Created by Bob Justice
Golem
Alter Ego: Ron Benjamin
Occupation: formerly Test Pilot, Soldier
Known Relatives: unnamed parents
Group Affiliation: Lightning Squad
Base of Operations: Mobile
Background/History:
American Jews had it bad, although not nearly as bad as others who were
virtually exterminated in Europe. Basically third class citizens at best, Ron’s
grandfather forged papers to hide their heritage and moved to Russia. Ron’s
best friend in college was a scientist/inventor named Werner Reynolds and he
confided his secret to him. It was a horrible mistake since Werner was quite the
good little Nazi deep down. He had been working on a prototype space vehicle
that could pass through the atmosphere and possibly go to the moon. Before he
went to the government, he wanted to test it, but even his fearless friend
refused. So, he played his trump card, test the ship or be revealed. Ron had no
choice, not so much for his own sake, but for his elderly parents. The plan was
to aim for the small breach in the atmosphere over Russia, reputed to have been
cause by the mysterious explosion in the early 1900s. The ship performed well,
but when it passed through the breach, things began to go wrong. Communications
were lost and the ship careened out of control and crashed in the Russian woods.
The wreckage left no hope for a survivor, but the cabin had remained somewhat
intact. To Reynolds’ surprise, there was movement inside. He tried to get it
open before any authorities could arrive, but to no avail and he fled. Twenty
soldiers arrived just in time for the cabin to burst apart as a huge humanoid
figure emerged. No longer human, he appeared to be made of clay. He was huge,
nearly ten feet tall. Fortunately for the soldiers, he collapsed. At first
thought to be an alien, they quickly realized the ship was not unearthly. Ron
could not speak and had little memory, but he was very strong and almost
indestructible. Using some of the techniques that had been used on Commando,
they controlled his mind and turned him into a living weapon of destruction for
the Reich. Some evidence at the site led them back to Reynolds and, after
interrogation, he spilled everything he knew and was shot. However, it amused
Hitler to name their weapon after the Jewish mystical creature, the Golem, and
he became a devastating weapon in the arsenal of the Lightning Squad.
Personality/Motivations:
Golem appears to have no memory of his past and has no personality to speak of.
He understands languages and does simple functions without specific orders, like
opening a door for example. He follows his orders simply, absolutely, and with
no guilt whatsoever.