Pulver-Eyes, aka Arthur Pulver

A real pushover, 22 year old Arthur works as a night watchman at the Mythsonian Museum of Unnatural History. After a mishap on his tenth shift, Arthur finds a mystical visor fused to his face producing a large corporeal ghost fist.

The following week at his annual physical, Arthur encounters Dr. Brian Overdose, a physician and dark arts hobbyist who attempts to turn Arthur into a sort of “evil magnet” in order to acquire more high-profile supervillain patients. Almost expectedly, the magical gem Overdose lodges in Arthur’s chest has some… adverse effects when mixed with the Visor’s specific brand of holy magic, creating an invisible supervillain incubating sphere around our hero on top of pinning a “kick me” sign on his soul for all eternity.

Though Arthur Pulver is fairly virtuous, he is not a very good superhero. He hesitates, doubts, and falters. Despite Arthur’s non-confrontational and often clumsy nature, the public adores him. His superpowers sow nothing but unwieldy destruction, yet Arthur receives the community’s unwavering support as his every action is twisted by the media into a stroke of heroic genius.

Arthur Pulver wants nothing of the limelight, however, and tends to retreat to his “fortress of solitude,” a seventh-floor studio apartment downtown he shares with his friend Turner Turner, a starving artist.

Unlike many heroes, Arthur’s fights come to him. His unwieldy powers usually result in heavy collateral property damage and an absolutely thrashed villain of the week. So, he’s got that going for him.

The Eye of Providence, Rhode Island

On loan from a museum upstate, the Eye of Providence, Rhode Island is believed by some to be the mystical alien tool that facilitated the Great Pyramids’ construction. Rabbi Aaron Teachovsky understands this visor to be an ancient Jewish relic and helps Arthur learn to master its power, but it’s slow going. The artifact isn’t easily attuned.

Someone’s probably looking for this, right? It seems too important to only have Arthur’s eyes on it.

Turner Turner

Starving artist Turner Turner roomed with Arthur in college and can’t seem to sever their social tie. While the two remain friends, they lead largely separate lives. Arthur’s busy superhero lifestyle impacts his help at home, leaving dishes unwashed and rats unpoisoned. Turner, increasingly frustrated, begins secretly undermining Pulver-Eyes' adventures. Arthur doesn’t notice Turner’s mounting hatred until he has an Arch Nemesis. Spoiler alert!

Rabbi Aaron Teachovsky

A humble, elderly man from a simpler time who admittedly spends more time reading than teaching. It’s been a long time since he’s filled a mentor role, so he’s a bit rusty. Aaron is patient, but often speaks in riddles and confused literary allusions.

Unlike most mentors who die in any Hero's Journey, Teachovsky retires and moves to Boca Raton after determining Arthur to be, uh, as ready as he’ll ever be.

Cy-Kick, aka Cynthia Bueller

Cynthia is a bionic young woman from days of future passed. She possesses some minor psychic ability and holds a flurple belt (future color only future humans can see) in every martial art, augmented by her versatile cybernetic legs. Cynthia took a one-way time hole from the distant future where Pulver-Eyes is remembered as a legendary hero and wants desperately to help Arthur fulfill his destiny.

She’s a little clueless about how life works in the present day, but despite her shortcomings (and sometimes indecipherable future slang), she provides a much-needed friend and mentor to Arthur. She doesn’t stick around for long.

Audra Ciao

Audra Ciao’s graveyard-slot college radio program attracts listeners by the dozens and disseminates political happenings to anyone tuned to her frequency. She’s the only one who seems to think Pulver-Eyes is in over his head and ridicules him over the airwaves, though most people only tune in for news on their favorite hero. Ironically, she coins Arthur’s superhero identity, using Pulver-Eyes as a derisive nickname. “Until next time, Ciao!”

General Publick

A one-star general in the Pulver-Eyes universe, General Publick is an apathetic chainsmoker in charge of the dumber side of advanced combat: super lasers, supersoldiers, and super pains in the ass. His job has him seeking out and managing super science defense contractors, often to frustratingly poor results. As of late, he’s gotten rather desperate to produce results as pressure from his superiors has him working long hours. His coworkers include General Waist, Colonel Cobb, and Private Rankin File.