time to time.
Affiliation: E.V.I.L. (disbanded)

Info: An RPG-obsessed young man who has taken his love of roleplay a litle too far. Through various means he has been able to obtain the "magical" abilities of a character he plays.


SUPER-COLLIDER
Real Name: None.
Abilities: Able to manipulate his own gravitational field.
Affiliation: E.V.I.L. (disbanded)

Info: Drunk, surly, and able to collide with things really hard. He usually hangs out with the Sinister Spine, since they're both robots and share a love of professional badminton.


SINISTER SPINE
Real Name: None.
Abilities: Built-in spiked mace, constricting 'spinal cord'.
Affiliation: E.V.I.L. (disbanded)

Info: Little more than a length of robotic spine with a head, most of Spine's power lies in the gigantic spiked mace at the other end of his metal 'body'.


PROFESSOR URANUS
Real Name: Um'Gakk Bluxxon
Abilities: Limited molecular manipulation.
Affiliation: E.V.I.L. (disbanded)

Info: This alien miscreant comes from Uranus, and is named after his home world. Uranus is sensitive, at least when it comes to people making fun of his planet's name. Uranus is highly intelligent, but easily aggitated.


TAD
Real Name: Same as above.
Abilities: Eye lasers!
Affiliation: E.V.I.L. (disbanded)

Info: Very little is known about Tad, save for the fact that he is a floating robotic head that can shoot lasers from his eyes. He also loves television to the point that he is incapable of talking about anything else.


THE PLUG
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: Unknown.
Affiliation: E.V.I.L. (disbanded)

Info: The Plug has never actually been called upon to do anything. Thusly, his powers are a complete and utter mystery. He likes to eat anything that isn't nailed down, and has tenticles.


PALMETTO MAN
Real Name: Paul Meadowman
Abilities: Armored suit, flight, 'sting' ray.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Fashioning his costume after a palmetto bug, he has, for whatever stupid reason, added 'stinger' lasers to his arsenal. He believes that insects are superior to humans in most every manner.


LARGE SCARY MAN
Real Name: Henry Clugman
Abilities: Several stories tall, has rocket launchers.
Affiliation: None.

Info: What more do you really need to know?


THE BURNING QUESTION
Real Name: Rupert Hinkle
Abilities: Manipulation of reality tied to math and numbers.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Once a simple mathematician who used his knowledge to predict every action of his enemies. When he writes out his 'meaning of life' equation, he becomes a being of pure math energy. During this time he is very unstable.


CRIMITRON I
Real Name: Dr. Bill Crighton.
Abilities: 'Steals' the super-human abilities of others, which he can then use himself.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Crimitron 1 clashed with the Atomic 7 early in their career. Dr. Bill was simply looking for attention, and has since gone straight.. lapsing back into criminal behavior only when forced by Crimitron 2.


CRIMITRON II
Real Name: None.
Abilities: 'Steals' the super-human abilities of others, which he can then use himself.
Affiliation: None.

Info: The second Crimitron was a robot originally built by Dr. Bill (Crimitron 1) to test out the prototype weaponry. Somehow the robot was brought back online, and ran amok for a while before being stopped by the Awesome Foursome.


Deceased.

CRIMITRON III
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: 'Steals' the super-human abilities of others, which he can then use himself.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Crimitron 3 surfaced recently, threatening horrible crimes unless paid a hefty ransom. It is unclear at this time how/if he relates to Crimitrons 1 & 2.


PAPERCUT
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: Able to form his limbs into razor-sharp blades.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Once one of Paper Doll's clones, Papercut went off on his own for unknown reasons. He acclimated himself to the mean streets, and was taken under the wing of Crimitron 2. He cannot clone himself, but was given new abilities by Crimitron.


BLACK BUBBLE
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: Soap blasts, hard-to-handle liquid form.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Soapy monster, gone mad with cleansing power. His sudsy wrath is spoken of only in hushed whispers.


NO FACE
Real Name: Fred Jones?
Abilities: Master of disguise, impersonation, and stealth.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Some kinda hired mercenary or bounty hunter or something. He wears so many different 'faces' that even he isn't sure. His alter ego is believed to be "Capt. Jonesy", owner of a sea-food restaurant.. but who really knows?


EMULATOR
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: Elasticity, Shape manipulation.
Affiliation: None.

Info: A shape-shifter who stole the formula that created Boogernaut, Emulator is not quite the same in ability. He can become any object, but must physically touch it first.


MULCHKIN
Real Name: None.
Abilities: Mulch blasts, decaying touch.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Stinky slimey pile of crap with a mean streak a mile wide. The longer he decomposes, the stronger he becomes.


DANCE MACHINE
Real Name: None.
Abilities: Mind control, sonic blasts.
Affiliation: None.

Info: A jukebox from the future, where even the most menial of machines are made sentient for the Hell of it. Dance Machine can control multiple people with hypnotic dance music. He can also cause people to react in certain ways according to the theme of the songs he plays.


