Grayfield, who is tied up and helpless, knocks over experimental chemicals, which — in combination with the fire and ultra-rare football souvenirs going up in flames — do not incinerate him, but turn him into a near-invincible superhero.

It makes as much sense as any origin

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's also great because his costume is actually a super-advanced protective suit that was supposed to eliminate the chances of football players being injured

He just takes it and runs around throwing footballs at mobsters

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I like how one of his enemies is VAR

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Missed opportunity for a referee-coded supervillain

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Probably would have gotten one if there were more than 12 issues total

USA #1 got more and that was just a comic about a semi truck driver getting into scraps

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

His greatest adversary, Fumble

With the power to make people drop everything

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

I love the Flash's (which is oddly similar): dude gets struck by lightning while surrounded by ~*chemicals*~! In Flashpoint he loses his powers and, to get them back, has Batman strap him to an electric chair and dump a bunch of random chemicals on him.