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The Goliath Beetle (or simply Goliath) is one of the reasons the insectoid human community has such a bad reputation. A merrcenary by trade, Goliath’s loyalty is to whoever can pay him the most. And unfortunately, those people tend to be on the wrong side of the law. And are usually enemies of the Ant Queen.
Goliath is an incredibly dangerous individual. Capable of shrinking down to a size where he could fit in a human hand, he can often infiltrate enemy bases undetected. But it’s when he uses his power to grow to massive sizes that Goliath becomes truly frightening. He is destruction on two legs and quite often a pair of remarkably tough wings too. The armored Goliath can seem unstoppable and to date, no single hero has ever been able been able to bring him down without help.
Goliath is a bully at heart and delights in tormenting the skittish wannabe hero Firefly whenever he gets the chance. He hates heroes like Vespa and Dragonfly. Although he’s kind of fond of Dragonfly’s partner, Static Buzz, simply because on one occasion when Goliath went on a rampage Static ended things in his usual direct manner by offering the mercenary more money that his employer was. In actual fact Static had hacked Goliath’s employers bank account and transferred the money to Goliath. Goliath didn’t really care one way or the other. So long as he got paid.
“Puny insects!” – Goliath.
Remember Babyface, the baby gangster? Well say hello to his little friend (I couldn’t resist), the sweet southern Sally with a siren song that sends (s)everyone to sleep. Lullaby.
Lullaby will often stroll into a bank, sing a song and send everyone to sleep and then she and Babyface (and their gang) will rob the place blind.
The image of Lullaby pushing the foul mouthed gangster Babyface around in a stroller just makes me smile. That’s really the only reason I put these two together.
“Sweet dreams, sugah” – Lullaby.
@madjack said:
Wow – great work! I love Black Betty! Uhm – I mean as a character…
Well what’s not to love about an atomic psychopath?
I’m glad you like her guys. Betty is a character I originally created years ago when I first made Mind-Wave and the Children of the Atom but this is the first time I’ve gotten around to creating her with heromachine. It’s nice to finally give her a face.
Elizabeth Black was beautiful. Elizabeth Black was loved. But everything changed when the hero Atomic died.
The explosion and subsequent radiation given off by the hero’s death killed thousands. Elizabeth was “one of the lucky ones”. Miraculously, she and a number of others had survived. But she didn’t feel very lucky. Not only was everyone she knew dead but she had become infected with atomic radiation. Her very touch was now poisonous. Elizabeth was locked away, supposedly for the safety of those around her. She languished in hell for months, deprived of human contact for the first time in her life.
Meanwhile though, the other survivors had changed too. And among their number was the individual now referring to himself as Mind-Wave. Mind-Wave orchestrated a plot to escape the holding facility he and the other “infected” were being held in. When the newly named Children of the Atom were unleashed upon the world Elizabeth, now calling herself, Black Betty, was among their number.
The Children of the Atom quickly proved to be a danger to the world and often fought an assortment of heroes. Black Betty seemed at times to have been driven insane by her new state. But at times she has proven to be the one member of the group who actually has any piece of their original humanity left. She hates what she has become and has considered leaving the group on a number of occasions. But Mind-Wave is devious and has convinced her that he and the other children are the only people who could ever love her now.
They are her family.
“Now I am become death” – Black Betty.
