Jefferson Pierce began his superhero career wearing a force field belt that allowed him to shoot lightning bolts but quickly discovered that he had internalized the powers thanks to a dormant metagene. When an innocent girl was killed during one of his missions, Jefferson psychosomatically lost his powers, only to regain them when he joined The Outsiders and regained his confidence and self-worth.
Once upon a time, there was a young nerd from the Midwest, who loved Matter-Eater Lad and the McKenzie Brothers... If pop culture were a maze, Matthew would be the Minotaur at its center. Were it a mall, he'd be the Food Court. Were it a parking lot, he’d be the distant Cart Corral where the weird kids gather to smoke, but that’s not important right now... Matthew enjoys body surfing (so long as the bodies are fresh), writing in the third person, and dark-eyed women. Amongst his weaponry are such diverse elements as: Fear! Surprise! Ruthless efficiency! An almost fanatical devotion to pop culture! And a nice red uniform.
