For this challenge because I’m hoping a lot of my co Game of Kings partners are going to enter.

I have also submitted a brief bio for anyone who wants to have a go at bringing him to life and go on to make squillions in a movie deal in the future :)

Simon Sherry said it was a mad cross between Batman and SwampThing.
Which is cool because Batman is my favourite Comic book hero and Swamp Thing was instrumental in bringing Alan Moore up to the big time thus giving him enough cred to make brilliant work like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Parts 1,2 &3 , From Hell and of course WATCHMEN.
cheers
Danny

THE PELICAN
Bio

Born horribly disfigured after his mother was attacked by a flock of Pelican who had nested on the pondage of the Three Mile Island nuclear facility young Derek Derringer was hidden away by his loving but embarrassed parents.

Fearful that Derek would fall the way of John Merricks the infamous Elephant Man and become a side show spectacle.
The family located to the Florida Everglades where home schooled Derek led an idealic life among the creatures of the swamp.

It did not go unnoticed by Mr. and Mrs. Derringer that their son had a way with animals and were often surprised to see an alligator or grey fox waiting patiently for Derek on the front stoop as he got something from the house.

Derek’s parents learnt early that while Derek was around they were also safe from the beast of the marshlands.
As Derek grew older his parents seeking human companship started seek out neighbours and were surprised of the acceptance of Derek , despite his unique appearance.

The least of these an old hermit who in actual fact was the scientist responsible for the attack on Mrs. Derringer. A secret he kept to himself as well as the reason he coincidently relocated so close to the Family.

As he grew Derek was popular among the neighbours who kept all knowledge to themselves on request of his doting parents.

They affectionately called him Pelican boy.

One day whilst Derek was on an adventure with his wildlife friends a gang of hillbilly bootleggers robbed and killed his parents after an orgy of violence mind due to an new strain of mind bending alcohol brewed in the stills deep in the swamp.

Derek came home to find the neighbours gathered on his verandah, the discovery of his parents too gruesome a sight for the young man.

Due to no official records of Derek existing it was agreed Derek should be sent away with one of them so the murders could be reported and Derek would not be taken away , knowing the feeling of his parents about the outside world.

The hermit Mr.Eintfold volunteered to take on Derek until the mess was sorted and hopefully Derek could return home.

These chain of events would lead to Mr. (Professor) Eintfold to reveal his true identity to Derek and the revelation of his unique appearance.
Derek shattered by his parents death vowed vengenance on those who prowled on the weak and law abiding in the Everglades and pronounced he would now go by the moniker:
The Pelican.
With the help of the Professor, Derek was fitted with prosthetic wings to glide over the swamp and using his protruding beak sac as a utility bill to hold all manner of wonderful weapons and tools especially invented by the Professor.
Using his abilities to communicate with the beasts of the Everglades The Pelican – with the aid of the Professor- wage a war on bootleggers, moonshiners and criminals who choose the swamp as their hiding hole so that one day he will also avenge the death of his loving parents.