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adult superheroes

Adult superheroes have been convienently absent from the story so far, since they're busy dealing with The Crisis of Trans-World Identities far out in outer space.

Named adult heroes

• Hunter and Killer
• Overwhelming Force, Merkava, and Flashbang. These members of the Deschutes Defenders meet Teen Spooky in Oregon.
• Starhawk Prime. Mentioned by Cory: [DC-1-12]

Named Ex-Teams

• Mitch had a failed internship with the Connecticut Cavaliers. [ETE-TOD-12]
• The Deschutes Defenders. Teen Spooky briefly meets three members of that team.
• Mitch lies to Ivan, claiming he's with the Stockton Sentinels. [ETE-FB-15]

Other notes

• "Both of the regional adult teams have asked [Spooky to join] like twice, even as a regular member." [ETE-2-12]
• Any youth (under 18-years-old) that are associated with the adult teams are called "interns". [ETE-2-14]
• An adult superhero team is sometimes called an "Ex-Team". [ETE-FB-12]

airplane

The Young Protectors have their own airplane, note the YP logo on its tail fin, but it cannot be flown in the usual way. There's no engine. It can only be flown by Flyboy, using his own powers to carry the plane and fly with it and its passengers to wherever he wants. Some of the advantages to this scheme include: the plane doesn't need any jet fuel, it's silent unless Flyboy flies so fast there's a sonic boom, and Flyboy can manuever the plane straight up and down like a helicopter.

• First appearance. [ETE-3-32]
• Mitch briefly drops the plane. [ETE-3-37]
• Mitch briefly drops the plane again. [ETE-3-42]
• Flyboy lands the plane within jogging distance of the site. [ETE-3-83]
• TODO Where Alex stated in a comment that the plane can only be flown by Mitch.

aliens

Aliens exist in the Young Protectors' universe, but almost nothing about them has been revealed.

• First mention of aliens: Sircea tells Duncan that Kyle has no alien DNA. [ETE-1-20]
• First (and only) appearance of an alien: the Kontari asset who was assisting ExSec. The power dampeners were created with Kontari science. [ETE-3-33]

Amanda Charleyboy ("Commander")

Amanda is the leader of The Young Protectors. Her main power is telepathy. Her skill lets her send and receive mental thoughts both vocally and visually, involving multiple people, over the distance of a city block. She can even act as a relay; for example, she can read Flyboy's mind and pass on what he sees with his eagle vision to their teammates. She can also deliver a mental force blast, giving a painful headache to her target. However, some people are more difficult for her to read than others; the Annihilator seems immune to her powers. Also, she can't access other people's memories anywhere near as easily as what they're currently thinking.

Amanda grew up as an army brat in an army camp. Thanks to that and her mother, Lt. Col. Charleyboy, Amanda is trained in both armed and unarmed combat and has some military and governmental connections. It's likely that if it wasn't for Amanda's leadership and tactical skills, the Young Protectors wouldn't exist as a team at all.

Amanda once had a romantic relationship with Spooky.

Browse for Commander in Engaging the Enemy.

• First cover appearance. [ETE-1-0]
• First non-cover appearance. First usage of name "Commander". [ETE-1-1]
• First mention of her telepathy. Commander told the burning building victims to back ways from the windows and walls. [ETE-1-5]
• "I trained with the Navy Seals for eleven months. I could break you in half, magic boy." [ETE-I1-8]
• Kyle says: "Commander has a lot of connections with the military, and with search and rescue." [ETE-2-11]
• First appearance of young Amanda and her mother, Lt. Col. Charleyboy. [ETE-B1-1]
• Young Amanda tells the Lt. Col. that she detects nothing from the demon head. [ETE-B1-4]
• Young Amanda is left alone with the traumatized boy who'll be known as Spooky. Flashback sequence begins of Amanda at 14, who stole a car, and its aftermath. [ETE-B1-9]
• Young Amanda tells how she was perceived as "another army brat from the base just acting out". [ETE-B1-10]
• Young Amanda suddenly knows that Spooky has forgotten his name and everything about who he was and that he's sure he'll never know. [ETE-B1-15]
• Young Amanda sees Spooky at 13, with a slice of cake, surrounded by monsters. [ETE-B1-16-17]
• Young Amanda admits to Spooky that she can read minds. [ETE-B1-19]
• Young Amanda admits her power has downsides, one of which is being able to really hurt people just by thinking the wrong thoughts. [ETE-B1-21]
• Young Amanda sees Spooky fighting monsters, not being one. She also confirms he's really back home on Earth. [ETE-B1-22-23]
• Amanda and Gordon are Kyle's and Paul's legal guardians. [ETE-3-38]
• Commander cuts through Gordon's arguing, answering his objections. [ETE-3-43]
• Commander asks the team if they're up for this mission against the Annihilator and the Platinum Priestess. [ETE-3-46]
• Commander uses her telepathy so the entire team can see the ritual site as Flyboy sees it. [ETE-3-47]
• Commander starts outlining a plan to interfere with the ritual, so the villians miss their window of opportunity and to give the military time to arrive. [ETE-3-70]
• Commander warns everyone that no battle plan survives contact with the enemy. She stresses the priorities and names the chain of command. [ETE-3-81]
• Commander attacks The Platinum Priestess with a mental blast. [ETE-3-89]
• Commander tries to attack Laampros mentally! Is it working? [ETE-5-14]

