| abstract | - Mimeographic, by Diane Castle, is Mimeo's origin story. Mimeo grew up in New York City as the son of a minor Mafia figure. He got into the rackets early. Eventually, the Lucchese family tried to turn him into a hit man, and he wasn’t having any. That’s when he manifested and discovered he was bulletproof. For the next year and some he made a reputation doing odd super-powered jobs for the Lucchese Family, including super battles with a number of superheroes, starting with “Jack” and then Plus and Minus. His battles included Brick, Tornado and Quarterhorse. Eventually the latter three got together with several others and formed the Empire City Guard. Mimeo was third on their agenda, and they won by using a high level precog to overwhelm him. Baron Z convinces him to go to Whateley Academy as part of the first class to be there for all four years of high school. He gets a clue and starts learning everything he possibly can about how all different kinds of super-powers work. His adult Method Of Operation (M.O.) is to fight a super-team to get their powers, then use them to knock over a bank or something, and then live the next six months or so on the Riviera or someplace similar, gambling, wenching and otherwise having a great time. In 2005, the Justice Brigade finally catches him trying to set up a robbery in Boston, and he’s sent to Roxbury prison, block C. He escapes as part of the Necromancer’s jailbreak scheme, and then heads for the Riviera with a new identity as Peter Roxton-Thornhill the Third, and decides that Team Kimba is going to be one of his future combatants, whether they like it or not.
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