BLACK CLOUD
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: Bad luck aura.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Black Cloud was an early victim of Captain Negative. For some strange reason (perhaps because he was depressed to begin with) a small cloud now remains over his head, and is a physical manifestation of his self doubt and sadness.

NIMBORR
Real Name: None.
Abilities: Weather related attacks including rain, thunder, lightning, and hail.
Affiliation: None.

Info: The angry manifestation of nature's wrath, or the creation of hazardous pollution? The jury is still out on Nimborr's origins. He is a gigantic humanoid made of clouds, with a deep-seeded thirst for destruction.


LICHDER / CHILDER
Real Name: Lichder Ganthet.
Abilities: Collected magic items, Immortal, Indestructable.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Lichder comes from the dark ages, and has literally crossed swords with Knight Club on many occasions. He became immortal through ancient magic, and has outlived all of his enemies from that time. In modern day he has changed his name to Childer (an anagram) and runs a computer company with very shady dealings.


NEZERATH
Real Name: Same as above.
Abilities: Unknown. Assumed to be numerous.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Nezerath was a kindly wizard from the same time period as Lichder and Knight Club. He posessed certain knowledge that Lichder wanted, and was kidnapped and tortured by Lichder until he turned to dark magic in desperation. He has since become a souless wraith of evil magic.


STRAY BULLET
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: Sharp shooter, various trick bullets.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Not much is known about Stray Bullet. Let's keep it that way for now.


This Space Blank
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STICKY FINGERS
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: Sticky fingers.
Affiliation: The Ruiners

Info: Leader of the Ruiners.

SPLATTER
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: Varying liquid blasts.
Affiliation: The Ruiners

Info: Second in command of the Ruiners.

SCUFFER
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: Gigantic boots.
Affiliation: The Ruiners

Info: Third in command of the Ruiners.

DIRT BOY
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: Dirt aura.
Affiliation: The Ruiners

Info: Fourth in command of the Ruiners.

Secondary or Supporting Characters

CLIVE LIVESTOCK
Real Name: Same as above.
Abilities: Shamelessness, manic behavior.
Affiliation: Shlox News Network

Info: A spin-doctoring, butt-kissing reporter. He strives to help big business and the government put one over on the common man. May or may not be criminally insane.


REGGIE
Real Name: Same as above. (last name unknown)
Abilities: Handstands and Chubbiness.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Reggie is The Target's foster child. It is unclear at this time as to what actually happened to Reggie, but it is assumed that he ran away with a French-Canadian circus.


POLICE CHIEF
Real Name: Hap Harfarger
Abilities: None.
Affiliation: New Capital City Police

Info: All that is known so far about the Chief is that he is not very good at what he does.


THE POPPER PEOPLE
Real Name: None.
Abilities: Awesome fruit taste.
Affiliation: Frostess Food Products, LTD.

Info: Mysterious harbingers of fruity filling and flaky crust. The Popper People seem to travel the universe in search of those who have not yet become hooked on the mysterious "Fruit Popper" pastries.


THE ALTERNATE ESCMEN
Real Name: Unknown.
Abilities: Various Escapeman-like abilities.
Affiliation: Unknown.

Info: When Control Man first sought to destroy all Escapemen through all realities, he brought a group of them to a space arena hoping they would kill eachother off. Nothing much is know about any of these folks, save for the fact that the Escapeman of "Earth Ralph" is very dim-witted.

DOCTOR VUBAR
Real Name: Hans Vubar
Abilities: Genius Intellect.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Dr. Vubar is the host of a children's science show or something.


HOPPY
Real Name: Same as above.
Abilities: None.
Affiliation: None.

Info: Escapeman's stuffed rabbit. He has appeared from time to time in backgrounds and such.

CHUCK FLEGMER
Real Name: Same as above.
Abilities: Selfless devotion to journalism.
Affiliation: ELJ Television

Info: Chuck covers all of the 'giant monster' stories. If there's an irradiated moth or a three headed alien beast on the loose, he is there to cover it with no regard for his personal safety.


KEY:
Green listings are current members of the Atomic 7.
Red listings are current or former members of E.V.I.L.
Blue listings are current members of the Awesome Foursome.
Purple listings come from the dark ages.
Silver listings relate in some way to an incarnation of Crimitron.
White listings are currently unrelated to a team.
Brown listings are members of the stupidest villain team ever.

Weird moments in Escman history.. (these will eventually link to the strip they occur in)
These are the times when Escapeman's true nature is further obscured, complicated, or generally muddled. Basically, the moments that make Escy an indescribable, unique entity unlike any other.
Escapeman becomes a dinosaur.
Escapeman knows he's in a comic.
Escapeman's head comes off.
Alternate reality Escapemen.
Escapeman's insides are on a TV show.
Escapeman has an uncle who is a robot.
Escapeman doesn't pee.
Pretty sure he's not a robot?
Escapeman grows a mouth.
Escapeman can bleed sometimes.
Escapeman threw up once.
Escapeman exploded.
Escapeman is reborn?
Escapeman has a potassium deficiency.
Escapeman weighs zero pounds.
So what the Hell is he?