The Fly
Real Name Thomas Troy

ADVANTAGES: Acute Balance -2D, Acute Sense of Direction (-2D), Contact (Fly-Girl) -3D, Contact (Mighty Crusaders) -5D, Patron (Turan of the Fly People) -4D, Speed Draw (buzz gun) -1D
DISADVANTAGES: Enemy (Spider Spry) +2D, Enemy (Mighty Crusaders enemies) +5D, Employed (Thomas Troy is an attorney) +4D, Moral Code +2D, Secret Identity +3D

POWERS: The Fly’s powers are gained when he transforms into his superhero form. When he does so, he actually switches bodies — his Thomas Troy body resides safely in the Fly People’s dimension. This is a handy way of recovering from injuries, by the way — if his Fly is badly injured, he can switch back to his Thomas Troy form and allow his super-heroic self to heal before being summoned again. As the Fly, Tom has the following powers: Flight 5D; Superattributes: Reflexes 3D, Coordination 3D, Physique 5D; Clinging 5D; Supersenses (360° Vision – the Fly can see in all directions); Telepathy (insects only) 9D; Air Manipulation 4D – the Fly can generate wind currents by beating his wings. During the 1960s, the Fly was temporarily known as Fly-Man and possessed additional powers. These powers faded with time, but they were: Size Manipulation – Growth (self-only) 6D; Bind 5D (the Fly can generate steel-hard bindings, similar to webbing); Light Manipulation (flash only) 11D — the Fly can generate a blinding glare “equal to that of 1,000 fireflies”.

EQUIPMENT: Fly Ring (Body Points 300, Tom can transform into the Fly by rubbing the ring and saying “I wish I were The Fly”); Buzz Gun (Body Points 50, Sonic Manipulation (sonic blast) 6D)

BACKGROUND: Tommy Troy lived in the Westwood Orphanage. The superintendent, Aaron Creacher, hired him out to raise money.

Tommy thus worked for elderly Ben (aka Ezra), and Abigail March. Tommy learned that they were wizards. Late one night, he tried on a fly shaped ring he found in the attic.

It glowed and a door opened to another dimension , from which stepped Turan of the Fly People. He explained that millions of years before, Fly People ruled the Earth but they waged war with magic, reducing most of the population to common houseflies.

Only a few Fly People were able to escape, fleeing to a dimensional plane outside the Galaxy. There they have waited patiently for “one person… pure of heart” to make war against greed and crime, which were their own downfall. Troy has these qualities.

Thus whenever he rubs the ring and says, “I wish I were the Fly,” he is projected into the other dimension and returns as a costumed adult called the Fly. To become his civilian identity, all the youth has to do is utter his name.

Tommy continued as the Fly into adulthood, cleaning up crime in Capital City and becoming a lawyer. He became a founding member of The Mighty Crusaders and partnered with Kim Brand, who became Fly-Girl. At some point their relationship came to an end and Kim married Firefly – her daughter has used both Fly-Girl and Firefly as heroic identities.

It’s unknown what ultimately became of The Fly.

In many of the Crusaders stories, The Fly was depicted as one of the “big” heroes in the Red Circle reality and he should be thought of as one of the core Crusaders.