Keeper of Infinite Earths - Freedom Brigade
Created by Bob Justice
Cometeer
Alter Ego: Adam Blake
Occupation: Astronomer
Known Relatives: none living
Group Affiliation: Freedom Brigade
Base of Operations: Los Angeles, CA
Background/History:
Adam was a child with his head in the stars, fascinated with science fiction and
astronomy. He wanted to grow up to be an astronaut and trained from childhood to
learn the skills necessary. His family had come over from Russia in the early
days of WW 2, changing their name to Blake. His grandfather had received a good
luck charm from his father that was to be handed down to the firstborn on his
eighteenth birthday. It was a rock on a chain. Sometimes, at night, it showed a
faint glow from inside, traces of a dull blue light visible through the cracks.
What Adam’s great-grandfather had never revealed was where it came from, he
merely said it was lucky. The truth was he had been a soldier in the Czar’s
army and had been one of the men who investigated the great Tunguska explosion.
He had kept this strange remnant for himself. Adam got the odd necklace on his
18th birthday according to family tradition. He celebrated that birthday by
going hang gliding. He loved hang gliding as high as possible, as if he could
fly to the stars. He was flying high, dangerously high, when he caught an
unexpected and very strong updraft. He felt the temperature drop and the air
thinning, then suddenly, he felt fine. He could not understand it at first,
thinking perhaps he experiancing something similar to the euphoria a drowning
man feels. Then, he saw that he was blue. Not asphixation blue, not freezing
cold blue, he was covered head to toe in a blue force field. He tried to regain
control of his glider, but the updraft had been replaced by a down draft that
shredded the fabric of the glider. He struggled to free himself from the
crippled equipment, but to no avail. Tangled in fabric, wires, and the
framework, he didn’t stand a chance of freeing his parachute. Then, under his
blue sheath, the rock glowed brightly, he felt a surge of energy shooting along
his skin, and a burst of energy shot through the entangling scraps of the
glider. Freed from that, he attempted to get into a proper freefall position to
use his parachute. He seemed to have greater control over his flight than he was
accustomed to, but he didn’t think much about it at the time. He got in
position and pulled the ripcord. Nothing happened, he yanked it again, it came
off in his hand, he looked at his back, the blast that had freed him from the
glider had also blown off his parachute. Then, he centered himself. He focused
past the panic, he was going to die one day after his 18th birthday, but wait.
This blue thing and the energy burst from the rock, it was like a comic book and
all the cool super heroes can fly. What did he have to lose? A quick prayer and
a solemn vow to use these powers for good, if they were real, and he tried to
fly. Suddenly, sparks appeared behind him, like a comet’s tail and he flew.
Landing safely, he kept his vow and learned to master the abilities he received,
using them to help people with the Freedom Brigade. The only downside to his
gift is that he cannot remove the necklace for more than a few seconds at a time
without becoming deathly ill.
Personality/Motivation:
He was always a study in contradictions. On one hand, studying the stars like a
bookworm, on the other, doing death defying hobbies like hang gliding, rock
climbing, and bungee jumping. Seeming born without fear, he studies the stars by
day and fights crime by their light at night.
Quote: "The sky’s the limit?? Not for me!"