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}}'''Captain Perfect''' was a major superhero of [[Reality Z-25 31-H]], principally active in [[New York City]]. Though never an outright supervillain, it surfaced, over the span of his long career, that he was not the morally-upstanding paragon he claimed, being prone to arrogance and acts motivated by self-interest. He had a complex, on-again-off-again relationship with fellow veteran hero [[Centennia]]. | }}'''Captain Perfect''' was a major superhero of [[Reality Z-25 31-H]], principally active in [[New York City]]. Though never an outright supervillain, it surfaced, over the span of his long career, that he was not the morally-upstanding paragon he claimed, being prone to arrogance and acts motivated by self-interest. He had a complex, on-again-off-again relationship with fellow veteran hero [[Centennia]]. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
===Physical appearance=== | ===Physical appearance=== | ||
By the 2010s Captain Perfect was a handsome, thin, middle-aged white man with short, fair hair. He had angular features and covered the top half of his face with a mask. He did not wear any more of a “costume”, favouring well-tailored suits. In his prime, however, he had previously worn a more traditional spandex costume complete with an opulent cape. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Interview With A Superhero (comic story)|Interview With A Superhero]]'') | By the 2010s Captain Perfect was a handsome, thin, middle-aged white man with short, fair hair. He had angular features and covered the top half of his face with a mask. He did not wear any more of a “costume”, favouring well-tailored suits. In his prime, however, he had previously worn a more traditional spandex costume complete with an opulent cape. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Interview With A Superhero (comic story)|Interview With A Superhero]]'') | ||
===Personality=== | ===Personality=== | ||
Captain Perfect was a self-centered celebrity used to getting his way and breezing past scandals on sheer charisma. He committed various acts of dubious morality and legality, such as insider trading on the stock market, and seemed to care little that they had come out in public, so long as he stayed free of actual consequences. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Interview With A Superhero (comic story)|Interview With A Superhero]]'') | Captain Perfect was a self-centered celebrity used to getting his way and breezing past scandals on sheer charisma. He committed various acts of dubious morality and legality, such as insider trading on the stock market, and seemed to care little that they had come out in public, so long as he stayed free of actual consequences. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Interview With A Superhero (comic story)|Interview With A Superhero]]'') He was something of a sexist. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Meanwhile, On Earth (comic story)|Meanwhile, On Earth]]'') | ||
===Powers & abilities=== | ===Powers & abilities=== | ||
Captain Perfect displayed the ability to fly. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Interview With A Superhero (comic story)|Interview With A Superhero]]'') | Captain Perfect displayed the ability to fly. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Interview With A Superhero (comic story)|Interview With A Superhero]]'') He also had increased fortitude, being punched an inhuman distance by [[Centennia]] with no visible adverse effects. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Meanwhile, On Earth (comic story)|Meanwhile, On Earth]]'') | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Golden age=== | === Golden age === | ||
According to ''[[Hero Hour]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s overview of his life, when he emerged, Captain Perfect was “a hero to millions” and was soon invited to join the [[Mighty Protectors]]. However, he began trying to leverage his fame for personal interest, founding a corporation under his superhero alias. For a time, however, the Captain's popularity took a down turn. Accusations of insider training nearly drove the company he'd founded to bankruptcy (although wrongdoing was never ''legally'' proven), and his personal life also took a down turn when a scandal arose from explicit footage of him and [[Centennia]] being leaked. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Interview With A Superhero (comic story)|Interview With A Superhero]]'') | According to ''[[Hero Hour]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s overview of his life, when he emerged, Captain Perfect was “a hero to millions” and was soon invited to join the [[Mighty Protectors]]. However, he began trying to leverage his fame for personal interest, founding a corporation under his superhero alias. For a time, however, the Captain's popularity took a down turn. Accusations of insider training nearly drove the company he'd founded to bankruptcy (although wrongdoing was never ''legally'' proven), and his personal life also took a down turn when a scandal arose from explicit footage of him and [[Centennia]] being leaked. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Interview With A Superhero (comic story)|Interview With A Superhero]]'') | ||
===Return=== | |||
Around the time of [[Captain Evening#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Captain Evening]]'s formation of [[the Odds]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Redistribution (comic story)|Redistribution]]'') Captain Perfect began perfecting an official, highly-publicised “come-back”. A prestige movie about his life as a hero was screened, with himself and [[Centennia]] both attending the premiere, and he also arranged to be presented with the Keys to the City. As part of this public relations effort, he was interviewed on ''[[Hero Hour]]'', where he cockily declared that he'd “never really been gone”. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Interview With A Superhero (comic story)|Interview With A Superhero]]'') | === Return === | ||
