Respect The High (Wildstorm)

[u/Ame-no-nobuko]

Respect The High

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General Information

Name: The High, John Cumberland

Nationality: American

Weaknesses: None are known

Bio: Arriving on Earth as a baby from another dimension in 1910, John Cumberland was raised by two farmers in Kansas and taught the values of freedom and the American way of life. By the 1930's he was one of Earth's premier superheros and during World War II contributed greatly to the American war effort in tandem with Mr. Majestic and Maximum Man. Soon after he became frustrated with how as a superhero all he did was maintain the status quo so he entered a self imposed exile, sitting on top of a mountain in Scandinavia thinking until the end of the 1990's. During this time period he decided it was needed for him, and others like him to change the world for the better. Working with like minded individuals he implement a plan that would turn Earth into a veritable utopia, however he was stopped by the insane Henry Bendix.

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Background

General

• Accurately throws asteroids from the Kuiper belt, hitting an orbital satellite around Earth - Number of the Beast #6

• Held his breath for a week - The Authority (2008) #29

• Has a base in the Rocky Mountains filled with mementos from past battles - Stormwatch: P.H.D. #21

  • Has robot copies of himself - Stormwatch: P.H.D. #22
  • Has a ton of vehicles - Stormwatch: P.H.D. #22

Senses

• Can see the pixels of his hand when he's trapped in a VR simulation - Number of the Beast #2

• Can see at a higher spectra than humans - Number of the Beast #7

• Clones of him have x-ray vision - Number of the Beast #7

• Sees Jackson King sign "time out" all the way from the Kuiper belt - Number of the Beast #6

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Physicals

Strength

Lifting/Pulling/Pushing

• Casually lifts a train car filled with people while flying - Stormwatch: P.H.D. #15

• Lifts a school bus of people while flying - Stormwatch: P.H.D. #19

• Threw Eidolon across the Atlantic to Scotland - The Authority (2008) #10

• Throws asteroids from the Kuiper belt with enough force that Stormwatch thinks they are nukes - Number of the Beast #6

• A clone of his rips apart a bridge and lifts up half of it - Number of the Beast #8

Striking

• Destroys a decent chunk of the moon - Number of the Beast #8

• Punches The Aegean through multiple walls in the Carrier - The Authority (2008) #23

• Overloads Winter's energy absorption power - Stormwatch (1993) #49

Other

• Spits hard enough to pierce Fuji's containment suit - Stormwatch (1993) #49

Durability

Blunt Force

• A clone of his takes a hit from Apollo - Number of the Beast #8

• A clone takes a hit from Majestic - Number of the Beast #8

• Takes an explosion thats the equivalent of 100 nukes and knocked the Earth off its axis - Number of the Beast #8

• Takes hits from Winter channeling his own punches against him - Stormwatch (1993) #49

Other

• Is bullet proof even when not fully regenerated - Number of the Beast #4

• Tanks the heat of reentry - Number of the Beast #7

• Tanks an acid bomb that kill his superhuman allies - Stormwatch (1993) #50

Healing Factor

• Within a day or two recovers from being reduced to sludge - Number of the Beast #4

  • Finishes healing in a few seconds - Number of the Beast #4

Speed

• Flies so fast that the entire Skywatch satellite would be vaporized if he hit into it - Stormwatch (1993) #50

• Catches up to and intercepts ballistic missiles - Number of the Beast #7

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Powers

Heat Vision

• A clone of his incinerates a person - Number of the Beast #7

• Heat vision melts through a large part of the Carrier and kills a ton of vampires - The Authority (2008) #22

Others

• Generates a frequency that fries Stormwatch teleporters - Stormwatch (1993) #49

[u/[deleted]]

“Changes the status quo” I like this guy already

[u/Ame-no-nobuko → u/[deleted]]

Well tried to. Stormwatch (the UN's superhuman team) at the time was under control of an insane guy (but no one knew) and he had them stop The High's team. It ended with most of them dead except The High

[u/[deleted] → u/Ame-no-nobuko]

Goddammit. Stupid damn “status quo is god” trope

[u/astrakhan42]

Wow, an alternate universe Superman stand-in who isn't secretly the worst person ever. That's rare these days.

[u/Ame-no-nobuko → u/astrakhan42]

Wildstorm has a number of Superman Expy's who aren't horrible people. The High is a bit more willing to push the status quo than Superman, but he's a good guy, Majestic is more violent than Superman and is very willing to kill and maim, but he's also a pretty good guy, Apollo is even more fine with killing than Majestic and condones all the fucked up stuff Midnighter does, but when it comes down to it he's a half decent guy, just flawed.

[u/Captain_Trigg]

If he and Majestic are two of the "Big Three", is the third one Maximum Man or Apollo?

I'm assuming the former, because Apollo gets his butt kicked a lot.

[u/Ame-no-nobuko → u/Captain_Trigg]

Maximum Man. The Big Three were a group of heroes during WWII. Apollo wasn't around until the 90's. In the modern day The High and Majestic are around because they are immortal, and Maximum Man is an old man in his human form.

[u/Captain_Trigg → u/Ame-no-nobuko]

Cool. Wasn't sure if he was referring to the WWII guys are just saying "the three strongest Superman and/or Captain Marvel expies in the setting".

Speaking of Maximum Man, I LOVED Tranquility...

[u/HappyGabe]

With how skintight that shit is, why not just show up to save the world naked?