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6 as D-Man 20 as Demolition Dunphy |
Real Name: Dennis Dunphy
Alias: Demolition Man, Demolition Dunphy
Occupation: Wrestler, adventurer
Legal Status: U.S. citizen
Identity: Known to authorities
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: UCWF, Ally of Captain America and the Thing
Known Powers:
Invulnerability: Dunphy received the Power Broker’s strength augmentation process. As a result, he has Excellent protection against physical attacks and Typical resistance to heat and cold.
Weakness:
Severe heart trouble. If he attempts a Red Strength or Endurance FEAT, he must make a second Endurance FEAT. A Yellow result requires him to rest for 1-10 turns and suffer shortness of breath and chest pains. A Red result means he suffers a major heart attack and requires immediate hospitalization; this is treated as a Kill result with a sharp edged weapon.
Talents:
As a member of the UCWF, Dunphy is trained in Wrestling and Martial Arts A and C. He is also wellversed in professional wrestling management and organization. He is a skilled motorcyclist.
Contacts:
Former contacts with Power Broker Inc. and Dr. Karl Malus, now hostile. Friendly relations with several UCWF wrestlers. Friend and ally of the Thing, Captain America, Vagabond, and Ms. Marvel (II).
Role-Playing Notes:
Demolition Man and Demolition Dunphy are his wrestling names, D-Man his superheroic name.
Dunphy wants to fight crime and do good deeds. He is loyal to his friends and generous with his wealth and resources. He has a mild fear of heights. He is ignorant of most superhumans’ identities and abilities.
History:
Dennis Dunphy always wanted a life of glamour, fame, excitement, and, if possible, wealth. Although he was already fairly muscular, he accepted Power Broker Inc.’s offer of the strength enhancement process. He was unaware of the intent of Power Broker Inc. to create an army of super-strong thugs for future criminal operations.
Dunphy was one of the first recruits of the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation. He was one of their strongest, able to lift 6 tons over head. He began a friendly rivalry with the Thing, then another UCWF wrestler. Throughout this period, Dunphy was addicted to the “nerve pills” he believed were part of maintaining his enhanced strength. These pills were nothing but a physically addictive narcotic that Power Broker Inc. used as a leash to control its former customers. When Ms. Marvel (II) discovered the criminal nature of the Power Broker operation, all the strength-augmentation recipients were ordered to capture her or be cut off from their pills. Dunphy refused; he would rather risk death from an agonizing withdrawal than hurt a friend. Dunphy was rushed to a hospital, where he soon recovered.
Now free of the Power Broker’s hold, he wanted revenge. He assisted Ms. Marvel and Captain America in investigating the Power Broker operation. He adopted the identity of Demolition Man and had his costumer sew him a costume patterned after Daredevil’s original suit and Wolverine’s mask.
Unfortunately, Demolition Man was soon captured by several of Power Broker’s strength-augmented thugs. He was subjected to such extreme augmentation that his musculature almost destroyed itself. He was then injected with a drug that caused him to enter a berserk rage when he was locked in a chamber with Captain America. Although Demolition Man came close to killing Captain America, he collapsed of heart failure. Only quick action by Captain America saved Demolition Man’s life. Dr. Malus was forced to restore Demolition Man to his earlier, stable form.
Following his recovery and Steve Roger’s dismissal as Captain America, Dunphy quit the UCWF and devoted himself to full-time adventuring. He had amassed a sizable fortune while wrestling, enough funds to underwrite his new lifestyle and those of his chosen allies. He took it upon himself to handle the Captain’s hotline service and pay for any expenses that accrued during their adventures.
When Steve Rogers was stripped of his Captain America identity, he disappeared for two months. Worried, Demolition Man recruited Nomad and the Falcon to help find him. By the time they caught up with him, Rogers had decided to adopt a new identity. The thoughtful Demolition Man pulled out a costume he’d had his costumer make for just such a case.
During the following months, Demolition Man acted as financier and brute strength for their adventures. He engaged in personal combat against other super-strong foes such as Puff Adder, Titania, the Griffon, Princess Python, and Battlestar. After Titania threw him off a mountain, he developed his acrophobia.
He undertook the training of Nomad’s girlfriend, the would-be superheroine Vagabond. He was oblivious to the fact that she was attracted to him from their first meeting. The jealous Nomad recognized this and grew increasingly angry with Demolition Man.
Demolition Man and Nomad were captured during a case in Washing ton D.C. and turned over to the Commission of Super-Human Activities. Nomad took the first opportunity to escape and leave both Demolition Man and Vagabond behind. Demolition Man refused to cooperate with the Commission and remained imprisoned until the Commission reluctantly released him.
Puzzled over the failure of Captain America’s computer hotline, Demolition Man went to the Avengers’ Hydrobase but found it in ruins following that team’s recent break up. Shortly after, the Captain arrived and informed Demolition Man of the situation and invited him to be an Avenger. Then the two of them were needed to assist Battlestar rescue Captain America (Walker) and defeat ULTIMATUM. In a desperate move to destroy ULTIMATUM’s machine-destroying ray, Demolition Man piloted their borrowed Quinjet into the ray’s bunker. He was attempting to bail out when he discovered both a bomb planted on the Quinjet and an ULTIMATUM agent tangled under the right wing. While Demolition Man tried to save the agent, the bomb exploded.
The Captain was horrified to see history repeated itself as another of his allies died in an aerial explosion. He searched for two hours for the body but failed to find anything. At this point Demolition Man is presumed dead. His will leaves most of his estate to Steve Rogers.
Given Dunphy’s enhanced Endurance and the arctic waters into which he fell, it is possible that history also repeated itself and that he may be currently floating frozen in suspended animation waiting for someone to thaw him, just as Captain America had lain sleeping for decades until discovered by the Sub Mariner and the Avengers.