[[File:Captain Perfect in Interview With A Hero.png|left|thumb|Captain Perfect makes his come-back. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Meanwhile, On Earth (comic story)|Meanwhile, On Earth]]'')]]Around the time of [[Captain Evening#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Captain Evening]]'s formation of [[the Odds]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Redistribution (comic story)|Redistribution]]'') Captain Perfect began perfecting an official, highly-publicised “come-back”. A prestige movie about his life as a hero was screened, with himself and [[Centennia]] both attending the premiere, and he also arranged to be presented with the Keys to the City ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Interview With A Superhero (comic story)|Interview With A Superhero]]'') by [[Mayor Wilson]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Meanwhile, On Earth (comic story)|Meanwhile, On Earth]]'') As part of this public relations effort, he was interviewed on ''[[Hero Hour]]'', where he cockily declared that he'd “never really been gone”. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Interview With A Superhero (comic story)|Interview With A Superhero]]'') | |||
=== Alliance with Evil Cloak === | |||
[[File:Captain Perfect intimidating Evil Cloak.png|thumb|right|Captain Perfect attempts to intimidate [[Evil Cloak]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Meanwhile, On Earth (comic story)|Meanwhile, On Earth]]'')]]Perfect was contacted by the mysterious [[Evil Cloak]], who suggested a plan to boost his public image: arrange a fake supervillain attack at the ceremony where he would be given the Key to the City, which he could then dramatically foil in front of the cameras. The plan failed, however, when [[the Odds]] saw the early stages of the attack on television and instantly rushed to the scene thanks to [[Jenny Nowhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Jenny]]'s [[shift]]ing powers. Distracted, he missed his cue and the “fake” attacker [[Ultimatron]] actually knocked him out, leading to a real fight between Ultimatron and the Odds breaking out. It was broken up by [[Centennia]], who destroyed the Ultimatron exosuit and forced its operators to confess they were doing Perfect's bidding. The Captain weakly attempted to deny it to Centennia's face, leading her to punch him off into the distance. | |||
Crawling back to his office, he found that his popularity was naturally taking a dive, and his new sponsors had dropped him. Evil Cloak visited him again, and he attempted to blame her for the failure, only for her to reveal herself much more powerful than he had previously believed (shifting him rapidly through several scary landscapes without moving a muscle herself). The terrified Perfect agreed to continue to follow Evil Cloak's direction. With the abortive spat ended, the two ended up making out. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Meanwhile, On Earth (comic story)|Meanwhile, On Earth]]'') | |||
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Revision as of 16:56, 6 March 2022
Captain Perfect was a major superhero of Reality Z-25 31-H, principally active in New York City. Though never an outright supervillain, it surfaced, over the span of his long career, that he was not the morally-upstanding paragon he claimed, being prone to arrogance and acts motivated by self-interest. He had a complex, on-again-off-again relationship with fellow veteran hero Centennia.
Description
Physical appearance
By the 2010s Captain Perfect was a handsome, thin, middle-aged white man with short, fair hair. He had angular features and covered the top half of his face with a mask. He did not wear any more of a “costume”, favouring well-tailored suits. In his prime, however, he had previously worn a more traditional spandex costume complete with an opulent cape. (COMIC: Interview With A Superhero)
Personality
Captain Perfect was a self-centered celebrity used to getting his way and breezing past scandals on sheer charisma. He committed various acts of dubious morality and legality, such as insider trading on the stock market, and seemed to care little that they had come out in public, so long as he stayed free of actual consequences. (COMIC: Interview With A Superhero) He was something of a sexist. (COMIC: Meanwhile, On Earth)
Powers & abilities
Captain Perfect displayed the ability to fly. (COMIC: Interview With A Superhero) He also had increased fortitude, being punched an inhuman distance by Centennia with no visible adverse effects. (COMIC: Meanwhile, On Earth)
Biography
Golden age
According to Hero Hour's overview of his life, when he emerged, Captain Perfect was “a hero to millions” and was soon invited to join the Mighty Protectors. However, he began trying to leverage his fame for personal interest, founding a corporation under his superhero alias. For a time, however, the Captain's popularity took a down turn. Accusations of insider training nearly drove the company he'd founded to bankruptcy (although wrongdoing was never legally proven), and his personal life also took a down turn when a scandal arose from explicit footage of him and Centennia being leaked. (COMIC: Interview With A Superhero)
Return
Around the time of Captain Evening's formation of the Odds, (COMIC: Redistribution) Captain Perfect began perfecting an official, highly-publicised “come-back”. A prestige movie about his life as a hero was screened, with himself and Centennia both attending the premiere, and he also arranged to be presented with the Keys to the City (COMIC: Interview With A Superhero) by Mayor Wilson. (COMIC: Meanwhile, On Earth) As part of this public relations effort, he was interviewed on Hero Hour, where he cockily declared that he'd “never really been gone”. (COMIC: Interview With A Superhero)
Alliance with Evil Cloak
Perfect was contacted by the mysterious Evil Cloak, who suggested a plan to boost his public image: arrange a fake supervillain attack at the ceremony where he would be given the Key to the City, which he could then dramatically foil in front of the cameras. The plan failed, however, when the Odds saw the early stages of the attack on television and instantly rushed to the scene thanks to Jenny's shifting powers. Distracted, he missed his cue and the “fake” attacker Ultimatron actually knocked him out, leading to a real fight between Ultimatron and the Odds breaking out. It was broken up by Centennia, who destroyed the Ultimatron exosuit and forced its operators to confess they were doing Perfect's bidding. The Captain weakly attempted to deny it to Centennia's face, leading her to punch him off into the distance.
Crawling back to his office, he found that his popularity was naturally taking a dive, and his new sponsors had dropped him. Evil Cloak visited him again, and he attempted to blame her for the failure, only for her to reveal herself much more powerful than he had previously believed (shifting him rapidly through several scary landscapes without moving a muscle herself). The terrified Perfect agreed to continue to follow Evil Cloak's direction. With the abortive spat ended, the two ended up making out. (COMIC: Meanwhile, On Earth)
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