Alias: Clay
Real Name: Clayton Caviness
Genre: Supervillain
Powers/Special Skills: composed of soft clay that can be shaped into weapons or small creatures
Special Weapons/Tools/Armor: none
Affiliations: Dirty Deeds, Inc.
Other Aliases: none
Status: at large
Bio:
Clayton was a small-time crook on a big-time crime spree when the police finally caught up to him while he was robbing a convenience store. A shoot-out ensued, and although Clayton was hit several times, he managed to escape from the store and stagger into the forest behind it. Eventually, exhausted and bleeding to death, he collapsed on the bank of a river, sinking into the soft red clay beneath him and quickly dying…
If the universe had any sense, it would have let him perish.
Instead, as bad luck would have it, a cloud of toxic waste that had been illegally dumped upstream floated by, some of which flowed along with some of the river clay into the open wounds in Clayton’s body. The combination was a perfect storm of DNA restructuring, and Clayton emerged from the river as a sloppy, muddy man made of clay. His wounds filled in and completely healed instantly, and when the policemen chasing him burst into the clearing, Clayton’s new body instinctually liquified into a puddle until they had passed on, none the wiser. His body reformed into a humanoid shape and he made his way to freedom.
You might think that such a miraculous occurrence might change a man’s lease on life. Instead, Clayton found it easier than ever to rob stores and banks, thanks to his incredible power. He never really thought of himself as a villain, but as soon as word of the clay man got out, he was dubbed a super menace by the media.
He was ultimately sought out and recruited by Dirty Deeds, Inc., a group of supercriminals who hired themselves out to commit the crimes other people need done but can’t do themselves.
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