High Risk Comics/Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia page listing the characters included in High Risk Comics.

Heroes

 * "John Smith"/The Olympian - a time traveler from the 23rd century. After the mysterious death of the planet Earth, he was sent back in time as a baby to change history. While he was adopted by several families, none of them stuck and he took the false identity of "John Smith". In his secret identity, he works as a historian and history teacher at Wayne Brook High School. He is extremely powerful, but it has given him a nihilistic depression that he often struggles with. The rays of his time machine granted him several superhuman abilities, including flight, an augmented physical body, and the ability to shoot ionized energy from his hands.
 * Katherine "Katie" Romano/Olympi-Girl - Olympian's illegitimate daughter fathered in his early twenties. He was unaware of her existence for some time, but at age 13 when she hit puberty she began manifesting the same powers as him. After this, he met up with her and the two began bonding and she becomes his apprentice and sidekick. She is immature, even for her age, and has a hard time adjusting to her new powers, but is a determined and empathetic soul.
 * Patrick Wake/Asteroid Man - an astronaut and the first man on Mars. He went missing for four years and returned to a world that had moved on without him. He is taken in by an American government organization known as Goliath, although he does not fully trust his new superiors. He possesses incredible psychic powers which manifest in the form of telepathy and telekinesis, the latter of which also allow him to fly, but also suffers from mental instability, the severity of which depends. Later in the series, it's revealed his powers and mental state were due to having encountered aliens, who then wiped his mind of it.
 * Brian Finnegan/Hourglass - a reporter and one of the first heroes in the world, operating in the early 80s. Due to his increasing age, he retired on his 45th birthday and has remained retired for two decades until current day when inspiration strikes him and he comes out of retirement to fight crime once again. However, the changing times have turned him from a beloved hero to a controversial vigilante, not helped by the masses believing him to be too old to properly do his job anymore. He is determined to prove both the people and himself wrong in this matter. He has no powers but is an expert combatant and has a keen mind which is adept at detective work and interrogation.
 * SM-001/Akira Yamada/The Synthetic Man - the first in what will eventually be a line of superpowered robotic soldiers designed by the Japanese military. While he is programmed with complex emotions, he is unable to fully grasp the human condition and everything is new to him, although he is filled with joy at each new thing he learns. His face and personality were both modeled after his creator's deceased son, who also shared the same name as him. He is able to fly via rockets in his body and can fire out small missiles from his arms, transform his hands into guns, and shoot laser beams from his pupils.
 * Piper Todd/Reaper - an egotistical aristocrat with many vices and an adoptive daughter she often neglects. After dying in a plane crash, she is sentenced to be condemned to Hell for her actions but is given a second chance as a Grim Reaper, collecting the souls of the damned and capturing escaped souls as well as fighting demons, all the while trying to earn her spot in the kingdom of Heaven. To hide her identity, she wears a white mask resembling that of a Plague Doctor's, which also grants her supernatural powers, such as the ability to teleport. She also wields a magic scythe that can fire blasts of energy and destroy a person's soul if need be.
 * Gilgamesh of Uruk - the former "Hero King of Uruk", Gilgamesh is one of the oldest people alive, having been born in ancient Babylon. He is the son of a Babylonian king and the goddess Ninsun who went on a quest to obtain immortality due to a fear of death. In the High Risk version of the tale, he actually succeeds but lives to regret his choice. His thousands of years of life have left him hardened and bitter with little to no interest in his own life anymore. In the present day, he is on a quest to either cure his immortality, find a purpose in life again, or finally find a way to die. He wields a large black claymore and has a regenerative healing factor that heals all wounds and always returns him to life.
 * Eric Khan/Beast-Man - a former archaeologist turned drifter who due to tampering with ancient magical artifacts has been afflicted with lycanthropy, transforming into a werewolf every night. He is bitter and paranoid due to his curse and is constantly on the run to protect himself and others. He eventually meets up with Gilgamesh, becoming a recurring partner of his, though the two don't always get along.
 * Aiden Locks/Velocity - the young and cocky CEO of Locks Technology who has the belief that the rich in power truly don't care about the poor as he develops a suit that allows him to run at supersonic speeds. As Velocity, he becomes a Robin Hood-esque vigilante, becoming a champion of the poor and oppressed. He keeps his identity a secret due to his position as a vigilante against the most powerful of people.

