Short for Surface-to-Air Man!
Thanks to everyone for participating in the name that random one-off hero who may or may not ever appear in the pages of Kickman again. Or, maybe now he’ll have a huge part to play who knows. Sticky Buns I originally planned just to embarrass Matt in Mom’s House of Pies. I thought Blush originally would appear in a single page during the internship quest just to ridicule her power. Who knows S.A.M. may get his own spin-off comic. Or maybe he’ll make random cameos in the pages of Java Jaguar.
Originally I was going to award 3 Kick Points to the best name for this conical, flying hero… but since I had so many participants, I’ve opened the gates on the prize pool.
5 points to Daniel M. Ball for coming up with the winning name, S.A.M!
2 points to Archives for coming up with the most entries at 9!
1 points also to ErnieG, who had the second most entries at 5, and also an additional
+1 point to ErnieG for an honorable mention for Flying Avenger!
1 point to Simon Blacke for having the most confidence in his entry, Man-Missile!
1 point to Ebonbolt for the least confidence in his entry, Nose Cone!
1 point to Xavier for another honorable mention for his entry, Golden Avenger! I just like it.
Thanks for playing everyone. You can check out the Kick Points leaderboard by clicking the link on the horizontal menu that says KICK POINTS! Or click this one here if you’re too lazy to scroll back up…
Oh come on, one point? His name is the PERFECT set-up for a visual pun. He’s sitting in a hero bar having a drink, some obnoxious drunk or better yet, obnoxious sober hero come up with a rag and starts rubbing the helmet. The drink gets set down, “I know better than to ask, but what the hell are you doing?”. Obnoxious replies, “Oh I struck out with Nacho Girl, so I figured my only option tonight was polish the old Man-Missile”. Cue eye roll.
My guess for Superior Man’s power is that it’s based on how powerful people think he is so the stronger he seems the stronger he is.