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|species= Human<br>Zombie <small>([[Universe (For Whom The Toll Bells)|one universe]])</small>
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|gender= Male
|gender= Male
|residence= [[Reality Z-25 31-H]]<br>[[Universe (For Whom The Toll Bells)|Unnamed universe]]
|residence= [[Reality Z-25 31-H]]<br>[[Universe (For Whom The Toll Bells)|Unnamed universe]]
|occupation= Superhero
|occupation= Superhero
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|romantic_partner(s)=[[Jesse Brain]] (girlfriend)<br>[[Martha Ellsworth|Lady Venus]] (idol)
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|first_seen_in= [[COMIC]]: ''[[Tales To Behold (comic story)|Tales To Behold]]''
|first_seen_in= [[COMIC]]: ''[[Tales To Behold (comic story)|Tales To Behold]]''
|also_seen_in= [[Captain Evening/Appearances|'''''See list''''']]
|copyright= [[Paul Hoppe]] <small>(?)</small>
|copyright= [[Paul Hoppe]] <small>(?)</small>
|index= '''''[[:Category:Featuring Captain Evening|List of appearances]]'''''
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}}'''Captain Evening''' was a major superhero of [[Reality Z-25 31-H]] and the leader of [[the Odds]], a team of superbeings. At one point in its history, the team included a [[shift]]er claiming to be [[Jenny Everywhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Jenny Everywhere]], but who was in actuality [[Jenny Nowhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Jenny Nowhere]]. There existed other Captains Evening in other universes.
}}'''Captain Evening''' was a major superhero of [[Reality Z-25 31-H]] and the leader of [[the Odds]], a team of superbeings. At one point in its history, the team included a [[shift]]er claiming to be [[Jenny Everywhere (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Jenny Everywhere]], but who was in actuality [[Jenny Nowhere (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Jenny Nowhere]]. Other Captains Evening existed in other universes, including a heroic [[zombie]].
 
==Description==
==Description==
===Physical appearance===
===Physical appearance===
Captain Evening was a muscular white man with a square jaw. He was never seen without his black helmet with an opaque visor, which left only the lower half of his face visible, and whose forehead was adorned with a picture of the Moon. In full superhero regalia, Evening also wore a black form-fitting outfit, lighter-coloured gloves and boots, and a cape. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Tales To Behold (comic story)|Tales To Behold]]'')
Captain Evening was a muscular white man with a square jaw. He was never seen without his black helmet with an opaque visor, which left only the lower half of his face visible, and whose forehead was adorned with a picture of the Moon. In full superhero regalia, Evening also wore a black form-fitting outfit, lighter-coloured gloves and boots, and a cape. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Tales To Behold (comic story)|Tales To Behold]]'')
===Personality===
===Personality===
Captain Evening broadly acted like the epitome of the noble hero. However, he was criticised (even by his own enemies) for his tendency to stand around making grand moralising monologue instead of actually helping with the matter at hand, even if he usually ''eventually'' fixed the problem. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Tales To Behold (comic story)|Tales To Behold]]'')
Captain Evening broadly acted like the epitome of the noble hero. However, he was criticised (even by his own enemies) for his tendency to stand around making grand moralising monologue instead of actually helping with the matter at hand, even if he usually ''eventually'' fixed the problem. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Tales To Behold (comic story)|Tales To Behold]]'') This bad habit aside, he was quick-witted in a crisis, able to quickly assess a situation and strategise, although he was not an especially brilliant tactician. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Journey Out Of Misery (comic story)|Journey Out Of Misery]]'') He obsessively protected his “secret identity”, never taking off the mask that covered most of his face, even when he was showering. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Meanwhile, On Earth (comic story)|Meanwhile, On Earth]]'')
 
===Powers & abilities===
===Powers & abilities===
Captain Evening was skilled at physical fighting and at flying his [[Skycicle]]. He also allegedly had actual superpowers, although he used them very rarely. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Enter–the Legion of Light! (comic story)|Enter–the Legion of Light!]]'')
Captain Evening was skilled at physical fighting and at flying his [[Skycicle]]. He also allegedly had actual superpowers, although he used them very rarely, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Enter–the Legion of Light! (comic story)|Enter–the Legion of Light!]]'') one of them appearing to be increased resilience: he was seen withstanding a direct blast of fire from the [[Cosmic Solution]] with no visible injury, although he was left dazed by the experience. He also carried a handheld laser-gun of some description. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Journey Out Of Misery (comic story)|Journey Out Of Misery]]'') He also demonstrated superhuman strength on some occasions, such as breaking out of a pair of handcuffs through sheer physical strength. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Road Trip Of No Return (comic story)|Road Trip Of No Return]]'')
 
