Arab King

Originally hired as a bodyguard by Professor Normal, but more accurately described as a test subject. He was one of four people subjected to artificial infusions of Atlantean crystals, though in his case under the pretence that they were new "metachronic steroids" developed by Egyptian scientists. (The other three apprentices were Spector, Mandate, and Mistress Panther)

Following the Professor's famous heel-face turn, the former bodyguard finally realised that his abilities were more than just the normal results of substance abuse. He remembered that the drug had supposedly come from an Arabic country, but didn't do any research. He cobbled together a costume based on all kinds of Middle-Eastern influences, and stole some gadgets from the Professor's lab (including a launcher for strongforce grapnels that allow him to climb or swing from almost any surface, and his famous 'gleaming fist' gloves, which shine like polished chrome, and are as thin as tinfoil but hard as granite once activated).

His costume includes a full face mask (surmounted a turban), but leaves his arms bare. It has been noted by some that his skin colour and the prison tattoos around his left shoulder might provide all the clues the authorities need to identify him, once he starts carrying out the major robberies he has planned.