Mister Nobody
Jeremiah Strauss

Powers

• Imitation: Remarkable
• Pick Locks: Good although he takes Poor damage

Talents

Movie Trivia, Streetwise, Stealth, Detective

Contacts

Dr. Tachyon, Popinjay

History

Strauss was bom to wealthy parents in Staten Island, New York. He was fascinated by movies from a very early age and was able to indulge the fascination by having his own screening room in his parent's mansion. By early adolescence Strauss had an encyclopedic knowledge of movies and a rather feeble link with reality. The initial phase of his wild card power enabled him to mimic male and female movie personalities. He turned his ability into a night club act and became a "nor ace known as the Projectionist. While he could become the physical forms of his targets perfectly, Strauss was unfortunately a very poor actor who did very bad impersonations. An abysmal failure at his attempted nightclub career, Strauss suffered a nervous breakdown in 1965. He turned himself into one of his favorite screen personalities, and became a 45-foot-tall ape. He assimilated the extra mass he needed by drawing in electricity and converting it to matter, thereby offhandedly causing the great New York City blackout of 1965. Strauss was trapped in the body of the Great Ape for over twenty years. No one knew where the ape had come from, and certainly no one suspected that there was a man inside. Housed in the Central Park Zoo, he would periodically re-enact the rigid mental pattern he was stuck in. He would break out of his cage, grabbing the nearest blonde, and climb to the top of the Empire State Building. Whatever aces weren't busy at the time would then beat on him for a while, rescue the blonde, and return Strauss to the zoo. This continued until 1987, when he was transported to Sri Lanka to play the title role in the epic adventure movie King Pongo. Once again, unfortunately, he managed to break his bonds and run away. This time he escaped into the Sri Lankan jungle, taking with him the blonde starlet who was to play opposite him in the movie. Facing death at the hands of the Sri Lankan army, Strauss was rescued when J.C. Jayewardene realized that he was a man trapped in the body of an ape. Dr. Tachyon helped him regain his human form. Strauss returned to New York City, a man 22 years out of date, often confused and bewildered by the world around him. Always something of an unrealistic romantic, he decided that his shapechanging abilities would best serve him in the detective business, so he became a PI. Strauss is finding the going to be rather tough, but in times of dire need he's helped by his brother, Kenneth Strauss, attorney and partner in the law firm of Lantham, Strauss. He continues to disguise himself with various faces in the course of his investigations, one of his favorites being Humphrey Bogart. He calls himself Mr. Nobody. No one else is aware of the self-applied nickname.

by bob malooga