Archetype: Size Manipulator
Name: Jonathon Marlowe
Alias: Gigas
Age: 28
Powers: 

* Duplication - Marlowe can create 5 duplicates, of different size and strength.
* Dupe Telepathy - Marlowe and his giant dupes are all connected telepathically.
* Strength/Durability - With each duplicate the hero is granted more strength and durability. 

6 ft - At normal height and weight, Marlowe can lift five tons and take small arms fire.
12 ft - The first dupe can lift 10 tons and take heavy arms fire.
18 ft - The second dupe can lift 15 tons, and take any gunfire with the addition of bladed weapons having no effect. 
24 ft - 20 ton lift, same as before.
30 ft - 25 ton lift, same as before.
60 ft - 50 ton lift, same as before, just twice as big and powerful

 
Weaknesses:

* The more duplicates he makes, the less time they have to stick around. With all of his duplicates active, he has roughly five minutes to get everything he needs to done. The most strain comes from the last giant dupe. Without the largest dupe, Marlowe can keep them active for fifteen minutes. He generally just uses the first two or three duplicates. 

* Brute Force - anybody stronger than Marlowe could still get the best of him. 

* Telepathic Attacks - his mind is always vulnerable. If his concentration is broken he involuntarily reabsorbs his dupes.  

* Gas Bombs - Gas based weapons effect him like they would anyone. 

* Heat / Cold - Gigas can still be burned and suffer the same as anyone from extreme temperatures.

* Eyesight - Flash grenades mess him up, he wears special golden contacts to help with being near sighted and to protect from the sun's rays. Bright lights are still a big weakness.


Alignment: Hero, Agent of STRIKE
Personality: honest, cautious, tactical, easy going, resourceful 
Appearance: 

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/thekidlantern/Gigantus_zpskhartxgg.png[/img]

BRIEF Bio:

Marlowe was an Olympic level wrestler and sprint runner who later in life became a security guard for a hospital in New Athens for several years. Upon coming into contact with an alien and some strange substance on the edge of the hospital perimeter, Jon was somehow given the ability to make giant duplicates of himself. Shortly after STRIKE's mountain fortress HQ was set up in New Athens [two years ago], Jon was recruited into their rank and has trained with some of the best in hand to hand. A couple of his giant dupes actually helped with the recent renovations in the east wing of the HQ. Now with Liberty Son on the path to becoming the twisted Darkstar, STRIKE will recruit every hero it can in an attempt to take down one of the nation's most influential superhumans. And one of the first was Jon, now codenamed 'Gigas'. 

At this point in his career he's mostly trained with STRIKE agents and doesn't have any real in the field experience. He can't wait to remedy this. 

Storylines: 

* Out of the Shadows - Rumors of a giant man in the ranks are finally put to rest when Gigas is tasked with being among the superhumans to take down Liberty Son / Darkstar.

* Assault on STRIKE - the mountain fortress is attacked...


Notes: We need more supervillains. 

~KL~