Civilians/Others

 * Dr. Anne Foster - a psychiatrist and superhero therapist who Olympian often sees to talk about his problems. She is generally understanding and patient older woman and is later revealed to be the ex-wife of the hero Hourglass, who she has a complicated relationship with.
 * Rebecca Romano - will be added soon
 * Dr. Vanessa "Vanny" Allen - will be added soon
 * Prof. Hideki Yamada - will be added soon
 * Jason Philip/Reaper - will be added soon
 * Gabriel - will be added soon
 * Utnapishtim - will be added soon
 * Sadie Blake - Aiden's secretary and assistant who often helps him out, although she is unaware that he is Velocity. She is known for being somewhat snarky although she has a crush on Aiden that she refuses to acknowledge.
 * Max Fowler - a rookie police officer who soon gets assigned on investigating Velocity, as he soon becomes a close friend and ally to him, using his position in the police department to give him some information.

Villains

 * Yaoguai - a Chinese alchemist and mystic born in ancient Beijing. Little information exists about his past other than that he was considered insane by his peers for his selfish use of the magic arts and his megalomaniacal tendencies. In modern day, he has all but lost his mind and is on a quest to obtain the Philosopher's Stone, which he believes will allow him to conquer the world. He possesses several magical abilities that range in power and scale, as well as being incredibly intelligent. Most of his underlings are humanoid creatures made of stone and mud called Homunculi.
 * Oscar "Ozzie" Kincaid - will be added soon
 * Reign - will be added soon
 * Olivia Von Adder/Spider Queen - an aristocrat who is heavily involved in the criminal underworld and is the leader of a spider-themed cult worshiping the supposed "first spider" Arachne. She searches for both a way to bring Arachne into the mortal world and new mystic power. She has the ability to transform into a spider-like monster, which she claims to be the result of Arachne's influence, and wants to turn Olympian over to her side due to being attracted to him.
 * The Stranger - will be added soon
 * Administrator John "Johnny" Beck - will be added soon
 * Deadlock - a cyborg assassin whose past is a complete mystery as he gets hired to take down those who are considered to be dangerous. This puts him at odds against Asteroid Man as they quite often clash. He is capable of healing from any wounds and can fire a beam of energy as he also follows a strict code of honor.
 * Dr. Avery Lafayette/Doctor Death - Hourglass's arch-nemesis from his youth. He is a mad scientist obsessed with "remaking" living creatures. This ranges from creating Frankenstein-esque monstrosities to combining creatures together to create "chimeras". Presumed dead for several years, he returns in the modern day to continue his experiments and is the reason why Hourglass initially came out of retirement. He is older than Hourglass, around eighty, and uses an oxygen tank in order to breath. He and Hourglass contrast each other, with Hourglass attempting to keep up with the times while Doctor Death tries to stay in the past when he was in his prime.
 * The Merryman - a mysterious terrorist who constantly wears a mask with a smiley face on it as he believes humanity to be inherently evil and needs to be exterminated off of Earth. He has no powers but has access to various technological weapons that he enjoys to use to remove life from the world.
 * SMA-001/Titus - an American attempt at creating a Synthetic Man. He is much larger and more destructive than the Japanese Synthetic Men, as well as being less humanoid. An error in his programming has driven him mad, turning him into a would-be fascistic world conqueror that believes all crimes should be punished equally and that the only way to ensure humanity's protection is to rule them. While his methods are chaotic and destructive, his motivations are often based in morality, even sometimes managing to make Akira question his own beliefs.
 * SM-000/Taro Yamada/Nobody - Akira's "brother" who was a prototype attempt at a Synthetic Man. After it became clear he had no care for human life and put his mission above morality, he was ordered to be disassembled. After overhearing this and being caught killing one of his superiors for it, he fled but eventually returned for revenge. He has a complicated relationship with Akira, who wants to redeem him though Taro is unwilling due to a combined hatred of humans and belief androids are superior. He considers Akira to be both a "replacement" and is jealous of him for it but also wants to turn Akira over to his side.
 * Daigo Shimura/Soul Killer - the calm and vicious leader of an united gang front known as the Syndicate who has control over almost all of crime. He wields a supposedly mystical sword known as the Soul Killer which absorbs the souls of those it slays. He often sends henchmen of the Syndicate to hunt after the Synthetic Man although he isn't afraid to show his own face.
