16-year-old boy Felipé is the U.S.-born child of undocumented mexican immigrants living in Sunset Park, Brooklyn (NY), which doesn‘t make life easy for him. Aside from living in constant fear of returning home to find his family has been taken away, he struggles with ongoing discrimination in school and exposure to gangs in his neighborhoods. As a young superhero he fights for his peers and against crime on the streets.
Powers/Abilities:
Gecko Boy has the amazing ability to walk up and adhere to most vertical surfaces such as walls and ceilings – even those as smooth as glass. This ability, combined with both his extremely enhanced agility and being “double jointed” (which means that he can hyperextend his joints – for example bend his knee or finger joints backwards – and stretch them further than normal), makes him a master of parkour and urban exploration by enabling him to go from one motion to another effortlessly, effectively dodge attacks, swing from things easily, sprint, do back-flips and perform numerous other gymnastic, athletic, martial, and acrobatic feats with little to no effort beyond even most dedicated training.
