Gerry: And when the police weren't able to bring the criminals to justice, he went and took the law into his own hands. Gerry: His family was killed in crossfire in a mafia shootout in Central Park. Gerry Conway: He was a Vietnam vet, an honorable soldier. some begin with good old-fashioned bloodshed. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.Īmory Sivertson: Some origin stories kick off with radioactive spider bites, or alien planets.
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