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Purpose to the Plot

Superhero Nation begins with Lash’s fairly banal problems about growing old and having no superpowers. Then he gets Agent Orange’s blood, which “fixes” both problems. When the blood gets entirely out of hand, Lash decides that he has to get rid of it. His attempts to do so lead to him being anesthesized by the good Dr. Mallow, who assuredly is not bound by the Hippocratic Oath.

Traits

He is quite self-assured of his mental abilities. He starts out defensive about lacking superpowers. On the job, he is methodical and prepared but can wing it when he has to. He loathes idiots (pretty much everyone). He is notoriously unlucky. He’s more than willing to use the government, isn’t on remarkably good terms with them, except for Captain Carnage.

Superpowers

None to start. By end of Best Investigator, he has superstrength, regeneration and self-combustion. The blood is unusually receptive to his body. His body doesn’t know it’s foreign and the blood doesn’t even know it’s out of Agent Orange’s body. It begins to add on Orange’s abilities. By the end of Stockbroker to the Slaughter, Lash gains superhearing, super hops and the ability to randomly sift through the minds of government employees. By the end of Grim Prognosis, he gains supersmell, felony-sense, supersight and a sensitivity to light.

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