==Biography==
==Biography==
===In Reality Z-21 31-H===
===In Reality Z-25 31-H===
====Origins====
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Captain Evening had a [[Mrs Evening|mother]]. He claimed to have been given superpowers by “people from the future”, kickstarting his superhero career, although he used [[Professor Madison]]'s gadget as often as these fairly nebulous powers in his superhero career. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Enter–the Legion of Light! (comic story)|Enter–the Legion of Light!]]'')
The most commonly documented version of Captain Evening was a [[Captain Evening (Reality Z-25 31-H)|lovable superhero]] from [[Reality Z-25 31-H]]'s [[New York City (Reality Z-25 31-H)|New York City]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Tales To Behold (comic story)|Tales To Behold]]'', etc.)
====Meeting "Jenny Everywhere"====
[[File:Captain Evening and Jenny Nowhere in Tales To Behold.png|thumb|left|215px|Captain Evening meets “Jenny”. ([[COMIC]]: ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Tales To Behold (comic story)|Tales To Behold]]'')]]Long after his enmity with the mad scientist [[Doctor Brain]] was well-established, Captain Evening was patrolling the skies of his home city at night when his attention was attracted by chaos seemingly coming from an abandoned building. It turned out to have been used by Doctor Brain as the location of [[Doctor Brain's Portal|an interdimensional portal]], from which Doctor Brain had summoned [[The Monstrosity|a monstrosity]] which he couldn't defeat. Evening managed to prevent the entity from crossing over from its home dimension by removing the Portal's power source, which was none other than a woman, who introduced herself as [[Jenny Nowhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Jenny]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Tales To Behold (comic story)|Tales To Behold]]'')


[[File:Jenny Shifts Captain Evening.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Jenny Nowhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Jenny Nowhere]] [[shift]]s a startled Captain Evening to [[Universe (For Whom The Toll Bells)|another universe]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[For Whom The Toll Bells (comic story)|For Whom The Toll Bells]]'')]]He brought Jenny to his home, where she took a shower and then claimed that she was [[Jenny Everywhere]]. As they were getting to know each other, however, they were summoned to the Captain's belltower by the arrival of a [[Griffin]] called [[Merv the Griffin|Merv]], who'd crashed into the bell mid-flight. It turned out that Merv had been magically summoned by Doctor Brain and his [[Jesse Brain|witch daughter]] some weeks back, and magically cursed to remain in this world until he could kill Captain Evening — only for the two villains to neglect to tell the Griffin how Captain Evening might be found or what he looked like.  
===Zombie Captain Evening===
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[[File:Zombie Captain Evening.png|thumb|left|“Zombie Captain Evening” shortly after being brought to [[Reality Z-25 31-H]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[For Whom The Toll Bells (comic story)|For Whom The Toll Bells]]'')]]In [[Universe (For Whom The Toll Bells)|one universe]] where “everyone was a zombie”, Captain Evening was no exception, looking like a dull-witted, undead version of his [[Reality Z-25 31-H]] self. In this latter reality, when faced with [[Merv the Griffin]], who was magically compelled to “kill Captain Evening”, [[Jenny Nowhere (Reality Z-25 31-H)|“Jenny Everywhere”]] quickly switched out her Captain Evening for the zombie one. Merv hit him with what would have been a fatal blow, satisfying the magical compulsion and therefore freeing him. She then brought the real Captain Evening back. The zombie Captain Evening then just wandered off and was not actually returned to his homeworld, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[For Whom The Toll Bells (comic story)|For Whom The Toll Bells]]'') becoming a minor superhero in his own right. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Interview With A Superhero (comic story)|Interview With A Superhero]]'')


