John Harrison

A photograph of John taken in 1951.

### Relatives

Benjamin Harrison, Charles Harrison, Miles Harrison (sons)Margaret Harrison, Rebecca Harrison (daughters)

### Affiliation

American Superhero Society (member)Stupendous Seven (member, leader, formerly)

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Widower (by Molly Fisher)Divorced (by Lucy Harding)

## Physical description

### Weight

208 lbs

John Harrison, known to the world largely by his superhero name, Captain Invincible, was one of the first metahumans ever created, and was the leader of the world's first superhero team, the Stupendous Seven. For a long time, he was regarded as the most powerful being on Earth, until being supplanted in that role by Supreme. After the disbandment of the Stupendous Seven, Captain Invincible went on to become a founding member of the Los Angeles Guardians, cementing its connections with the Hollywood film industry, before eventually transitioning into a full time actor, and eventually a director and producer of films. Notably, he is also the father of several notable American superheroes, with the Harrison name being one of the most prominent in the American Superhero Association.

## Biography

### Early Life

John Harrison was born in the town of McGregor, Iowa. His father Micah was a farmer and an alcoholic, and he had an older brother, also named Micah, mostly known as Junior. John was a caring and empathic boy by nature, and wept to see even a chicken slaughtered. He had a talent for singing, which his mother Katherine encouraged, but his father dismissed as a waste of time, telling John that it would never let him earn a living.

John had a poor relationship with both his father. John hated being forced to participate in killing animals, initially refusing to do so, instead breaking down in tears and being beaten by his father as punishment. Micah Sr. blamed John's mother for the boy's weakness, and began to beat her in his frustration. When Junior tried to intervene, he got a taste of their father's belt too. Eventually John acquiesced, and learned to end the lives of animals he helped raise.

John grew older, the abuse he suffered from his father built up resentment in him, and he and his brother began to fight frequently, with Junior winning most of the fights. John also began to believe that his father's statements that his mother was the cause of his weakness were true, thinking that she was "a mewling little bitch", and that he was too. His relationship with her soured, and John began desiring to be tougher.

### The Great War and Beyond

When America entered the Great War in 1917, John and his brother both signed on to fight. Junior was cut down by machine gun fire during their first battle in France, and John's brother bled out in the mud as he watched helplessly. Thereafter, John began to lose himself in the violence of the conflict, growing reckless and savage, once managing to clear out an entire trench all by himself, earning a Distinguished Service Medal and rising to the rank of Sergeant.

After the war ended, John decided against returning home, instead venturing to the city of Chicago to seek his fortune, and ending up joining a theater group. When Prohibition broke out, he became a singer at a speakeasy. Unfortunately, John lost his job after the stock market crash of 1929. Desperate and looking for work, he eventually was recruited for a government program called Project Spotlight, which promised a large sum of money to those who participated.

### Project Spotlight

Upon joining Project Spotlight and passing their screening (the Project was seeking individuals they could market), John was informed that he would be taking an experimental drug which would give him and the other participants extraordinary abilities. Excited by the prospect of such power, John volunteered to take a larger dose. His handlers agreed, and he was gifted a large dosage of I-3 ichor, and developed into the most powerful metahuman ever, at the time.

After John and several other Project Spotlight participants successfully received powers, they were transferred to a recently constructed base in Utah called Fort Chiron, where they were to begin testing their new abilities. During this time, John began a relationship with fellow Project Spotlight member, Molly Fisher, who had developed into the world's first telepath. Some time after they started dating, Molly revealed to John that the reason she had gravitated towards him was due to the fact that he was the only person whose mind she could not read.

By 1930, John's superior powers and innate charisma lead the overseers of Project Spotlight to appoint him as the leader of the world's first superhero team, under the name "Captain Invincible".

### The Stupendous Seven

The 1930s were the highlight of John's life. He was a source of inspiration for his country throughout the economic hellscape of the Great Depression. Comic books were published about him. Children asked him for his autograph. He was featured in magazines and asked to talk on radio shows. His heroic deeds saw him celebrated and exalted, and gave him a sense of purpose and fulfillment. At last, John proved his father's accusations of weakness to be false. He was the strongest man on earth.

The women of earth did not fail to take note of him. Though John had ladies galore vying for his attention, none of them could match his girlfriend Molly in his eyes. The couple married in 1934, with John proposing to her upon a mountaintop in Texas. Their wedding was a national event, attended by numerous notables of the country, including President Franklin Roosevelt and his wife. Their first child, Benjamin, was born in 1936, and their second, Charles, was born in 1938.