Anaado

Anaado is a handsome takwin demon. He met the 13-year-old Spooky in Hell and saved him from some monstrous worms. They became friends, then lovers, fighting Hell's monsters. Anaado didn't know what love even was until he met Spooky, and that love became so strong, he made Spooky use a portal to Earth, a portal made with Spooky's own blood, to save the people of Earth from invading demons. Anaado believed that saving a world full of people like Spooky was worth far more than saving his own life. Anaado, unable to follow Spooky to Earth, was captured by Velliok and tortured for years.

In the Legendary story arc, Velliok manages to get a shard of himself into Spooky's mind and, using Spooky's energies to craft a complex illusion, makes Spooky believe that Anaado has escaped Hell and possessed and transformed Kyle's body. "Anaado", supposedly using Kyle's princely powers, returns him and Spooky to "Hell" and seemingly transforms Spooky into his younger self. Velliok's goal was to get Spooky to willingly let "Anaado" possess him, and thus use Spooky as a puppet on Earth, but the ploy failed when "Anaado" completely mischaracterized his own role in Spooky's escape from Hell.

The real Anaado is known to be still alive and mostly intact.

Speculation: We have yet to meet the real Anaado, but from Velliok's impersonation, it's possible that Anaado has magic powers of his own. However, every example of Anaado's power that we saw might be explained by Velliok's pretense of using Kyle's power, not anything the true Anaado might be able to do.

Browse for Anaado in Legendary.

• First appearance, via Amanda's vision. [ETE-B1-22-23]
• First time "Anaado" speaks. [L-2-37]
• First appearance of "Anaado", who has somehow replaced Kyle in bed. [L-2-38]
• First usage of name. "Anaado" kisses Spooky. [L-3-1]
• "Anaado" claims he's possessed Kyle's body and transformed it. [L-3-3]
• Several scenes of how Anaado saved Spooky in Hell. [L-3-9]
• "Anaado" blasts a hole in the floor and he and Spooky fall into an abyss. [L-3-15]
• "Anaado" suggests he should possess Spooky's body if Spooky wants to save both Anaado and Kyle. [L-3-32]
• "Anaado" tells Spooky he can't return them back to Earth. [L-3-32]
• A true accounting of how Spooky left Anaado in Hell. [L-3-56]
• Velliok tortured Anaado for years. [L-3-57]
• Velliok describes Anaado as a "takwin demon". [L-3-61]

Doctor Baker

Dr. Baker is seen working in a police morgue. She is briefly the custodian of the severed demon head that Spooky brought back from Hell.

Browse for Doctor Baker in Engaging the Enemy.

• First appearance. [ETE-B1-2]

Bay City

Bay City is where Spooky's apartment is. It's not the city where Mitch and Cory met Kanya. It's unknown which of the other Young Protectors also live in Bay City, but it's likely most of them do except for Flyboy. Bay City is probably in California, but this is speculation and hasn't been confirmed.

The gay bar, Pearls, and nearby Bayside Park may also be in Bay City.

• Spooky's apartment is in Bay City. [DC-1-8]

giant beanstalk

A giant beanstalk grew out of one of Spooky's red vials when Fluke threw it at the Annihilator's feet. Luckily, the beanstalk not only helps Fluke keep away from the Annihilator, it also helps Fluke get closer to his goal: the second power dampener.