Honourable to a fault, the Captain confessed his identity to the Griffin, but Jenny saved his life by temporarily [[shift]]ing him to a [[Universe (For Whom The Toll Bells)|parallel universes]] populated with zombies while giving Merv the [[#Zombie Captain Evening|zombie Captain Evening]] to “kill”, thus fulfilling his magical compulsion. She then brought a very confused Captain Evening back. Grateful, Merv vowed to remain in this world even now that he was free, so as to help Jenny and the Captain get revenge on the Brains. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[For Whom The Toll Bells (comic story)|For Whom The Toll Bells]]'')
{{Incarnations of Captain Evening}}
 
After [[Professor Madison]] visited, she granted the Captain the use of a [[Professor Madison's device|new device]] she'd built which allowed one to detect the opening of transdimensional portals. Rushing to the site where one had been detected, the Captain and friends did not run into Doctor Brain, but rather into a battle between a group of strippers helped by [[Armstrong Fatbuckle|a living skeleton]] on one side, and the [[Legion of Light]] and the [[demon]] [[Red Vicious]] on the other. Though the strippers already had things mostly under control, the Captain helped finish to tie the villains up, and lectured them on their bigoted, self-righteous ways. He then took the disassembled Armstrong Fatbuckle back to his base where he and his friends helped put him back together, after which he offered him the chance to join the team (an offer Armstrong gladly accepted). ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Enter–the Legion of Light! (comic story)|Enter–the Legion of Light!]]'')
==== With the Odds ====
[[File:Captain Evening and Merv the Griffin in Redistribution.png|thumb|left|Captain Evening, [[Merv the Griffin]] and [[Jenny Nowhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Jenny]] in the sewers of [[New York City|New York]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Redistribution (comic story)|Redistribution]]'')]]The unlikely grouping of the Captain, [[Jenny Nowhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Jenny]], [[Armstrong Fatbuckle|Armstrong]] and [[Merv the Griffin]] became known as the superhero team of “[[the Odds]]”. Within a few weeks of its formation, the Odds were summoned by the New York Chief of Police, who was desperate to solve the mystery of the “reverse robberies” which had been popping up all across the city. The Odds agreed to help and discovered that the culprit was [[Armagedda]], who was hiding out in the sewers and had plans to bring down human civilisations. The Captain ordered an ill-advised charge on Armagedda and a henchmen; he, Merv and Armstrong were easily captured, but Armstrong managed to distract Armagedda while the still-free Jenny worked out a way to exploit Armagedda's weakness to magic (after Armstrong tricked her into taking human form, Jenny [[shift]]ed her to [[Universe (Redistribution)|another universe]] using the [[Magic Sword of the Legion of Light]]). ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Redistribution (comic story)|Redistribution]]'')
 
[[File:Captain Evening in Glow Girl!.png|thumb|right|Captain Evening talking with [[Glow Girl]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Glow Girl! (comic story)|Glow Girl!]]'')]]Intent on growing the team further, Evening visited [[Glow Girl]] on the set of a movie she was filming, though she was uninterested in joining the Odds, being happy with her new career and having therefore left superheroics behind. However, she did agree to lend a hand should her rather unique, but infrequently useful, superpowers ever prove themselves necessary to a crisis at hand. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Glow Girl! (comic story)|Glow Girl!]]'') Shortly after, back at the Fortress, the team were taking showers; Jenny asked for the Captain's help when Armstrong Fatbuckle walked in on her. It turned out, however, that she didn't want him to scold Armstrong about the honest mistake itself, but rather, needed his advice because she had attempted to [[shift]] in her surprise, only to find that she couldn't. The Captain helped her to the guess that it was the effort of banishing Armagedda that had temporarily sapped her powers, and that they would soon return. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Shower Intermission (comic story)|Shower Intermission]]'')
 
===Zombie Captain Evening===
[[File:Zombie Captain Evening.png|thumb|left|215px|“Zombie Captain Evening” shortly after being brought to [[Reality Z-25 31-H]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[For Whom The Toll Bells (comic story)|For Whom The Toll Bells]]'')]]In [[Universe (For Whom The Toll Bells)|one universe]] where “everyone was a zombie”, Captain Evening was no exception, looking like a dull-witted, undead version of his [[Reality Z-25 31-H]] self. In this latter reality, when faced with [[Merv the Griffin]], who was magically compelled to “kill Captain Evening”, [[Jenny Nowhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|“Jenny Everywhere”]] quickly switched out her Captain Evening for the zombie one. Merv hit him with what would have been a fatal blow, satisfying the magical compulsion and therefore freeing him. She then brought the real Captain Evening back. Notably, the zombie Captain Evening then just wandered off and was not actually returned to his homeworld. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[For Whom The Toll Bells (comic story)|For Whom The Toll Bells]]'')
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Latest revision as of 09:28, 23 June 2024

