FIREBALL
AKA Josh Hawkins

Prowess 3
Coordination 4
Strength 4
Intellect 3
Awareness 3
Willpower 3

Stamina 7

Powers
*Fire Control 6 (Extras: “Fireball” Blast, Aura, Flight – Limit: Fireball’s Flight only allows him to travel a couple of feet off the ground)

Specialties
Athletics

Qualities
*Good ‘ol Southern Boy
*Do I belong in the Crusaders?
*Haunted by the Crucible

Background

While exploring swamplands near his Mississippi home, Josh Hawkins came across fireballs frequently mentioned in local Indian legends. Noticing that they seemed to be coming out of a hole in space, he entered the void and was transported to another reality. Thankfully for him, an explosion returned him violently to our world, now equipped with tremendous powers, which he used to become the hero Fireball.

After an encounter with The Fly and the unfriendly Comet (Rob Connors), he joined the Crusaders in their first mission against the monstrous Kalathar, becoming pivotal in defeating the titanic monster. Later, he helped to stop a group of American extremists from causing World War Three.

Fireball had many doubts about remaining with the Crusaders but before he could quit, he and the rest of the team were stranded on an alien world, victim of the machinations of the Tomorrow Men, a group of conspirators residing in a station located out of time and space called The Crucible.

Josh and the Crusaders passed eight years on an hostile alien world before being accidentally brought to the Crucible and learning how and why they had been trapped. After escaping the destruction of the Crucible, Josh retired to the country, hoping to live a more peaceful life.