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# **Stephen "Plow" Baunds**

Captain **Stephen Baunds** is a World War II veteran, a founding member of the B23 Shipwreck Studios Non-Copyrighted Comic Character Ensemble (BDoubleSNTripleCE, for short), and Earth's first known superhero. Baunds grew up suffering from numerous health problems, and upon America's entry into World War II, he was rejected from serving in the United States Army despite several attempts to enlist. Baunds ultimately volunteered for Project "Theta", where he was the only recipient of the Super Hero Juice developed by an unnamed Corporate CEO under the Strategic Scientific Reserve. The serum greatly enhanced Baunds' "physical" abilities to superhuman levels. After the CEO's assassination and being doubted by SSR head director Chest McCoy, Baunds was relegated to performing in war bond campaigns, where he posed as a patriotic mascot under the moniker of **Enlisto BuyBonds**.

In 1943, Baunds rejoined the SSR after single-handedly liberating prisoners from a Nazi stronghold, after which he began leading his team of soldiers in many operations against the Nazis. His World War II exploits made Baunds a living legend, and during this time he also formed a close relationship with SSR agent Poppy Plarks. Baunds ultimately helped the Allies win the war and defeat Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, but crashed into Austrailia during his final mission to stop a plane carrying bombs bound for the United States. Baunds then spent sixty-six years unconscious and buried in sand under a state of suspended animation, before he was eventually found by a rogue team of freelance archaologists in the early 21st century.

When he awoke, Baunds found himself alone in a modern world that he hardly recognized, with no idea what to do with his life. Following Gascoigne's theft of the Nuclear Football from The Pentagon, An anonymous hiring agency enlisted Baunds' help in retrieving the codes and stopping Gascoigne from destroying the world. Joining the BDoubleSNTripleCE, Baunds played a key role in the Battle of Detroit, successfully stopping the invasion, capturing Gascoigne , and reacquiring the Nuclear Football.

Baunds then joined the CIA as a counter-terrorist operative. While uncovering a conspiracy inside the organization, he encountered The Summer Trooper, and discovered that the Nazis had infiltrated the CIA intending to use Project Theta as a way to bring about a despotic new world order. He then learned that Winter Soldier was his long lost lover Poppy Plarks, who he thought was killed in action during World War II, but had since been physically enhanced and brainwashed by Nazis. Alongside the Spider-Man, Maria Hill and Falco Lombardi, Baunds then ended the Nazi Uprising at the Battle at Kongo Jungle.

The new BDoubleSNTripleCE conducted several international missions, but failed to avert a catastrophic incident while on assignment to capture in Nigeria. The United Nations used the disaster to ratify the Funny Accords, but Baunds saw their draconian nature and refused to sign, resulting in a rift between himself and BDoubleSNTripleCE co-leader Toby "Fe Mail" Stars. After the Accords ratification was bombed, with Poppy Plarks resurfacing as the primary suspect, Baunds and his anti-accord allies became fugitives of the law while assisting in his escape. Upon learning that the CEO behind Baunds' serum was the true mastermind, and had faked his assassination, Baunds fought against Stars and his pro-accord allies before confronting the CEO in Siberia. When the CEO revealed Plark's role in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Baunds came to Plarks' defense once an enraged Stars attacked him. They engaged in a fierce fight with Stars and emerged the victor, but with the BDoubleSNTripleCE deeply divided. Baunds eventually rescued some of his anti-accord associates from the Raft, and had Plarks sent to Alcatraz be cured of his brainwashing. He escaped.

Baunds, Spider-Man, Falco Lombarti, and Maui continued to be fugitives from the law, but when Nightmare Gascoigne and his Black Order attacked Earth seeking the prized Reddit Gold, Baunds emerged from hiding in order to protect the USA. Baunds had came to the country's defense when it was attacked by an onslaught of r/childfree members. Enlisto BuyBonds failed to stop Nightmare Gascogine from taking the Reddit Gold and initiating the "Kind Stranger Incident of '19" , wherein the entire population of America was killed instantly. Baunds survived, and journeyed through space, where the BDoubleSNTripleCE killed Gascoigne(?)

Five years after the Snap, Baunds and his fellow BDoubleSNTripleCE members eventually found a way to safely travel through time, returning to various points in the past to amass all reddit awards, making amends with Toby Stars in the process. The stones were used to initiate the "Upvote Restoration Event of '22", and he resumed the mantle of **Enlisto BuyBonds** once more to participate in the Battle of Reddit, where he discovered he was deemed worthy of Reddit Platinum, wielding it in combat against Nightmare Gascoigne and his army from an alternate timeline. After Stars sacrificed his life to wipe out Nightmare Gascoigne and his armies, Baunds volunteered to return the stones to their respective timelines. He opted to return and remain in the 1940s, where he married Poppy Plarks. Baunds grew old and reunited with his friends in the present, entrusting Joe Biden with his mantle, giving him the edge against Donald Trump in the 2020 US Presidential Election. Baunds entered retirement, although much of his current whereabouts were made unknown to the general public.

## Biography

Stephen Baunds was born on July 4, 1918, to Sarah and Joseph Baunds in New York City. Before Baunds had been born, his father was confirmed to have been killed in action in World War I. Baunds lived with his mother in Hell's Kitchen. Baunds was playing with his toy soldiers when he was suddenly called by his mother, who was terminally ill due to the ligma she contracted while in the hospital where she worked. Realizing the resemblance between Baunds and his father, Sarah guessed that his son would like to be a soldier just like his father, but that many people would say that he could not because he was in poor health. However, his mother reminded her son that although his body appeared fragile, he had a heart ten times his size and made him promise that whatever his dream, he would use his head to stay out of trouble. Baunds agreed, would remember in the years to come.

In Hell's Kitchen years later, Baunds became involved in a fight with a group of bullies, who demanded a fee for crossing Tenth Avenue. Despite his physical and numerical disadvantage, Baunds refused to pay, and the thugs began beating him until another girl arrived and began defending him because she was tired of seeing the thugs stealing money from small children like Baunds. Baunds helped his rescuer in battle by hitting one of the bullies with a circular trash can, and the bullies fled the alley. The girl was inspired to face the aggressors by following Baunds introduced herself as Poppy Plarks, although her friends called her "Poppy Plarks."

Plarks eventually became Baunds' best friend. Baunds suffered from asthma, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, high blood pressure, and heart trouble, among other illnesses, and thus was frequently attacked by bullies on the streets. However, his resilience, despite his small stature, inspired Plarks to come to Baunds' aid and fight off the bullies when she was needed.

Baunds attended George Washington High School in Brooklyn from 1932 to 1936, and later Auburndale Art School, also in Brooklyn, from 1937 to 1938. During one of their trips together, Baunds and Plarks had ended up being forced to get a ride back to Brooklyn on the back of a freezer truck as they had used all their remaining train money to buy hotdogs, while Plarks had also inadvertently managed to spend $3.00 as she attempted to win a stuffed bear for herself. Another time when they were at Coney Island together, Plarks convinced Baunds to ride the Cyclone, resulting in Baunds throwing up.