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| aka= Smedley Hopkirk<br>Commissioner Hopkirk<br>The Commissioner | | aka= Smedley Hopkirk<br>Commissioner Hopkirk<br>The Commissioner<br>Commissioner Smedley<br>Smedley<br>“Glumpy”<br>“Glompy” | ||
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| residence=[[Buranda]], [[Reality Z-25 31-H]] | | residence=[[Buranda]], [[Reality Z-25 31-H]] | ||
| occupation= Commissioner | | occupation= Commissioner | ||
| romantic_partner(s)= [[Nula|Catherine Maxwell-Hopkirk]] <small>(wife)</small> | | romantic_partner(s)= [[Nula|Catherine Maxwell-Hopkirk]]<br><small>(wife)</small> | ||
| creator(s)= | | creator(s)= | ||
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| first_seen_in= [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Serpent Sorceress (comic story)|The Serpent Sorceress]]'' | | first_seen_in= [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Serpent Sorceress (comic story)|The Serpent Sorceress]]'' | ||
| also_seen_in= | | also_seen_in= [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager (comic story)|The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager]]'' | ||
| copyright= [[Jay Epps]] | | copyright= [[Jay Epps]] | ||
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}}In [[Reality Z-25 31-H]], '''Commissioner Smedley Hopkirk''', often referred to as simply '''the Commissioner''', ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Serpent Sorceress (comic story)|The Serpent Sorceress]]'') was an elderly English gentleman working in [[Buranda]]. Together with his assistant [[George Wimberly]], he often became involved in fantastical adventures with [[the Naked Jungle]]'s protectors [[Kaza (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Kaza]] and [[Gwenna (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Gwenna]]. | }}In [[Reality Z-25 31-H]], '''Commissioner Smedley Hopkirk''', often referred to as simply '''the Commissioner''', ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Serpent Sorceress (comic story)|The Serpent Sorceress]]'') or simply '''Smedley''', ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager (comic story)|The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager]]'', etc.) and formerly nicknamed '''Glumpy''' or '''Glompy''', ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager (comic story)|The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager]]'') was an elderly English gentleman working in [[Buranda]]. Together with his assistant [[George Wimberly]], he often became involved in fantastical adventures with [[the Naked Jungle]]'s protectors [[Kaza (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Kaza]] and [[Gwenna (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Gwenna]]. | ||
Years before, he was a sidekick to the jungle girl [[Nula]], otherwise known as Catherine Maxwell, who was at the time in a relationship with the superhero [[Centennia]]. Eventually Nula broke up with Centennia, retired from active adventuring, and returned to England; when she returned to Buranda she and Smedley found they still cared for each other and soon married. | Years before, he was a sidekick to the jungle girl [[Nula]], otherwise known as Catherine Maxwell, who was at the time in a relationship with the superhero [[Centennia]]. Eventually Nula broke up with Centennia, retired from active adventuring, and returned to England; when she returned to Buranda thirty years later, she and Smedley found they still cared for each other and soon married. | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
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=== Personality === | === Personality === | ||
The Commissioner was a practical, steady man with a strong moral core. Though seeking to “keep a stiff upper lip” in the face of the eccentricities of life in [[the Naked Jungle]], his self-conscious stoic demeanour tended to hide wry amusement and a clear affection for the antics of the people around him, whether they be [[George Wimberly|Wimberly]] or the pair of [[Kaza (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Kaza]] and [[Gwenna (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Gwenna]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Serpent Sorceress (comic story)|The Serpent Sorceress]]'') | The Commissioner was a practical, steady man with a strong moral core. Though seeking to “keep a stiff upper lip” in the face of the eccentricities of life in [[the Naked Jungle]], his self-conscious stoic demeanour tended to hide wry amusement and a clear affection for the antics of the people around him, whether they be [[George Wimberly|Wimberly]] or the pair of [[Kaza (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Kaza]] and [[Gwenna (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Gwenna]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Serpent Sorceress (comic story)|The Serpent Sorceress]]'') He had a romantic side, evidenced by his decades-spanning unrequited crush on [[Nula]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager (comic story)|The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager]]'') | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Before Kaza & Gwenna === | === Before Kaza & Gwenna === | ||
As a young man he was a sidekick to the jungle girl [[Nula]], otherwise known as Catherine Maxwell, who was at the time in a relationship with the superhero [[Centennia]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, | [[File:Nula, Captain Hollister and Glumpy.png|thumb|300px|A young Smedley (on the right) alongside [[Captain Hollister]] and [[Nula]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager (comic story)|The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager]]'')]]As a young man, he was a sidekick to the jungle girl [[Nula]], otherwise known as Catherine Maxwell, who was at the time in a relationship with the superhero [[Centennia]]. He had a crush on Nula, but never acted upon it out of shyness. She, for her part, nicknamed him “Glumpy” of “Glompy” to his ongoing annoyance, though she still cared deeply about him, perhaps moreso than he realised at the time. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager (comic story)|The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager]]'') | ||
