Jim Harper

Anthony Rodriguez, Walter Johnson, Jonathan Gabrielli, Patrick MacGuire, Tommy Thompkins (Foster Sons)
Roberta "Bobby" Harper (Foster Daughter)
Roy Harper (Second Cousin)
Will Harper (Genetic Second Cousin)
Lian Harper (Second Cousin, Once Removed)

### Affiliation

Seven Soldiers of Victory (Member)
DEO (Member)
Cadmus Labs (Former Member)

## Biographical Information

### Occupation

Special Agent
Chief of Security (formerly)
Police Officer (formerly)

### Employer

DEO, Operation Division
Cadmus Labs (formerly)
Metropolis Police Department (formerly)

## Background

### 1978 - 1999: Jim Harper

Quick background story. The first James Harper was born in 1933, right in the middle of the Great Depression. Despite the economic turmoil & obvious racial tensions, Jim fell for a Black woman by the name of Catherine. The two quickly fell in love & wished to be married but knew both their family & government would likely not approve. In order to get married legally, the two moved to California, where they had just overturned its anti-miscegenation law in 1948. The two married & lived a quiet life with their two children, James "JJ" & Mary. JJ eventually married a woman of mixed race named Anna, with the two moving to Gotham for his career.

James Harper is the first born son of JJ & Anna Harper. As his father went by JJ, James decided to honor his grandfather & go by the name Jim. His parents had just graduated high school when he was born & had gotten married shortly prior to his birth. Jim was raised not only by his parents but their parents as well, with them taking the idea of "community child rearing" very literally. His parents welcomed two more daughters when Jim was 8 & 12, respectively. With such an age gap between him & his younger sisters, Jim helped his parents out with taking care of them.

### 1999 - 2004: Jim Harper

Jim loved the idea of helping people & decided to take it a step further & become a police officer for the Gotham City Police Department. Jim was known to be a good officer with not even a whiff of any shady work. But that didn't matter much after the War of Jokes & Riddles. While the Joker & Riddler were busy fighting over the right to kill Batman, the city's citizens were caught in the middle. After weeks of dealing with the war, Deathstroke & Deadshot entered into a long battle in Robinson Park. Jim was one of the responding officers. While firing shots, he accidentally struck a bystander resulting in them being severely injured. With the city under a microscope, Jim Harper was let go by the police department.

### 2004 - 2008: Jim Harper

It was a rough few months for Jim & his family, as they were living off his wife's income while Jim battled depression. After some encouraging from his father in law, Jim began looking for security jobs. It was rough on the job market for him as being a "disgraced officer" wasn't a huge selling point but he finally caught a break when Cadmus Labs offered him a job. It didn't come as much of a surprise as they were recovering from quite the scandal as it was revealed they wer einvolved in some genetic testing. Jim took the job & disregarded all the rumors he heard. He looked at it simply as a job to keep his family stable until he was offered the role of Chief of Security three years later following the sudden death of his boss. Jim couldn't say no to the pay raise so he took the job despite some misgivings.

The job did not last long as Cadmus Labs was shut down that year when it became clear the genetic testing did not end. Cadmus Labs was raided by some criminals as a means to get all their assets out. Jim tried to stop the theft, prompting him to be deputized as a temporary agent of the law when DEO Special Agent Chase took his assisance on the case. Even though the case hit a dead end, Chase was impressed & even set up a meeting for him to meet her big boss, Director Bones.

## Romantic Relationships

* Carla Marcus: Girlfriend (1996 - 2002); Wife (2002 - )

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Jim & his siblings are half Black & half White. Both of their parents are of mixed race. Jim has lighter skin than both of his siblings.
* The previous Chief of Security at Cadmus Labs was killed as he was going to expose the genetic testing still going on.

## Notes

* His foster kids are a nod to the Newsboy Legion.