MR. PAIN
REAL NAME: Christopher Patrickson
AGE: 28
POWERS: Primary power is the ability to introduce poisonous bio-energy into others by touch.
This bio-energy can cause blindness, pain or even death, although the death touch takes a great
deal out of him and is thus used very infrequently. He can project this bio-energy invisibly to
disrupt an opponents balance. He is also a combat-trained soldier and leader.
APPEARANCE: 6'4", 240 lbs. Charles Barkley with a crewcut and some serious scars. Usually
wears muscle shirts and BDU (camo) pants w/ combat boots. Carries a variety of firearms.
FIRST APPEARANCE: Guardians #1
BACKGROUND: Christopher Patrickson was an inner-city kid who got out with an
ROTC scholarship to the State University of New York and hard work. When he joined the
Army, he was a prized military intelligence officer. However, he began getting in fights with
others who he felt were less competent than he was. These "toy soldiers," as he called them,
threw road block after road block in Patrickson's way, stalling his career out. In desperation, he
signed up for a top secret experiment into bio-energy fields, hoping to find his big break. While
he gained powers, his superiors now had greater control over him than before, because he was
perceived as a threat. Frustrated to his wits end, he went AWOL.
No sooner was he away from the base than he was approached by the new Black King, who
offered him respect and power as one of his assistants. Patrickson, who now dubbed himself
Mister Pain, accepted the offer whole-heartedly because he realized that he was new at the super-villain game and needed time to learn what was what. He quickly respected the Black King's
strategy and savvy, and stayed loyal to his new master.