Later on, he was in the region when the [[Serpent Priest]] was active; this period led to trouble again later. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Serpent Sorceress (comic story)|The Serpent Sorceress]]'') | Later on, he was in the region when the [[Serpent Priest]] was active; this period led to trouble again later. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Serpent Sorceress (comic story)|The Serpent Sorceress]]'') | ||
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===Return of Ro-Man=== | ===Return of Ro-Man=== | ||
[[File:The Commissioner and Gwenna in Ruthless Ro-Man.png|thumb|left|The Commissioner and [[Gwenna (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Gwenna]] during the hunt for [[Ro-Man]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ruthless Ro-Man (comic story)|Ruthless Ro-Man]]'')]]Some time later, the Commissioner welcomed [[Kaza (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Kaza]] and [[Gwenna (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Gwenna]] to [[the Adventurers Club]], and informed them that Gwen's old friends [[Deena Hancock|Deena]] and [[Fred Hancock|Fred]] had dropped in. The evening soon turned chaotic as the Club was attacked by [[Ro-Man]], an extraterrestrial in whose defeat the jungle-heroes had assisted some years prior. Ro-Man abducted Gwenna's friend [[Deena Hancock]] and escaped into the jungle; while Kaza tracked him directly, Gwenna used her technological know-how to locate the alien's flying saucer through satellite imagery, whereupon Wimberly and [[Commissioner Smedley|the Commissioner]] accompanied her, as well as Deena's husband [[Fred Hancock|Fred]]. When they got to the saucer and found that it was guarded by a giant lizard-creature brought by Ro-Man, Wimberly and the Commissioner tried shooting it only to find that it was bullet-proof, and they were ultimately saved by [[Dynamo]]. With his help, the heroes eventually managed to capture Ro-Man and foil his plans for revenge. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ruthless Ro-Man (comic story)|Ruthless Ro-Man]]'') | [[File:The Commissioner and Gwenna in Ruthless Ro-Man.png|thumb|left|The Commissioner and [[Gwenna (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Gwenna]] during the hunt for [[Ro-Man]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ruthless Ro-Man (comic story)|Ruthless Ro-Man]]'')]]Some time later, the Commissioner welcomed [[Kaza (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Kaza]] and [[Gwenna (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Gwenna]] to [[the Adventurers Club]], and informed them that Gwen's old friends [[Deena Hancock|Deena]] and [[Fred Hancock|Fred]] had dropped in. The evening soon turned chaotic as the Club was attacked by [[Ro-Man]], an extraterrestrial in whose defeat the jungle-heroes had assisted some years prior. Ro-Man abducted Gwenna's friend [[Deena Hancock]] and escaped into the jungle; while Kaza tracked him directly, Gwenna used her technological know-how to locate the alien's flying saucer through satellite imagery, whereupon Wimberly and [[Commissioner Smedley|the Commissioner]] accompanied her, as well as Deena's husband [[Fred Hancock|Fred]]. When they got to the saucer and found that it was guarded by a giant lizard-creature brought by Ro-Man, Wimberly and the Commissioner tried shooting it only to find that it was bullet-proof, and they were ultimately saved by [[Dynamo]]. With his help, the heroes eventually managed to capture Ro-Man and foil his plans for revenge. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ruthless Ro-Man (comic story)|Ruthless Ro-Man]]'') | ||
===Reunited with Nula=== | |||
[[File:Nula and Smedley reunite.png|thumb|right|300px|[[Nula]] and Smedley reunite. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager (comic story)|The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager]]'')]]Over six months after the Ro-Man affair, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Matter of Image (comic story)|A Matter of Image]]'') [[Catherine Maxwell]], alias [[Nula]], sent word that she was returning to [[the Naked Jungle]]. The Commissioner welcomed her at the air strip with [[Wimberly]], and [[Kaza (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Kaza]] and [[Gwenna (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Gwenna]] also made a surprise appearance, amused to meet their predecessor as hero of the Burandan jungle and to learn about the Commissioner's adventurous past. The reunion got Smedley's long-suppressed romantic feelings for Nula bubbling to the fore, though he refused to let any of them show, convinced that they were wholly unrequited; he was further convinced that Nula didn't care about him when he learned that she had come to [[Buranda]] to return [[Solomon's Diamond]] to the [[Koranzi]], and not simply to see old friends again. The following night, the village was set aflame by three airships commanded by terrorist [[the Skull (Reality Z-25 31-H)|the Skull]]; believing him to be in the village at the time, Nula, who had escaped the inferno thanks to having gone for a midnight swim, immediately feared for Smedley's life. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager (comic story)|The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
