Created by: Rik Offenberger
Art by: Brad Matthews
PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME: Simon N. Kirby
IDENTITY: Publicly known as a Special Agent of the FBI. He works out of the Washington, D.C., field office, where he can be contacted by the public.
OCCUPATION: Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation
PLACE OF BIRTH: Washington, D.C.
CITIZENSHIP: United States of America
MARITAL STATUS: Single
KNOWN RELATIVES: None
KNOWN ALLIES: The G-Men
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: FBI
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION: FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia
FIRST APPEARANCE: Simon N. Kirby: The Agent #1, October 2020
HEIGHT: 6’2″ (188 cm)
WEIGHT: 220 lbs (100 kg)
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Black
HISTORY
Kirby is a third-generation FBI special agent with five years of service to the Bureau. He specialized in organized crime and has done undercover work, infiltrating and arresting members of hate groups. Agent Kirby was on the fast track for promotion, but his supervisor, Michael Infantino, was worried Kirby was after his job and had him assigned to head up the Caped Agent Program. In 1963, Congress passed the Superhero Registration program. With public concern over the emergence of superheroes and villains, all superheroes were required to register with the FBI, reveal their secret identities, and be deputized by the FBI. Anyone failing to register was listed as a supervillain and subject to arrest. However, with a lack of funding for the program, the law remained unenforced. President Trump funded the program for the first time with his 2018 budget. Agent Kirby was assigned to head up the program, which included suiting himself up as a superhero, actively registering superheroes, and calling upon them as needed to police the supervillains, keep them in line, and bring them in when they cross the line. Super Service is considered a high-profile assignment and an honor by the Bureau. However, among agents, the assignment is considered a joke that receives far too much attention from higher-ups and offers no opportunity for advancement. Kirby filed an official protest when assigned to the position and had a strong desire to continue in his prior role in the organized crime unit. Both Kirby and Infantino believe this will halt any advancement of Kirby’s career. Despite his disdain for his new role, he has been successful in keeping the super community of vigilantes from violating federal laws, protecting civilians, and making sure that supervillains can be prosecuted for their crimes.
POWERS & ABILITIES
Expert Martial Artist: Kirby is highly trained in multiple martial arts and hand-to-hand combat styles, equivalent to a mid-level MMA fighter.
Multilingualism: Kirby is fluent in English and Spanish. He also speaks some Russian and German, albeit not fluently. He speaks with a strong American accent but can understand what is said to him.
Master Tactician: An accomplished logistics specialist, Kirby assesses tactical situations and deploys equipment and personnel as needed. He is also very proficient at designing operations. He is a recognized expert in analysis, able to run possible scenarios for any given information and quickly recognize the most probable one.
Expert Interrogator: Kirby is an expert in interrogation, knowing how to gather intelligence from rather small bits of information. Over time, he has developed an uncanny ability to tell the difference between truth and bullshit, no matter how well a lie is told.
WEAPONS & PARAPHERNALIA
Uniform: Made from 9-ply Kevlar (able to withstand ballistic impact up to .45-caliber bullets) and a fire-resistant material with a kindling temperature of 1,700 °F (930 °C). The chest piece is a ceramic trauma plate composed of boron carbide, with a Vickers hardness of 38 GPa, an elastic modulus of 460 GPa, and fracture toughness of 3.5 MPa·m.
Force Blasters: The Agent’s uniform absorbs kinetic energy through a plate underneath his chest piece. Any force striking the chest plate is absorbed by microcircuitry embedded in the uniform. The kinetic energy is converted into a cool force blast of 72 °F (22 °C), which is released through the user’s gloves. The absorbed kinetic energy is calculated as one-half of the object’s mass times the square of its velocity: K = ½mv². The released energy is one blast equal to the amount of kinetic energy stored in the uniform. Before the energy is released, the gloves produce a smoke-like effect around the user’s hands. The color of the smoke is a visual indicator of the amount of energy currently stored in the uniform.
