Jeff Smax

© America's Best Comics / Used without permission

Origin: Birthright

Real Name: Jaafs Macksun
First Appearance: Top 10 #01 [America's Best Comics September 1999]
                            Character created by Alan Moore and Gene Ha

ABILITIES

Prowess 4 {Fair}
Coordination 3 {Average}
Strength 7 {Incredible}
Intellect 2 {Poor}
Awareness 3 {Average}
Willpower 4 {Fair}

Stamina: 11
Determination: 3

SPECIALTIES

Investigation
Weapons (Blades)
Weapons (Guns)
Wrestling

POWERS 

Blast [Blasting, Force] 6

Damage Resistance 7
       

QUALITIES

. 10th Precinct Police Station cop.
. Ashamed of his origins.
. Remorseful about loss of former partner. 

Points: 40

ORIGIN STORY

Born Jaafs Macksun, Smax hails from a "back worldy" parallel Earth where magic replaces the common laws of science. Jaffs is the son of a travelling heroine who was imprisoned and raped by an Ogre. His mother died giving birth to Jaffs and his twin sister Rexa and the children were raised by their father who physically and sexually abused them. Smax eventually killed his father as he slept and he and Rexa ran away. They are eventually taken in by the Dwarf couple Mack and Minka. To earn a living Smax became a dragon-slayer. He was highly successful until he failed to save a young princess from a near omnipotent dragon called Morningbright. After that he fled to Neopolis where he changed his name to Jeff Smax and became a police officer. 

Jeff is an obtuse and slightly dimwitted police officer ashamed of his background (which tends to make him highly intolerant of fantasy/magic based Neopolis residents) and prone to violent rages. Growing up in Earth 137 hasn't helped his attitudes. He finds the place embarrassing, backwards, and primitive. He also has to deal with his sister Rexa, who he's in love with. And since sibling relationships tend to be common in mythology, they've been a couple for years. Now, having lived in Neopolis, Jeff tries to deny his feelings for Rexa, as he sees their sexual relationship as barbaric and backwards.

His first partner was Stochastic Fats who was killed in a drug bust. He is curmudgeonly hostile to his new partner Toybox due to his inability to deal with grief. Despite this rocky start he and Toybox became very close friends. After the events of the Smax mini-series he now lives with his sister/lover Rexa in Neopolis (claiming they look alike because they are the "same species"). Smax is about eight feet tall and muscular with blue skin and white hair. He is highly invulnerable, super strong and can fire a blast of energy from his chest. Five years after the Ultima incident, Smax lives in the city with Rexa.

Another creation of Alan Moore and Gene Ha for the comics that are well worth reading: Top 10. Character revised according to rules presented in ICONS Great Power book. Streamlined, once again, according to ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying: The Assembled Edition.

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Girl One

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Origin: Artificial

Real Name: Sung Li
First Appearance: Top 10 #02 [America's Best Comics October 1999]
                            Character created by Alan Moore and Gene Ha

ABILITIES

Prowess 5 {Good}
Coordination 8 {Amazing}
Strength 5 {Great}
Intellect 3 {Average}
Awareness 5 {Good}
Willpower 4 {Fair}

Stamina: 9
Determination: 5

SPECIALTIES

Investigation
Law
Stealth 

POWERS

Invisibility (Limit: Extra Only) 5 {Good}

       Chameleon 

QUALITIES

. "I'm built for this kind of action!"
. Touchy about her "secret" (nakedness).
. 10th Precinct Police Station cop. 

Points: 38

ORIGIN STORY

A bio-engineered woman based on a collection of video game characters, created by a small group of rich friends, Mickey Millions ("former world's richest boy") and his colleague Roy Radium ("of 'Science Lad' fame"). She is superhumanly agile and has chameleonic skin that disguises the fact she is actually naked at all times (not due to immodesty but simply for the sake of comfort). Her superior, Sargent Kemlo, being canine, doesn't see color. His failure to inform her of this causes tension between the two, which he avoids by claiming not to be attracted to humans (although this is later revealed to be false). Girl One dies in battle against Commissioner Ultima. Her successor, Girl 54, appears in the "Beyond the Farthest Precinct" mini-series, her name a reference to the cop show Car 54, Where Are You?. Her name and face were based on glamour model Sung Hi Lee. The premise for the character, a superpowered bio-engineered woman, seems to be based on the Weird Science film that presented Kelly Le Brock as the creation of two adolescent kids. The film itself is based on a comic made by EC Comics.

Giving a break from my Legion of Super Heroes endeavour, here's my attempt on depicting one of my favourite comic book authors' character. Great fun in her build: superhuman coordination level, allowing for high agility and speed! Character revised according to rules presented in ICONS Great Power book. Streamlined, once again, according to ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying: The Assembled Edition.

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