Captain Evening was a major superhero of Reality Z-25 31-H and the leader of the Odds, a team of superbeings. At one point in its history, the team included a shifter claiming to be Jenny Everywhere, but who was in actuality Jenny Nowhere. Other Captains Evening existed in other universes, including a heroic zombie.

Description

Physical appearance

Captain Evening was a muscular white man with a square jaw. He was never seen without his black helmet with an opaque visor, which left only the lower half of his face visible, and whose forehead was adorned with a picture of the Moon. In full superhero regalia, Evening also wore a black form-fitting outfit, lighter-coloured gloves and boots, and a cape. (COMIC: Tales To Behold)

Personality

Captain Evening broadly acted like the epitome of the noble hero. However, he was criticised (even by his own enemies) for his tendency to stand around making grand moralising monologue instead of actually helping with the matter at hand, even if he usually eventually fixed the problem. (COMIC: Tales To Behold) This bad habit aside, he was quick-witted in a crisis, able to quickly assess a situation and strategise, although he was not an especially brilliant tactician. (COMIC: Journey Out Of Misery) He obsessively protected his “secret identity”, never taking off the mask that covered most of his face, even when he was showering. (COMIC: Meanwhile, On Earth)

Powers & abilities

Captain Evening was skilled at physical fighting and at flying his Skycicle. He also allegedly had actual superpowers, although he used them very rarely, (COMIC: Enter–the Legion of Light!) one of them appearing to be increased resilience: he was seen withstanding a direct blast of fire from the Cosmic Solution with no visible injury, although he was left dazed by the experience. He also carried a handheld laser-gun of some description. (COMIC: Journey Out Of Misery) He also demonstrated superhuman strength on some occasions, such as breaking out of a pair of handcuffs through sheer physical strength. (COMIC: Road Trip Of No Return)

Biography

In Reality Z-25 31-H

See main article: Captain Evening (Reality Z-25 31-H)

The most commonly documented version of Captain Evening was a lovable superhero from Reality Z-25 31-H's New York City. (COMIC: Tales To Behold, etc.)

Zombie Captain Evening

See main article: Zombie Captain Evening
“Zombie Captain Evening” shortly after being brought to Reality Z-25 31-H. (COMIC: For Whom The Toll Bells)

In one universe where “everyone was a zombie”, Captain Evening was no exception, looking like a dull-witted, undead version of his Reality Z-25 31-H self. In this latter reality, when faced with Merv the Griffin, who was magically compelled to “kill Captain Evening”, “Jenny Everywhere” quickly switched out her Captain Evening for the zombie one. Merv hit him with what would have been a fatal blow, satisfying the magical compulsion and therefore freeing him. She then brought the real Captain Evening back. The zombie Captain Evening then just wandered off and was not actually returned to his homeworld, (COMIC: For Whom The Toll Bells) becoming a minor superhero in his own right. (COMIC: Interview With A Superhero)


Incarnations of Captain Evening
Recurring
Reality Z-25 31-HZombie
Other notable versions of Captain Evening
More
Recurring elements of The Cosmic Beholder
The Odds
The Blue KnightCaptain EveningCentenniaArmstrong FatbuckleMerv the GriffinJenny EverywhereJenny NowhereJung-La
The Terrific Two & associates
KellyJenkinsProfessor MadisonRobot MadisonRodney RabbitThe Mutant
Villains
ArmageddaBureau of SingularityCaptain PerfectDoctor BrainThe DevilHexiaInsectoJesse BrainNew Protectors (Kate Kerrigan)
Other characters
AliciaBabsThe Big Bad WolfGlow GirlThe Human TreeMysto the Space-WizardRed Riding HoodTerry Tornado
Items
Doctor Brain's PortalFortress of EveningMagic Sword of the Legion of LightOdd MobileProfessor Madison's deviceSkycicle