Rae Oberheim, Crimefighting Intern

Rae Oberheim, whom we’ve seen in action a few times in the past, has a colorful heritage and an interesting occupation!

Rae (originally Raven) is the daughter of the alternate-reality superheroine Nattie, and the Demigod Monroe Coyote of the Misfits of Mischief (both by different creators). She first appeared during a cosmic crisis in the timeless, nameless No-Wherse with the Misfits of Mischief, until their journey ended back in our reality. The Misfits of course are created by Johann-Octavius Gans and their Home is on Comicfury. Nattie was created by James Damaged.

Rae is trying to be a superhero but is still young and needs to learn the ropes. In battle, she can call upon ancient animal powers to become sort of a chimera. She is also trying to represent the intersex and trans community, as well as the brown community, in the superhero world as good as she can. She’s got pointy ears, yellow eyes (pupils) and one light streak in her dark hair.

Recently, she started an informal Crimefighting internship at Police Commissioner Ben Dryden’s office. Let’s wish her luck!

 

Superheroes of the BEHOLDERVERSE

We pause our usual updates (again?!) to share with you a little introduction, an “intro chart” of our many friends that can be found at the Fortress of Evening! (A glorious penthouse headquarters in Midtown, in the Big Apple!) We have two main groups, Captain Evening and the Odds, and Section P, the latter originally from the UK and a brainchild of my colleague James Damaged.

Furthermore, there are many other guests that visit more or less regularly, unaffiliated or from other groups (below with green caption boxes), we present you here a completely random representation of three of the brave and beloved fellow fighters for good.

They frequently come from other corners of the Multiverse, and even other creators – Mixtli is by tulio19mx, Queen Betty by Jay Epps, Valor Girl by Johann-Octavius Gans. We must also not forget to point out that Ionic Angel and Burst Lion are from the creator of the same name.

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Captain Evening and More Odds

Captain Evening and the Odds are at the center of a merry community of super-heroes, operating from the Fortress of Evening in the heart of Manhattan.

Kate Five, Liath and Emerald Valkyrie by James Damaged. Ionic Angel by burstlion. Ultimate Power by captain86. Lady Venus by Jay Epps. Rush by Johann-Octavia’s Gans. Click to enlarge

Captain Evening and the (Core) Odds

 

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Since we’re about to start a BRAND-NEW story with Captain Evening and the Odds NEXT WEEKEND(!), it seems time to do another roll call of the “core” Odds team, as the team has gone through changes over time, and there have been many other friends joining them on their adventures.
Emerald Valkyrie and Liath are by James Damaged, Ionic Angel by burstlion.
*The Shifter aka Jenny Everywhere played a significant part in their earlier adventures. Artistic license see bottom of this page.

Gallery Of Heroes: Professor Madison

Real Name: Madison
Occupation: Super-scientist, Genius
Species: Human
First Appearance: Journey Into Misery #2
Special Abilities: Fantastic scientific mind
Other Significant Characteristics:
Extremely likable, wears extremely silly glasses
Likes: Science, triangles
Dislikes: politics, spiders
Affiliations: Loosely affiliated with The Terrific Two and Captain Evening and the Odds, and The Girl Scouts
Life partner: Rodney Rabbit, a mutated alcoholic bunny
Relationship status: In an open relationship
Favorite movies: 2001 A Space Odyssee
Favorite TV-shows: Cosmos
Stomping grounds: Secret underground lab in the middle of the mohave desert, sometimes New York, at Captain Evening's headquarters or Columbia University

Gallery of Superheroes: Terry Tornado

Real Name: Terry Tornado
Current Occupations: Super-Adventurer, Spokesperson, Actress
Previous Occupations: professional Wrestler, Fitness Model, Cheerleader
Aspirations: to be on Dancing With The Stars, to read “all the literary classics”
Species: Human
First Appearance: “Terry Tornado and the Teleporter”, in Journey Into Misery #3
Superpowers: Super-strength
Likes: Sports, The United States of America, fun
Dislikes: Dislike is such a strong word…
Favorite movies: Legally Blonde, Back To The Future
Favorite TV-shows: The Monkees, Dancing With The Stars
Stomping grounds: New York City

