The Hero Business
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After a comet passed close to the earth, a select few humans found they were endowed with special powers and abilities. At first, there was mayhem as these newly minted 'super humans' flexed their muscles. Unsurprisingly, most of the new super people sided with law and order. Theft, murder and violence filled the streets. The governments of the world, hard pressed to contain the damage, began offering bounties to any who would fight on the did of 'good'. A fund was set up that paid heroes a percentage of goods recovered. A balance was struck. Such is the uneasy state of the world: heroes exist and do good as long as they are compensated. The public mistrusts but tolerates them.
Jasper MacManaway is one of the 'good guys'. Under the alias "The Gecko" battles
his nemesis "Count Blaze". But he's tired of this game. He's tired of the slog. He wants to have a simpler life, to go back to the life he left unfinished in his small home town. Jasper Is tired of the hero business.
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