Open Source: Kid Terror

Kid Terror, The Junior Reaper
Real Name: Kid Terror
Race: Enliven
Powers: Cloth Mimicry; Skeleton / Grim Reaper Physiology; Enhanced Strength & Durability; and finally is able to create a physical avatar that resembles what Kid sees himself as. This constructs acts as his avatar that he uses to interact with the world around him since Kid is actually the costume itself, with the avatar wearing it.
Equipment:
- And a large supply of Sneezing Powder and Magnesium Flares.
- Scythe of the Junior Reaper - A heavy hockey stick, with razorblades super-glued to the inside of the crook as if someone had attempted to convert it into a homemade scythe. The razorblades and the crook are somewhat corroded, as if coated with acid. While as a weapon, it works about as effectively as you would expect against fleshy entities; but against spectral enemies it actually can sever them in two with a single swipe, causing the two pieces to dissipate into ectoplasm; which the scythe will actually feed on.
First Appearance: Exciting Comics #9 (May 1941)

Origin
(---"During the time of World War 2, Tim Roland aka Kid Terror was the sidekick to the hero known as Black Terror, both gaining Super Strength and Near-Invulnerability due to inhaling Formic Ethers. However, after the war finally ended, the two hung up their capes as not only did their powers finally wore off, they also have seen enough bloody conflict to last a lifetime. Though they kept the costumes, locking them away within the confines of an attic.

Several years have past since the Terror Twins retired, the individual boxes that contained their old costumes covered in dust from not been touched during those years. Though one day, a rainbow-colored portal had opened up underneath the box where Kid Terror's costume was stored in, causing it to tumble through the rainbow-colored tunnel and spilled open. After several minutes of falling, the box and its contents finally reached the end of the tunnel, where it ended up in The Afterlife of The Super-Sargasso Sea. Exposure to The Sea's mutating energies resulted in the antique costume to gain a life of it's own, becoming an Enliven as it created a skull-faced avatar to wear the costume itself.

To where the costume actually was in The Afterlife, it ended up in the flipside of The Ever-Changing City where The Reluctant Bone Lord watches over it. And around the time the costume entered this new world, this Lord, Thomas Murnov, was looking for new "employees" as he liked to call them, to be a part of his army of bosses to help protect the city from rival lords and other invaders. And at this point in time, the only candidate that showed any promise was a cybernetic, walking brain case with an ectoplasmic-energy sword.

Curious, the costume decided to sign up for tryouts, since it still had the drive to uphold justice from it's former owner and it wanted to start protecting the innocent again after years of inaction. Though this is tempered by the costume trying to act dark and gritty. So when it entered Murnov's castle, it embarrassed itself by trying to make it's voice sound low and guttural, but comes off as trying too hard to be intimidating, making it more laughable. Still, Thomas gave the costume, who used his owner's former hero name to identify himself, a shot. So he showed him to a rack of weapons and told him to pick the one he likes the most. And the weapon that Kid Terror had chosen was an enchanted hockey stick with razorblades glued to the inside of the crook.

So with his weapon picked, Kid Terror walked into the arena, where Murnov unleashed wave after wave of lower minions like automated prop skeletons, suits of armor & bedsheet ghosts. And thanks to Kid having his former owner's old abilities, these enemies were easily dealt with. Then Murnov brought in more difficult enemies like skeletal manitcores, giants & undead alien creatures. And it was during these fights where Kid Terror discovered some of the other abilities that he gained along with sentience, the abilities of a Grim Reaper. So he was able to actually tame the less intelligent undead and force them to back down with his powers.

And for Kid's final test, he had to face Murnov himself, who used his own powers, spells & weapons to become an even more difficult opponent to fight against. Fortunately, Kid had done well enough against him that Thomas allowed Kid to be one of his army's Bosses."---)


I remember long ago that I decided that I won't do a version of The Black Terror because of how many people have already did their own re-imaginings of him. But in this case I went with his sidekick and not the actual hero himself. With this version of Kid Terror, I see him as the Death to Thomas' Dracula. Though Kid Terror does have another function granted by both Murnov and The Offal God of The Dead. That being that since Kid Terror is able to travel from between the realms via his Reaper Powers, he can be sent out to retrieve any wayward souls that didn't make it into the afterlife, or rather refuse to cross over.

And finally, if you want to know what his "Reaper Voice" is like, imagine the Christian Bale Batman voice being done by a teenager.

This character was made using Hero Machine 3.

This version of Nedor's Kid Terror is an open source character created specifically for use by anyone. Feel free to use it any way you wish. You must also give creator credit.

The image is copyright AFD Studios/heromachine.com and is posted here as a fair use reference.