CogandWheelsBested (Rk: Red God Gag Item)

### Additional Powers

Amplifies unfriendliness, lookism, racism/colorism, Perception Magic/Illusions, Super-Strength, The User can manipulate their own body, Manipulation over opponent's weapons

## Origins

### Writer/Artist

Khaliq Trevor X

CogandWheelsBested or Cog and Wheels Bested is a fictional comic book, gag item and odd weapon created by Vyk Wilhelm and character Joe Tyranny No. XII inside the *Rage Knights: Red God* universe.

## Creation History

The title of the book was created under a different name but after encountering Damon Bradley at a Villains Are Everywhere Comic-Con, Vyk picked on Bradley’s physical appearance after Bradley made a reference to a superficial person possibly committing genocide by erasing the universe of “unattractive” men due to not liking superficial people and the acceptance of lookism and mistreatment of others in modern mainstream society. This was a reference to a super-villain character from Manic Boy Comics. Wilhelm then made fun of Bradley by threatening to kick his ass. Vyk himself did not get nor understand the reference, but would come to understand it later after befriending Randall Rogan and becoming a Panel of Cartoony Narcissist member.

### Name

The name of the book wasn’t well-received and wasn’t quite popular. During Vyk and Joe’s launch of the book, the Rage Knights confronted and battled the likes of Colorism Director, Car-Man Crock and even encountered Grand Nielson. Deeming them as “worthy” mentions for the book’s material, the duo of creative artists settled on the name *CogandWheelsBested* and after the famous time-traveling bounty hunters Cogs and Wheels*.* Apparently, according to Midlore West-Stein, the book seems hauntingly familiar to their battles against Kerdur Rainer and his short time meeting Professor Butch when Bradley was attending South's End College.

### Story of CogandWheelsBested

The story of the comic book seems to follow two stranded bounty hunters who are forced to interact with otherwise unpleasant people in order to get what they want. The first chapter follows the characters having to complete school while avoiding a homophobic young man with rotten teeth only to enter the nearest downtown city and encounter a bald engineer teacher with an egotistical perfectionist complex.

## In Battle

In the gag story, *Holy Dead Family: Vyk Dances With His Comic Book At Villains-Con!,* Vyk boasts about his and Tyranny’s comic book while at the Villains Are Everywhere Con, which Midlore, Aaron Harold, Jessica Bree, Alexis Smiley and even the Android Damon attend. When Disaster Imperials invade the con, Vyk sees this as an opportunity to unleash the comic book in battle, trapping not only Disaster Imperials but West-Stein and company as well. He manipulated his body into a monstrous shape much like that of the Diseased to ward off his adversaries but he was defeated by West-Stein, Aaron and Android Damon.

## Powers and Abilities

Whenever combined with Colorism Director and Randall Beth Rogen’s vivid Reality of Rudeness Technique, Vyk is able to use the CogandWheels Bested book to trap his opponents into a merged world of Manic Boy and Doughgirl Comics. Once there, he can perform moves such as Comic Book Convention-Style: Narcissistic Artists! and manipulate his body in varying sizes and manners.

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## Trivia/Notes and Disclaimer

***Disclaimer**: To whom this may concern, the characters in their entirety, while they borrow inspiration from events, ideas, themes, and other sources from the original author's life, are incredibly different and fictional entities inside the Rage Knights Red God and under no circumstance are they expressing a real person's actual views, ideologies, names and likeness to cause harm or defame them. Any names bearing similarities to any person(s) are unintentional unless stated otherwise and under special permission. The Rage Knights Red God is a work of fiction and solely for entertainment and educational purposes. Please note, the series does not represent events that have happened, events to come nor does it condone the very human evils the series itself is/was meant to advocate against. © Khaliq Trevor X.*