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FEATURES Thursday, March 14, 1996 - Page 13 The Green Terror returns to haunt WMC Comic to reappear in next issue of The Phoenix By MIKE PUSKAR Volume XIV, Number Two (9-28- had seen in his grandfather's small Pharaoh and bring destruction to all sun that holds the Hunter's cos- StajfWriler 95) collection. He asked his grandfather of reality, and so the prophecy came tume." Figuring that his destina- Special Appearance: WMC for the item. which was called the true. The Phoenix continued to tell tion must be the star in the center This profile is to familiarize Athletic Congratulatory Notes Phoenix Stone, and the elder happily Pyner that she had been saved from of the belt of the constellation readers with the Green Terror Origin: Daniel Pyner was ac- gave it to his grandson. Hoping for the Ebony Phoenix's rampage when Orion, Pyner went to the pyramids comicstrip that willreappearinthe cepted into EBU on academic and extra credit, Pyner began to study the the Egyptian sun-god Ra, who ruled at Giza, which had been said to be next issue. athletic scholarships. During a artifact. As he touched it, a screech in her dimension, sealed her in the connected with Orion, or Osiris, football scrimmage, Pyner's knee sounded and a wave of plasma en- stone. She then told the student that an alias coming from the highly Green Terror, The (Generation X was injured to the extent that he gulfed him. The next thing he knew he was the Chosen One, that the revered Egyptian deity of the same Version) would never play collegiate was that he was no longer in his stone had been brought to him by name. Pyner was then warped Real Name: Pyner, Daniel Tho- sports again. His athletic schol- donn. Suddenly, an image of an fate, and that he must find Ra. through a void that pulled his very mas arship was stripped from him, and avian-headed woman began to ma- Pyner was then mystically trans- molecules in ways they shouldn't Occupation: Adventurer Pyner was almost not able to af- terialize. She told Pyner that she was ported to the middle of Cairo where go. This void was the passage to Identity: Secret ford tuition. Fortunately, a Profes- the Phoenix and began to tell how a strange old man sat in the dark- the Temple of Ra. Legal Status: U.S. citizen with sor of anthropology, Dr.Panta of- both she and Pyner ended up in ness whispering, "Your goal is the Pyner's first incident in the no criminal record temple was his confrontation with Aliases: In the beginning of his the assassin Scarab. Her master, fight against crime, Pyner earned Lord Ibis, then came to stop her several slanderous epithets. One because he felt that Pyner could of which was the "Greenhorn Ter- cause no trouble, for they had ap- ror" because he often screwed up. parently killed Ra by having the Now he is seen as the "Righteous serpent Apophis attack out of se- Wayfarer" by most people, 'while quence. Yet, Pyner was still still others call him "Green Bag" "trouble" and was teleported to the for trying to take the law into his Chancel of Khopri (Khopri being own . hands, and the the scarab version of Ra), where "Greens keeper" because he he was endowed with the Forces watches over EBU. of Antira. The necromimics- Place of Birth: Frederick, Mary- servants who think they are dead because they had been buried alive land Marital Status: Single when their respective pharaohs Known Relatives: Leopold passed away but were actually (grandfather); Henry (father, de- teleported and brainwashed by ceased); Whitman (brother); outside forces- followed Pyner's Alexis, Carney (sisters) psychic trail via a telepathic link Group Affiliation: Alpha Sigma with Lord Ibis. Ibis tried to warn Pi Fraternity (as Pyner); None (as his scouts, but they had already GT) been annihilated during Pyner's Base of Operations: Emerald conversion. Pyner tried to find the assas- Bay University (EBU); Westenra, sins, but they had already been Maryland Level of Education: College eradicated by their mysterious master whose authority was even Freshman Known Activities: Student greater than that of Lord Ibis. So, Government; formerly football and he returned home and named him- lacrosse self in honor of EBU (this alter- Known Allies: Dr. Panta nate reality counterpart to WMC Future Allies: Contrast, Jade, does not have the Green Terror Pepper and Mace, The Liberty mascot; its mascot is the squirrel). Lion, Freedom Scout Knights He currently battles as much crime Known Enemies: Ebony Phoe- as possible. rux , Lord Ibis, Scarab, Necromimics The Green Terror shows his strength and power as he bears his muscles. wok/or the Green Terror in next issue Characters, stories and set- Future Enemies: The Green Ter- o/The Phoenix. Stay tuned and follow the Terror through his adventures throughout the year. ting created by Mike Puskar '99 ror (Wolfman Version), ASP, ™ 1996 Mike Puskar Jacques de Ponce, The Leather Wyrms fered Pyner a financial grant upon "Alyria, the realm that refuses to Flesh Tone: Caucasian (as learning of the Pyner family's end, for it hath never begun." Pyner); Forest Green (as GT) interest in artifacts. The catch, Long ago, according to the Phoe- Eye Color: Brown (Pyner); however, was that Pyner had to nix, there existed a colony of her ~-------- White w/o irises (GT) change his major from business kind called Phoenicia (not to be con- ~ami(y Hair Salon. fused with the ancient civilization) Hair: Brown (Pyner); None (GT) to archaeology. After having Costume: Forest green spandex done so, Pyner fell into a state of that was led by the Phoenician Pha- the colony Let Us Comp_lete briefs, goldenrod cape, sternal depression because of the switch raoh. Since phoenices were known scarabaeus and his inability to ever play to rise from their ashes, Weapons/Accessories: None sports again. Flipping through an believed a prophecy foreboding that Your Look Physical Powers: (aka Solar archaeology book, Pyner found a one day the Ebony Phoenix would Powers) ultra hearing, auto-igni- picture of an artifact, one that he rise from the ashes of the Phoenician with a personalized style tion/thermal projection, diurnal metamorphosis (automatically The Phoenix continued to tell Pyner that changes back into Pyner during the day) she had been saved from the Ebony ~ Mental Powers: (aka Lunar Phoenix's rampage when the Egyptian sun- Manicures, Facials Powers) night vision via mind's eye, latent telepathy/telekinesis god Ra, who. ruled in her dimension, sealed and Tanning Limitations: Knee injury, day- Hours: Mon-Fri. 9am-9pm light her in the stone. Sat-Sun. 8am-4jJm Power Source: The Forces of Offer expires 3-29-96 Antira The Green Terror First Appearance: The Phoenix 21 Wesminster Shopping Center (410) 857·1177