### Second World War

When the Second World War broke out, John and the Stupendous Seven, along with other American superheroes, lent their powers to the war effort, standing in opposition to the metas of Nazi Germany. John himself was deployed in the European Theater, where his might was most sorely needed. Much to his displeasure, Allied command separated him from several of his teammates, and deployed him alongside heroes whose powersets were better suited towards raw force and destruction. A small consolation during this time was the fact that his wife, Molly, was kept away from the front lines, as it was deemed her psychic abilities would be of greater use elsewhere. John only saw her infrequently, though every now and again he was allowed time to visit

While his primary purpose was as muscle, John was also used for propaganda to bolster the morale of the troops and those back home. He was frequently accompanied by film crews, who glamourized his exploits and left out the most demoralizing aspects of life at war. This was the second global conflict he had participated in, though it was a markedly different experience from his time in the Great War. Being invulnerable to everything the enemy could throw at him meant he had no fear for his own safety; instead being consumed by worry about his teammates and brothers in arms. For the first time, John also experienced the full extent of the destruction his powers could unleash, finding it both exalting and horrifying. He had the power to toss tanks like baseballs, to stomp his foot and shatter an enemy line with an earthquake, or unleash shockwaves that could turn bodies into red mist with a mere clap of his hands. Initially, John had to be deployed far away from his allies in order to avoid eviscerating them too, and ended most battles covered in blood and dust. As time wore on, he came more precise in the use of his abilities, though he found it easier to limit the extent to which he used them. By 1940, rather than flattening enemy bunkers, he preferred to storm them single handedly, slaying their occupants with his bare hands, though he gradually came to prefer the range and precision offered by conventional weapons, such as guns and knives.

John also gained considerable experience fighting fellow metahumans during his battlefield career. Most, he could overpower with little trouble, and none could truly do him harm, but there were several who proved to be a source of frustration, such as the speedster, Gjallarhorn, or the atmokinetic powerhouse known as Mjolnir, mightiest of the Nazi Übermensch. John killed both, in time, though not after a deal of woe.

The one joyful event during those dark years that John experienced was the birth of his third child, a girl named Margaret, in 1942.

### Post War

Following the end of the Second World War, John returned home to the States. With several of their teammates dead, the Stupendous Seven were disbanded, as were many other groups of American superheroes who had perished in the war. John was not quite out of the superhero game just yet, however. He was initially offered a spot on the newly formed Homelanders, which was to be lead by Victor Flynn, the Nuclear Man who had ended the war. Having long been the premier American superhero, John did not take kindly to having his place in the spotlight taken by a man who had been fighting on the Pacific front, against unpowered enemies, and did not anywhere close to his decade and a half of experience as a superhero.

Instead, John and his wife Molly went on to become founding members of the Los Angeles Guardians early in 1946. That same year, Molly gave birth to their fourth child, who they named Miles. The boy was born with a disease which caused his body to produce excessive levels of iron, a condition which the doctors would likely kill him. The treatments needed to keep Miles alive were exceptionally expensive, given the technology of the time, and much of John's salary as a superhero was dedicated to them.

The Guardians quickly became closely entwined with the Hollywood film industry, who had witnessed John's star power from his war era propaganda films, and knew that there was a fortune to be made off metahuman film stars. John began filming his first picture in mid 1947, which was named (TBD).

The following year, however, was one of terrible tragedy for the superhero. His wife, Lucy, was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer early in the year, and passed away on the 20th of August. Not eight days later, John's mother Katherine followed her into the grave, leaving John utterly bereft.

## Physical Appearance

Though he is nearly a century and a half old, John retains the appearance of a thirty year old, the same age he was when he received his powers. John's skin is tanned from a youth working on a farm in Iowa. His hair is a rich, chocolate brown, while his eyes are a vivid green in coloration. He is a supremely handsome individual, with a straight nose and full lips, having been an all American dreamboat since the 1930s. He is slightly above average in height, standing six feet tall, with a build that is broad and strong, but not bulky. His muscled chest is covered in fine dark hair, a sight which made many a mid 20th century dame swoon. John is also famous for his dazzling smile, being possessed of straight white teeth that have been been the focal point of numerous dental advertisements.

## Powers

* Arrested Aging: Examinations have indicated that John does not suffer from the effects of aging, at least, not to an extent that it has been detected yet. While he has been a metahuman for a century, John retains the body of a healthy thirty year old, the age he was when he received his powers.
* Regeneration: John possesses an extremely powerful healing factor, though it is almost never needed. During his most serious injury ever, where he was completely covered in horrific radiation burns, John completely recovered from the damage in under an hour. Notably, as this level of healing would not be sufficient to slow his aging to the degree evidenced, scientists have concluded that his slowed aging stems from a different source.
* Superhuman Durability: It is widely speculated that John Harrison is the most durable metahuman on the planet. He is utterly immune to most forms of harm, be it from kinetic impact, extreme heat or cold, acid, or electricity. He has survived bombs, falls, and even a point blank nuclear blast of many megatons.
	+ Self Sustenance: John is capable of going without food or oxygen for an indeterminately long period without any ill-effects, potentially indefinitely.
* Superhuman Speed: John is capable of moving at speeds far beyond human abilities. His top sprinting speed was recorded as 244 miles per hour, though as he is no speedster, John requires a few moments of acceleration in order to reach his full speed. John also possessed enhanced reflexes, and has been able to catch and block bullets fired at him, though he is nowhere near fast enough to grab one that is not moving through his immediate vicinity.
* Superhuman Strength: John is one of the most powerful metahumans on the planet, capable of lifting weights in excess of one thousand tons. While the precise limits of his strength have not been measured, John was defeated in an arm wrestling match by Supreme in 1962.
	+ Shockwave Generation: By clapping his hands together, stomping a foot on the ground, or snapping his fingers with sufficient force, John is able to generate concussive shockwaves capable of knocking over vehicles or causing earthquakes.
	+ Superhuman Leaping: John's powerful legs are capable of carrying him for miles in a single bound, and during one of his full powered leaps, he has been known to reach speeds of up to Mach 1.6, or around 1,200 miles per hour.