MISTER IMMORTAL (Craig Hollis)
Created By: John Byrne
First Appearance: The Avengers West Coast #46 (July 1989)
Role: Easily-Killed Hero, Joke Hero
Group Affiliation: Great Lakes Avengers
PL 7 (123)
STRENGTH 2
STAMINA 3
AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 8
DEXTERITY 3
INTELLIGENCE 1
AWARENESS 1
PRESENCE 1
Skills:
Acrobatics 2 (+6)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 2 (+10)
Deception 2 (+3)
Expertise (Pop Culture) 4 (+5)
Expertise (Card Player) 7 (+8)
Insight 2 (+3)
Intimidation 1 (+2)
Perception 3 (+4)
Persuasion 2 (+3)
Stealth 3 (+7)
Vehicles 2 (+5)
Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Fast Grab, Great Endurance, Interpose, Ranged Attack 2, Set-Up, Teamwork 2
Powers:
"Mutant Powers: Homo sapiens supreme- Evolved Past Death"
Immunity 1 (Aging) [1]
Immortality 18 [36]
"Crazed Return From Life" (Flaws: All Powers Require a Recent Resurrection, and Fade after several rounds)
Enhanced Strength 2 [2]
Enhanced Stamina 2 [2]
Speed 1 (4 mph) [0.5]
Leaping 1 (15 feet) [0.5]
Enhanced Advantages 2: Improved Critical (Unarmed), Power Attack [1]
Offense:
Unarmed +10 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Crazed Return +10 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Initiative +4
Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +3 (+5 Crazed Return), Fortitude +4, Will +6
Complications:
Relationship (Dinah Soar)- Mr. Immortal is the only human being to speak the dinosaur-girl's native language, and the two are also in love. It's one of comics' only examples of the woman being significantly uglier than the man.
Responsibility (Uncontrolled)- Mr. Immortal returns to life in a super-strong, uncontrolled state that makes him very dangerous. Only Dinah could calm him down when this happened.
Responsibility (The Great Lakes Team)
Reputation (Loser Hero)
Total: Abilities: 46 / Skills: 30--15 / Advantages: 9 / Powers: 43 / Defenses: 10 (123)
-"All you're threatening me with is death! And DYING's what I do best!" That about says it all for this guy- a hero who dies in nearly his every appearance- he has the totally original power to simply regenerate back to life in moments. Of course such a silly power necessitates him being kind of sucky to make up for its game-breaking, and being a Mort character on a deliberately goofy team suits that just fine. Mr. Immortal is the team leader, but isn't really that great of a leader- the whole concept is so inherently silly that they're nothing but a joke in-world, even when they DO save the entire universe during their better moments!
-Turns out his powers bring him to the attention of a Cosmic Entity named Deathurge, who played himself up as an imaginary friend for years, before revealing he's been watching Craig this entire time as he will eventually become the last living creature in the universe, and discover the secret to everything. Craig was initially suicidal after seeing his father and beloved stepsister die on separate occasions, but found that he could not die- this gave him the calling to become a superhero.
-Mr. Immortal and Dinah Soar became lovers, and he became the only one to figure out her language, while she was the only one who could calm him down in his psychotic "post-resurrection" state. However, she was killed fighting Maelstrom, Deathurge taking HER away, too- this made Craig realize that the being was definitely NOT his friend, though the being admitted to finding Craig like a "son". Craig realized he was
Homo sapiens supreme, and this gave him renewed purpose, and he single-handedly stopped Maelstrom by convincing the villain to join him in suicide to avoid their ultimate purpose- to outlive everything. Naturally, Craig came back.
-Mr. Immortal's a pretty simple build: a guy who's a decent fighter (not compared to most melee fighter-focused heroes, of course) and reasonably in-shape, but is still basically human, but unkillable. Totally. Unkillable. He will Resurrect from ANY fatal wound within almost no time at all, no matter how bad it was (ie. True Resurrection), and Rage for a bit before calming down. He's PL 7 for most of his stats, and weaker than the rest of his team, since he has no actual offensive powers. His whole schtick is using suicide attacks or distracting people, since hey- you can't kill him.