Knock-Off was left deliberately enigmatic (like Mr. Mystery). He’s a hero with no name, no face, who disappears into the crowd when the fighting is done. We know he has a dog (you’ll note that in the picture of him sewing “HERO” onto his costume that his face is obscured in the photo of him with his dog).

Erik, Kyle and I envisioned Knock-Off as the guy who discovers he has super powers, and just decides to fight crime, because that’s what people with super powers do. Of course, his powers are never really his powers — he absorbs the attributes of what he touches, whether that’s a steel bar or Protonik. His identity is the costume. Out of it, he’s just an ordinary person with an ordinary life. In the costume however, he trades punches with the bad guys, saves the girl, and gets his photo in the newspaper.

Once the fighting is done, Knock-Off heads home, watches TV, and waits for another chance to put on the costume.

He eventually gets recruited for the Reserve, but he isn’t the sort that shows up for meetings or hangs out at headquarters. He has an amazing ability to disappear if you turn your back for a moment, and he seems to appear out of nowhere when he’s needed.

I like the character concept a lot, and I think it really fits well with an absorber character. It’s not his own super-powers or abilities that make him a hero, it’s that he can take on other attributes in order to save the day. So, he really struggles with the idea that it’s not really him in the costume, he’s just a generic hero, hoping to save everyone.

Forward | Courage Unlimited | A Note on Notes | Thematic Influence | The Luciferian | Roll Call | Knock-Off | Gimmick | Twist | Cyclone | The Pugilist | Minotaur, ANTAG and Bestiary | Iraq Discoveries | The Reserve | The Front

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