The Spectacular Squirrel is in fact mild-mannered Peter Bradley. Peter grew up
avidly reading comic books, roleplaying, and watching all manner of
television. He
came to idolize Spiderman. After all, his name was Peter, too!
One day,
after realizing chemistry was not his forte', Peter decided to try to
re-create the infamous irradiated spider experiment that gave Spiderman
his powers. Collecting a couple of house spiders, he made his way
to his high school where Radioactive
Man was giving a speech and a demonstration. He decided to
arrive extra early once he heard Gamma
Girl V
was supposed to show, she was quite the babe (And around his age,
too!), unfortunately all the boys in school got the same idea.
Before the
speech, the infamous Dr. Plutonium
and his teen daughter/sidekick, Neutrongirl,
arch-nemesis (nemeses? nemesi?) to Radioactive
Man attacked, throwing
the auditorium into total chaos, where Peter was knocked to the ground
and his matchbox of
spiders stepped on (ouch)! Oh no, what's a hero-wannabe to
do?
Through comic (or is that cosmic?) coincidence, a nearby squirrel had
seen Peter's stash of pistachios (his favorite snack, he was never
without them!) and made a mad dash through the radiation field to take
them. Not seeing this, Peter reached out to grab them when the
squirrel (gasp!) BIT HIM! Feeling quite nervous with the attack
going
on, the squirrel bite, and the urgency to help Radioactive Man and Gamma Girl out, Peter promptly
passed out.
Peter woke
up thinking he was dreaming, because Gamma
Girl was leaning over him looking concerned. “He’s coming
around dad!” he heard her say. Radioactive
Man
came into view overhead and said, “You were very brave, son. But
you
got a nasty bite for your trouble I’m afraid. We’re going to have
to
watch that carefully.” Gamma
Girl
frowned and said, “It’s definitely hot, the squirrel must have been
irradiated.” as she finished bandaging him and putting something away
into her Atomic Lunchbox.
The next few
weeks, Peter got regular visits from the Deuterium Duo and even got to visit
their Nuclear Family at their home. It was during these visits
that Peter
discovered he had gained the powers of a common squirrel! That
was 12
years ago, and Peter has since taken up photography and gone onto work
for “The Chattanooga Companion”.
He has married and had a large family with his former model wife,
Jan.
Finally, in true heroic form, he has since assumed the mantle of THE SPECTACULAR SQUIRREL!, defender
of justice & protector of Reservoir Park.
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