Gallery of Superheroes: Mr See-Thru

This week: A special treat, a new "Gallery of Characters" feature. Click here for more. And stay tuned for a bonus-update later this week, which might be an *actual* comic page…

Real Name: “Jenkins”
Occupation: Investment Broker (currenctly not employed)
accidental occupations: superhero, artist model
aspirations: owning amazing fantasy #15
Species: Human
First Appearance: Journey Into Misery #1
Special Powers: can turn invisible, and has an energy aura that gives him low-level invulnerability
Origin of Powers: when Vanilla Puddings from Riegel 6 in a flying saucer abducted him together with kelly, The aliens experimented on them and gave them superpowers.
likes: A good book, long walks on the beach
dislikes: money, power
Affiliations: The Terrific Two (which is just
a name Jenkins made up for himself and Kelly).
Stomping grounds: New York City

Gallery of Superheroes: Merv the Griffin

Real Name: Merv

Species: Griffin

Former Occupation: Demon of Vengeance from the Sixth Realm

Current Occupation: Super-powered adventurer

First Appearance: Tales To Behold #2

Special Powers: Super-strength, to the extent that can rip apart Zombies with his bare hands. And obviously he can fly, these impressive wings are nut just for show, duh!

Home Dimension: The Sixth Realm

Hobbies: Baking

Affiliations: The Odds (whatever the hell that is!)

Current Homebase: New York City, more specifically, the midtown penthouse of Captain Evening. Lucky bastard!

Gallery of Superheroes: The Invincible Woman

Real Name: “Kelly”

Profession: Investment Broker

Species: Human

First Appearance: Journey Into Misery #1

Special Powers: Super-strength, e.g can lift cars and can exchange punches with giant robots. Furthermore, she can burst into flames, which enables her to fly, heat up leftovers and shoot fire. Unfortunately, it also cause her outfits and accessories to burn, so she tries avoiding this power if she wears expensive threads.

Origin of Powers: Vanilla Puddings of Riegel 6 in a flying saucer captured her together with Jenkins. The aliens experimented with them, which resulted in their special abilities. To express her gratitude she destroyed the entire spaceship with everybody on board.

Likes: Money, power

Dislikes: Jenkins

Affiliations: The Terrific Two (which is just a name Jenkins made up for the two of them).

Stomping grounds: New York City

Gallery of Superheroes: Jenny Everywhere

A most fascinating phenomenon, this being seems to exist in every known dimension, in an infinite number of variations. Furthermore, she also has the ability to shift between dimensions, creating even more versions of herself. Only a cosmic being such as THE BEHOLDER can keep track of this. Read about her latest adventures in TALES TO BEHOLD, and find other incarnations on places such as The Jenny Everywhere Wiki, The Shifter Archive or the general cosmic almanach called Wikipedia.

Name: Jenny Everywhere
Alias: The Shifter
Special Abilities: Can travel between dimensions, exists in all dimensions at once.
Favorite Food: Toast
First Appearance: "Name's Not Down" webcomic (Oct 2002), Barbelith.com
Created by: Steven Wintle & the Barbelith.com community

The character of Jenny Everywhere is available for use by anyone, with only one condition. This paragraph must be included in any publication involving Jenny Everywhere, in order that others may use this property as they wish. All rights reversed.

Gallery of Supervillains: Dr. Brain

This mortal recently entered my peripheral vision. He is most intriguing, as the purpose of his entire existence seems geared towards whimsical attempts of world-domination and destruction, with little success. Yet his lack of results does not seem to bother him in the least.

Name: Dr. Brain
Aliases: Not known
Goals: World domination, destroying Capt. Evening, causing chaos
Special Abilities: very book smart, fantastic scientific mind
Weaknesses: not very street smart
Favorite TV-Series: Gossip Girl and Knight Rider
First Appearance: The Beholder blog
First Print Appearance: Tales To Behold#1

We will find out more about him once Tales To Behold advances…