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|image1= Zed Hudson in Zed Vs. The Superpowers.png | |image1= Zed Hudson in Zed Vs. The Superpowers.png | ||
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|also_seen_in= [[Zed Hudson (Universe Gemini)/Appearances|'''''See list''''']] | |also_seen_in= [[Zed Hudson (Universe Gemini)/Appearances|'''''See list''''']] | ||
|copyright= [[Johann-Octavius Gans]] | |copyright= [[Johann-Octavius Gans]] | ||
}}The [[Universe Gemini]] version of ''' | }}The [[Universe Gemini]] version of '''Zeddemore “Zed” Hudson''' was the illegitimate son of legendary superhero [[Hardcore]], and inherited superpowers from him, but preferred a quiet life with his friends, who included [[Ophelia the Barista]] and [[Jenny Everywhere (Universe Gemini)|the local incarnation]] of [[Jenny Everywhere]]. | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
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=== Powers & abilities === | === Powers & abilities === | ||
Zed inherited a panoply of superpowers from [[Hardcore|his father]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Backstory (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Backstory]]'') including “the basic ‘flying brick’ started package” including the power of flight, superhuman strength, speed and toughness, and “eyebeams”. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Superpowers (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Superpowers]]'') He also had a degree of [[Fourth Wall Awareness]], able to interrupt and correct the narrator of his life ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Backstory (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Backstory]]'') and to address his readers. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Superpowers (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Superpowers]]'') | Zed inherited a panoply of superpowers from [[Hardcore|his father]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Backstory (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Backstory]]'') including “the basic ‘flying brick’ started package” including the power of flight, superhuman strength, speed and toughness, and “eyebeams”. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Superpowers (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Superpowers]]'') As such, he was completely bulletproof. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. Family Ties (comic story)|Zed Vs. Family Ties]]'') He also had a degree of [[Fourth Wall Awareness]], able to interrupt and correct the narrator of his life ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Backstory (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Backstory]]'') and to address his readers. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Superpowers (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Superpowers]]'') | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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[[File:Zed and Ophelia in Zed Vs. The Backstory.png|thumb|left|Zed getting coffee from [[Ophelia the Barista|Ophelia]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Backstory (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Backstory]]'')]]Zed was an illegitimate son of the superhero [[Hardcore]], who “fell in the line of duty”. One of a number of superpowered half-siblings, he was unique in not sharing their motivation to carry on their father's legacy of superheroics. This drew the disdain of [[Kid Hardcore]], Hardcore's one ''legitimate'' son, who referred to Zed as a “little punk”, even though Kid Hardcore also resented his other half-siblings' attempts to claim his father's legacy instead of leaving him as the only rightful heir. As a young man, Zed preferred quiet life whose greatest concern was getting his daily coffee from [[Ophelia the Barista]] to high-flying adventure. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Backstory (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Backstory]]'') | [[File:Zed and Ophelia in Zed Vs. The Backstory.png|thumb|left|Zed getting coffee from [[Ophelia the Barista|Ophelia]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Backstory (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Backstory]]'')]]Zed was an illegitimate son of the superhero [[Hardcore]], who “fell in the line of duty”. One of a number of superpowered half-siblings, he was unique in not sharing their motivation to carry on their father's legacy of superheroics. This drew the disdain of [[Kid Hardcore]], Hardcore's one ''legitimate'' son, who referred to Zed as a “little punk”, even though Kid Hardcore also resented his other half-siblings' attempts to claim his father's legacy instead of leaving him as the only rightful heir. As a young man, Zed preferred quiet life whose greatest concern was getting his daily coffee from [[Ophelia the Barista]] to high-flying adventure. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Backstory (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Backstory]]'') | ||
“Zed Hudson” was not his birth name | His mother and step-father were, in his own words, “shitty”, and he left home at the age 16. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. Family Ties (comic story)|Zed Vs. Family Ties]]'') Indeed, “Zed Hudson” was not his birth name: he legally changed his name to it on his 18th birthday, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Uniform (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Uniform]]'') both because he wanted to distance himself from his parents ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. Family Ties (comic story)|Zed Vs. Family Ties]]'') and owing to not wanting to have a sharply-delineated civilian name and superhero name, but also not wanting enemies to be able to track down the non-superpowered side of his family. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Uniform (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Uniform]]'') On the suggestion of a friend, he picked the name for “fun” by mashing up the name of [[Winston Zeddemore|a character]] from his favourite movie, ''[[Ghostbusters]]'', and the name of [[Ernie Hudson|the character's actor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. Family Ties (comic story)|Zed Vs. Family Ties]]'') | ||
At some point, he got in with [[Millimeter]], a superhuman fashionista who agreed to make him an endless supply of jerseys in various colours with the letter “Z” on them. The two started sleeping together on a casual basis, substituting for payment for the jerseys. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Uniform (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Uniform]]'') | At some point, he got in with [[Millimeter]], a superhuman fashionista who agreed to make him an endless supply of jerseys in various colours with the letter “Z” on them. The two started sleeping together on a casual basis, substituting for payment for the jerseys. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Uniform (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Uniform]]'') | ||
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He stayed in contact with the “[[space-nymph]]”, helping her get settled on Earth under the name of “[[Neila]]”. He decided to introduce her to his friends, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Introductions (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Introductions]]'') starting with [[Marcus Nelson]], for whom her presence helped the true fantastical nature of Zed's life, which he hadn't really processed before, sink in. After an informal encounter with Marcus outdoors, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. Interesting Times (comic story)|Zed Vs. Interesting Times]]'') he invited Jenny, Ophelia, Criterion, Block, Presto and [[Drew Dane]] to a café to make proper introductions. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Introductions (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Introductions]]'') | He stayed in contact with the “[[space-nymph]]”, helping her get settled on Earth under the name of “[[Neila]]”. He decided to introduce her to his friends, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Introductions (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Introductions]]'') starting with [[Marcus Nelson]], for whom her presence helped the true fantastical nature of Zed's life, which he hadn't really processed before, sink in. After an informal encounter with Marcus outdoors, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. Interesting Times (comic story)|Zed Vs. Interesting Times]]'') he invited Jenny, Ophelia, Criterion, Block, Presto and [[Drew Dane]] to a café to make proper introductions. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. The Introductions (comic story)|Zed Vs. The Introductions]]'') | ||
Later, [[Block]] insisted on having a serious conversation with Zed about why he always give his other half-siblings the cold shoulder, even though they were both being shot at by masked goons, which was more of a minor inconvenience to them given that they were both bullet-proof. Block was apologetic when Zed admitted that he didn't have anything against them personally but didn't like to be around them because they were a reminder of [[Hardcore|his father]]'s absence, and also because they'd all had better home lives than Zed. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Zed Vs. Family Ties (comic story)|Zed Vs. Family Ties]]'') | |||
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