History
Bret Jackson was a student and an athletics hopeful who, however, was influenced by his girlfriend Carol to hang out in an amusement arcade where the propeitor was friendly to young people and offered them tobacco. This had an adverse effect in that his athletic performance was degrading. Powerman learns that Carol and Bret's other friends are in doing poorly in academics, as well as multiple disciplinary issues having to do with cutting school..[1]
Bret learns that the arcade is a front for a villian known as Smokescreen, who runs a gambling racket. Smokescreen had intended for Bret's performance to falter as he was a good athlete, and his school was favored to win a track meet. Smokescreen is stopped by Storm and Spiderman and later turned over to the local police, but the medical effects of the tobacco still linger in Bret. Bret trains harder than he ever does to prepare for the track meet, but ultimately loses. He grouses that he has let his school down and is now going to have a hard time getting a college scholarship, but Power Man reminds him that he himself was a convicted felon who got a second chance at life by becoming a hero. Bret's friends realize they have no right to put him down and give him another chance.Attributes
Weaknesses
Peer pressure
Paraphernalia
Weapons
None known