Owlman

Project 23 was a long time ago. But the Supervillian, Chimera, managed to dig up its research. Super-science had come a long way since World War II, and so Chimera assumed he could iron out a lot of the kinks and problems in the Owlman process. All he needed was a test subject. Robert Blake was a gambler deep in dept to the Mikos family. Going with Chimera turned his luck around. Becoming Owlman gave him a job as a Supervillian for the family. Now doing special jobs for the Mikos family, chiefly handling the Supers when they come calling, Owlman is a real life urban legend. Owlman is good friends with the other Mikos super-thug, Mothman.

Mothman

When Chimera perfected Project 23, the Mikos family were happy wit the result of Owlman. One in particular was Steel Armstrong. Born at the end of the war, Steel’s parents had been active participants in Power Culture. Believing themselves to have Superpowers, they renamed their family name Armstrong and dubbed their newborn son Steel.

All his life, people assumed Steel had Superpowers. Everyday his parents bugged him about when his Powers would manifest. They’d argued over what origin he’d have, and made him wear ridiculous costume after costume. For that reason, Steel made sure he fell in with the Mikos family. Hating Superheroes and volunteering for every opportunity to take down a cape, Steel saw the potential Chimera offered the family. He didn’t even care what this ‘Project 24’ business would do to him, only that it’d bring more capes. Since becoming Mothman, Steel’s hatred of Supers has lessened somewhat- as if filling the psychological gap in his soul by becoming one -and Steel has even become fast-friends with Owlman.

Chthonian

Even before become Chthonian, Johnny Mikos hungered for power. Not just any power, mind you, Superpower. A lieutenant in the Mikos Crime family in charge of Orphicten’s Trojan Docks and nephew to Don Gabriel Mikos, Johnny knew the family frowned on Super-criminals. The Don saw them as a fast way to attract the wrong kind of attention, even if they kept a stable of them just in case the ‘capes showed up. Mostly, though, the Family hired them on a job-by-job basis. With Exodus Rock looming over their heads, most Villains would roll on their employer to avoid being tried as a Super-criminal. So the Don figured the less they knew the better. Johnny disagreed. He believed that if you set up a mafia-like structure that included the Supers would help ensure their loyalty. Johnny was researching different was of acquiring powers for years. Not jus the masochism that took place at Spark Parties, but solid origins. Magic texts, Super-soldier experiments and so on. Curious, but cautious, Johnny never took the next step- until Shadow hit the streets. The belief that the Griffins were ‘Powering-up’ led Johnny to take the next step, acquiring the Helm of the Unseen and becoming Chthonian, god of Crime.

Boom-Shock

Herman Greene was a high-school drop out from Albion who moved to Orphicten, wanting to make it big as a boxer. He became a two-bit prize-fighter for a crooked ring. The crooked part of that ring involved break in. One in particular involved busting into a Labour Corp lab working on creating a partner for Corner Stone. Looking for something of value, Greene busted up the lab pretty good. Good enough to cause an explosion. Found dying on the street outside, Greene was charged but found innocent of the robberies due to lack of evidence. It was only later that Greene learnt the explosion had given him the power to create an explosive force. When ignited in the air, it creates a deadly burst of force. When formed in an object it creates fractures. Greene was later freed from his other criminal obligations by the Mikos Crime Family. Giving Greene a costume and the identity of Boom-Shock, Greene joined the family’s stable of villains.