Zetaman

From Encyclopedia Superheroica -the Encyclopedia of Superheroes

Zetaman is a costumed activist operating in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Zetaman is just a regular guy who works nights and has a family.

History

Illya King grew up drinking soda, eating pizza, and reading comicbooks. He makes his living now as a graphic designer, but felt compelled to do more. He combined his creativity and his community spirit and became... Zetaman. -And then compromised his own secret identity by welcoming video cameras into his home and confessing his real name (and a weakness for cats).

Zetaman has conducted citizen patrols of his home city. He has interacted with people on the street. He has donated time, effort, and money to charitable causes.

Eventually Zetaman had attracted the attention of a number of civic-minded individuals and together they became... the Alternates. This group went on to perform a number of community service missions. There were, however, a few public relations issues. There were also concerns expressed regarding the disparate motivations of what was supposed to be a cohesive group. Ultimately Zetaman felt he had to withdraw his endorsement. After awhile, he attracted a new group of civic-minded individuals (this time with a greater unanimity) and they became... the Zeta-Corps.

Much of the Zeta story is told these days through online webisodes of a documentary feature called The Real Adventures of Zetaman.

Mission

"Giving meaning to the word Hero."

Associates

• Agent Null
• Ms. Meow
• Dreamer
• Black Knight

References

Check out his MySpace
More official video at Zetaman.tv

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