 * Justin Spring/Rogue Reaper - a former member of the Reapers who was a gangster in the 1960s. After being betrayed and shot to death, he was given the chance to be a Reaper, but wasted it by taking revenge on the people who killed him. Since, he has managed to evade everyone, angel, reaper, and demon alike, and has built up an infamous reputation for his brutal methods. These things combined has earned him the title of "Hell's Most Wanted". He was once Jason's partner, which has created a bitter rivalry between the two. He is also attracted to Piper, Jason's new partner, and wields a pair of soul-reaping pistols with bullets that cause objects and individuals they hit to explode.
 * Lucifer - will be added soon
 * Moloch - a bull-like higher demon who is known for his obsession over youth and children, collecting the souls of the young and forcing them into eternal servitude. His demented obsession over children has ostracized him from the rest of the demons, although he has a loyal and devoted cult worshiping him and sacrificing children for him to collect.
 * Ishtar - the Babylonian goddess of love, sex, and war as well as the Queen of Heaven. Many years ago, she attempted to seduce Gilgamesh, but was rejected. In response, she murdered Gilgamesh's best friend Enkidu, sparking a life-long hatred of gods in the then young man. In modern day, she continues to torment Gilgamesh for his thousand years of blasphemy against the gods, though a small amount of love remains for him. She is immensely powerful, possessing the ability to control the weather, fly, teleport, and much more. It is also claimed that next to nothing can hurt her, other than magic that is just as strong as she is.
 * Nergal - will be added soon
 * Tiamat - will be added soon
 * Theseus - a Greek hero who has slayed the dangerous Minotaur and due to that, was gifted immortality by the Greek Gods. The immortality had caused him to become quickly bored as he wanders the world looking for a thrill, soon learning about Gilgamesh, who is also immortal, believing that killing Gilgamesh would satisfy his boredom. He occasionally has anti-heroic bouts but obsesses over Gilgamesh.
 * Pazuzu - a trickster demon who enjoys meddling in the affairs of humans, favoring ones that are in poor living situations/mental states. In most stories, his role is more symbolic of a person's personal issues. However, later stories deepen his character, revealing that he has a bizarre moral compass that causes him to side against other demons and has a fondness of infants/children. His presence is indicated by heavy winds and sometimes storms, which has earned him the title "Demon of the West Wind".
 * Samantha "Sam" Locks/Deceleration - Aiden's younger sister who believes herself to be the rightful heir to Locks Technology, despising her brother. After figuring out that Velocity is her own brother, she creates a suit that allows her to slow down time as she grows obsessed with murdering her own brother.
 * Galvin Rockwell/The Viper - a seemingly friendly art supplier who is secretly a mob boss known as the Viper, nicknamed that due to having access to various forms of poison, using them to torture and kill those who fail him. He is obsessed with Velocity, knowing that he is the one who can ruin his empire.
 * Bufford Callaghan/Bull Shark - an infamous loan shark known for forcing the poor to pay up as after being humiliated by Velocity, breaks into the genetics division of Locks Technology and steals a serum which mutates him into a human-bull shark hybrid. With this newfound strength, he uses it to terrify the poor and innocent.
 * Kitsune - a mysterious thief who steals from the rich but uses them to benefit herself, often clashing with Velocity due to this. The suit she wears gives her advanced reflexes, allowing her to come back from several attacks. She and Velocity have an on and off relationship as well.
 * Milo the Milk - a parasitic alien who takes the form of a popular milk mascot as he wants to spread his milk so he can infect the entire world. This causes him to clash with Velocity, being one of his more bizarre but equally dangerous villains.

Groups

 * World Turners - a superhero team founded by Olympian, Reaper, Gilgamesh, Velocity, Synthetic Man, Asteroid Man, and Hourglass. They are dedicated to both the protection and changing of the world. Their name comes from the phrase "world turned upside down".
 * Goliath - will be added soon
 * The Syndicate - an alliance of multiple criminal organizations which is lead by the Japanese Yakuza boss known as the Soul Killer as the various criminals in the Syndicate Lauren to him.
 * Locks Technology - a popular technology company which invents various technological inventions as Aiden is the current CEO of the company after the founder and Aiden's father, Burt's death.