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Name: Jacques “Jack” Marlowe
Background
- Jack grew up with his parents and an older brother.
- His Mother's family is old money. His father grew up dirt poor.
- His father is a French immigrant. He initially came on a work visa and planned to go home, but Jack's mother threw a wrench in that very quickly (not that he minded).
- His father fought in WWI. Jack was named after his father's war friend. That friend was also his godfather.
- His father focused more on his work until Jack developed his powers. He took more time to figure out why his son was a walking hydrogen bomb.
- His mother was very stern, despite his father's frequent absence; he was the more affectionate parent.
- Jack only moved out of his parents 'house” because he needed to live closer to his college's campus.
- Jack and his brother play golf every other Sunday (unless a villain decides that harassing the public is more important than that).
- His father was never really sure where Jack got his womanizing nature; it certainly wasn't him.
Civilian life.
- He had a PhD. in nuclear engineering, a Master's in nuclear physics, and Master's in biochemistry.
- He never has the same girlfriend for more than 2 weeks.
- His father wanted him to settle down and have kids before he turned 30.
- His favorite color was Prussian blue.
- His 8 least favorite foods were cabbage, raw apples, bell peppers, duck, cream cheese, and pineapples.
- His top 4 favorite foods were tomato soup, wheat bread, spinach, and French fries.
- He enjoyed boxing. His father taught him and his brother whenever he had free time.
- He and Lucius went to the same college and shared 2 class periods throughout their entire college career. The university's professors worked hard to make sure it stayed at 2.
- Simon, Lucious, and Jack often had study sessions. Bob was invited, but he was always called to hero duty. Simon already graduated and passed his bars; he stuck around to keep them on track.
- Jack and Bob made a game of getting Simon to yell at them. It took surprisingly little.
Overlap.
- He researched super abilities and genetics in his free time.
- He was comfortable using Jack as a hero name because it is such a widely used name.
- He had his own secret lab on his family's estate.
- He researched the effect of radiation on plants and wildlife.
- He and Gazerbeam both fought hard to reverse the banning of supers. Jack actually tried to find him by letting Mirage lure him out.
- He preferred working in the early mornings and very late at night. It minimized the number of civilians to look for and left him time in the day for studying.
- He has an awful sleep schedule, second only to Simon.
Hero Life.
- Jack always got the heavy-hitting villains, without fail. His least favorite part of this was always the bruises and broken bones they left on the rare occasion they got close.
- Mr. Incredible, Gamma Jack, and Metaman had the most collateral damage of any other heroes.
- Mr. Incredible and Jack were once banned from working together for a solid 3 months because they destroyed an entire hospital wing (civilians evacuated by Gazerbeam).
- He has tried to mimic Gazerbeams eye beams in private. Mr. Incredible nearly shit himself laughing when he walked in on it.
- His cape isn't just for aesthetics, it is made of a special high density fabric that can protect againt his radiation. It's not uncommon to see a civilian or another hero wrapped in it.