The Keeper of Infinite Earths - Lightning Squadron
Created by Bob Justice
Commando
Alter Ego: Classified
Occupation: Soldier
Known Relatives: none
Group Affiliation: Lightning Squad
Base of Operations: Mobile
Background/History:
Little is known about the past of Commando other than he was a Russian soldier
who was being experimented upon when a German battalion discovered the secret
base where materials taken from the site of the Tunguska explosion were kept in
the early forties. They evacuated the base as quickly as possible and destroyed
everything as they went, but the truck carrying one soldier strapped to a gurney
raced off into the night. The truck was fired upon and crashed through a bridge
into a frigid river. No one could survive the freezing temperature of the water,
but the Nazis were curious about the desperate attempt to keep this man from
their clutches and retrieved him. As he thawed, amazingly, he came to and was
fine, but his memory was gone. The more they tested him, the more amazing he
became. He was faster, stronger, and more agile than any normal man. The memory
loss made him easy to control and they convinced him that he was a Nazi soldier.
After some weeks, he started to regain bits of memory, so they drugged him and
froze him again. It had the desired effect and started a pattern that has
continued to the present day of them keeping him in cold storage until they need
him. By utilizing subliminal messages, they keep him up to date in his frozen
slumber as well as keeping his mind controlled to make him the perfect
soldier/assassin. Using modern day technology to enhance his abilities, he is
even more deadly now after almost sixty years of serving the Reich.
Personality/Motivations:
He has very little personality, more of a detached and slightly paranoid
mentality. He quietly observes everyone and acts as a weapon for the Reich with
no conscience or remorse. He is monitored very closely for fear that the
conditioning might slip and he could someday remember his true identity.