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THE STRETCH

Real Name: J. Stretch (hero name "The Stretch")

Age: 42

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Ethnicity/Nationality: English (Britain)

Morality: Lawful Good - The Stretch fights for honor and defends the weak. He despises warmongering and the abuse of power. He takes the saying "with great power comes great responsibility" very seriously.

Personality: The Stretch is reserved, quiet, and calculating, but kind and compassionate to those who have earned his trust. He is quick to recognize the accomplishments of others.

Uniform: The Stretch wears combat fatigues specially designed to accomodate his flexible body. They stretch and bend with his body. He prefers tan/khaki clothing (in reference to his work in North Africa) but will modify the colors to better camouflage himself, depending on his surroundings. The uniforms are protected by kevlar plating inside to offer resistance against bullets and shrapnel. He also wears a WWII-era helmet and combat boots to complete the soldier look that he has become. He also keeps his inhaler handy in a pouch in his chest bandolier in case his asthma acts up.

Character Bio
Professor J. Stretch was a prominent military scientist working closely with the British Armed Forces in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He was a genius, whose work had helped to influence such innovations as plastic explosives (influenced by the Nobel Explosive No. 808, he worked to improve blast capacity and compact size), proximity fuzes (they allowed mines and other explosives to detonate when a target was near it as opposed to directly on it, so a direct hit with the bomb was unnecessary), and he had begun early work on guided missiles like the V2 Rockets but these were stolen by German agents and modified by the Nazis. Academic works aside, he was in poor physical condition - he suffered from insomnia, indigestion, and asthma. Most of his contributions to the Allied war effort were strictly scientific.

One day in late October 1942 he was moved to Egypt with Bernard Montgomery's British Eighth Army, at the height of the Second Battle of El Alamein. The German Afrika Korps under Erwin Rommel threatened to bear down on a sector where Stretch happened to be located. The Germans launched wave after wave of attack but were beaten back, while Stretch continued to try to research. The dust kicked up by the fighting in this desert environment worked up his asthma, and coughing, he stumbled for help. He collapsed in the doorway of his quarters.

Eventually, the Germans pushed through and knocked part of the 8th Army out of the small town where Stretch was unconscious. A desert scorpion had made its way into Stretch's office and, startled by intruding Nazis, stung the professor where he lay. The soldiers grabbed Stretch and called in their commanding officer. Quickly a chain of command was established and Stretch was identified and interrogated.

Stretch was in too great of pain to talk much of anything and the Nazis began to torture him in their frustration with knives and acid-based chemicals. These substances entered the wound inflicted by the scorpion and the mixed with the venom. Stretch roared in pain and snapped off the ropes holding him to the chair and snatched up the wooden chair, braining one Nazi so hard that it killed him. Stretch fell to his knees and retched and the other German tried to escape. Stretch ripped the knife out of his arm and threw it at his tormentor but missed. Finally, he reached out his arm and grabbed the Nazi from across the room - a reach no normal man could ever make. Stretch killed the Nazi and burst outside, his limbs long and flexible thanks to the venom of the scorpion.

The Germans fell upon him with bullets but his skin displayed a rubbery resistance. What few rounds did go through Stretch's body left small holes and the wounds sealed almost instantly. The Germans were terrified at this super-soldiers and Stretch left dead and wounded in his wake. The Nazis fled in disarray and fell back long enough to allow the Eight Army to reclaim the town. The Nazis never got a good foothold in the battle again and the Second Battle of El Alamein was won. Without Professor Stretch, this could not have been possible.

Powers and Abilities
Power 1: Rubbery Resistance: The Stretch will resist most blows, even from bullets or explosives, and what wounds will pierce through his body will seal up and heal, even if it would hit an internal organ. This power has its limits, and the Stretch can fall to overwhelming attack.

Power 2: Stretch: Professor Stretch can reach as far as his body will allow, with legs, arms, and neck, which is at maximum 50 meters. He can distort the shape of his body in a curvy or bendy manner. His rate of extension is very fast, as he can extend his body 15 meters in length every second. Ability 1:  Military Mind: Professor Stretch is a military scientist and, having routed the Nazi war machine, is adept at creating strategies and working around a situation.

Weapons
Explosives: Being a master in the realm of explosives, Professor Stretch has developed weapons beyond his years. He has access to:
 * Regular frags and plastic explosives
 * Incendiary bombs
 * Double-charged bombs (can be detonated twice)
 * Sticky grenades
 * Thermal grenades (pull the pin and leave, they won't explode until they detect a heat signature)
 * His helmet has a high-powered mirror that can focus sunlight into a highly concentrated heat ray

Weaknesses

 * Asthma - although he does carry an inhaler handy


 * Insomnia


 * Indigestion


 * Although durable and flexible, is still very much human