3) EVERYMAN – Real Name: AVERY MANN
A superhero created by Comic Book Guy Jeff Albertson, owner/operator of the Android’s Dungeon and Baseball Card Shop, he follows the conventions of comics past and is designed to represent the normal guy in the street. That’s how Homer Simpson ended up playing him in his big-screen outing, bringing to life the concept of a hero who could channel the powers of the hero of any comic he touched. (It seems that CBG might have had a little self-insert fulfillment going on with his hero here…
I will not be making a “Worst [Whatever] Ever” joke, you guys. Please, move along…
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Although fun set, Matthew, thank you!
Fun trivia: there’s actually a word for this. An aptonym is a name that corresponds to a career or skills.
From the webcomic world, Goblins Comics takes an interesting approach to this. The central characters are from a village with a shaman, who names every newborn according to her visions of the child’s future. So there’s Complains Loudly, who protests every nonsensical thi g about the world; Dies Horribly, who lives in constant fear; and… Chief. Who is now the village chief. Because he was named Chief upon birth.
Ha! That sounds really cool…