PANTHEON

PERSONAL DATA

• Alter Ego: Peter Arno
• Occupation: Archaeologist
• Group Affiliation: None
• Known Relatives: Clive Arno ("Captain Action", grandfather, deceased), Carl Arno ("Action Boy", father)
• Base of Operations: Mobile

HISTORY

Peter Arno is the grandson of Clive Arno, a museum curator and explorer who, in the 1960's, discovered a chest full of mystical coins bearing the likenesses of gods of various pantheons. Each coin would grant Arno powers similar to the deity whose likeness appeared on its face. Using these coins Arno became an adventurer who the media often referred to as "Captain Action", occasionally accompanied on adventures by his teenaged son who also made use of the coins. In the early 1970's Arno retired from his adventurous lifestyle and died some years later in a an accident at an archaeological dig. Clive's son Carl, who had sometimes accompanied his father on adventures as "Action Boy" took over his father's work and had a son of his own, Peter, who would also grow up to be an archaeologist like his father and grandfather.

The coins themselves seemed to have lost their power over the years and were stored safely away in the Arno family's attic until relatively recently. During the events known as the "War of the Gods" the coins' power returned and Carl Arno used them to battle a group of gods that had gone mad because of the witch Circe's manipulations. In the end Carl was killed protecting a group of innocent bystanders and afterward Peter gained possession of the coins and has occasionally used them to combat various threats he has encountered in his travels.

Recently Peter encountered the new Enforcers of Justice when the alien traveler Seker awakened in Superior City. Peter helped communicate with the alien, who now accompanies Peter on his expeditions across the globe and goes by the name Ankh.

POWERS & WEAPONS

Peter Arno possesses the mystic coins found by his grandfather decades ago. Each coin bears the likeness of a deity belonging to one of the many pantheons of gods on Earth and is imbued with a fraction of that god's power. By wielding a particular coin, Peter gains the power of that god. While he cannot carry all of the coins with him, Peter often has several useful ones on his person at all times. His favorites include the coin of Hercules, which gives him super-strength, Hermes for superhuman speed, Heimdall for enhanced senses, and Zeus which grants him power over lightning and storms. Peter himself has no powers but he is very intelligent and physically fit.