• Fluke tosses a red vial at Anni's feet. It breaks and does nothing. [ETE-4-36]
• First appearance. A giant beanstalk grows between Anni and Fluke! [ETE-4-37]
• Fluke grabs a leaf of the rapidly growing beanstalk and ascends like an elevator out of Anni's reach. [ETE-4-38]
• Anni punches the beanstalk and Fluke falls quite close to the dampener. Anni doesn't see the beanstalk behind him has grown a face and grasping tendrils. [ETE-4-39]
• Anni fights the beanstalk that's grabbed him while Fluke grabs a metal spike and closes in on the dampener. [ETE-4-40]

blue shepherd

• First appearance. [F-1-1]

bone artifact

The bone artifact appears to be a glowing ribcage. It's the central item in a ritual that the Platinum Priestess was casting using blood magic and a full sacrificial circle in the graveyard of a ruined church. We don't know much about the artifact yet. Spooky said the runes on the artifact are Enochian, and it's likely the bone fragment was originally part of the artifact. But that's all we know so far.

• First appearance. [DC-1-20]
• Spooky identifies the runes on the artifact in the cemetery as Enochian, the magic of angels. [DC-1-21]

bone fragment

Kanya found this bone fragment in a mobster's safe. A few days before the Double-Cross story arc, it started glowing. She contacted Flyboy to bring Spooky to her. She wanted money for it. She soon did get money from Spooky, but only after a promise to keep Mitch safe.

Spooky used his scrying bowl with the bone fragment to find out where it came from. The bowl led him, Mitch, and Cory to a ruined church near Sisters, Oregon. A church Spooky had earlier dealings with.

It's very likely that the bone fragment is part of the bone artifact that the Platinum Priestess is using in a new ritual in the church's graveyard.

• First appearance. [DC-1-3]
• Refered to as "just a fragment". [DC-1-4]
• Spooky uses the fragment with the scrying bowl. [DC-1-12]
• [Is it ever actually identified as bone in the webcomic? I don't see anyone actually refering to it that way.]

Detective Boxer

Detective Boxer is seen questioning the then-14-year-old Spooky but with no success. He seems to be the expected stereotype of a police officer: an older white man, gruff and by-the-book, who runs on coffee and doughnuts.

Browse for Detective Boxer in Engaging the Enemy.

• First appearance. [ETE-B1-6]
• Named. [ETE-B1-7]

Cassidy Moore

Cassidy Moore was Spooky's receptionist. She worked from his office and was fond of vintage fashion. Something happened to her, but we're not told what.

• First mentioned. Cassidy also couldn't remember the time period during when Spooky investigations first took him to the ruined church. [DC-1-16]

Lieutenant Colonel Charleyboy

Browse for Colonel Charleyboy in Engaging the Enemy.

• First appearance. Her department is with the Pentagon. [ETE-B1-1]
• First mention that Amanda is Charleyboy's daughter. [ETE-B1-2]
• Amanda tells her mother she detects nothing from the demon head. [ETE-B1-4]

church (the ruined one near Sisters, Oregon)

• It's in central Oregon, about 30 miles from Bend. [DC-1-14]
• First appearance. Spooky says he's been here before and it's near Sisters, Oregon. [DC-1-15]

communicator

The emergency communicator appears to be a standard equipment item that all members of The Young Protectors are supposed to carry or have nearby at all times. Clicking it establishes a wireless two-way encrypted audio link between its user and the computer at YP headquarters. The communicator also relays its physical location via GPS. The communicators are waterproof but are not immune to physical damage.

It is also possible for a teammember at their HQ to call the other members via their communicators. We do not yet know if the communicators beep, vibrate, have programmable ringtones, or if their users can choose which happens when they receive a call.

• First appearance. Kyle uses his communicator to call for help. [ETE-3-1]
• Mitch gets out his communicator. [ETE-FB-29]
• Fluke calls the signal device an "emergency communicator". They're waterproof. [ETE-FB-46]
• Spooky gives a communicator to Cory to use. [DC-1-22]

Cory Alvarez

Cory Alvarez is a young meta-human and a friend of Flyboy's. His main power is telekinesis. The upper limits of his power are unknown, but it seems possible that he could create a full-sized tornado with just his mind. He has yet to learn to fully control his power, though, and he has not yet decided if he wants to persue the life of a hero.

He ran away from home after conflicts with his parents over his homosexually-tinged friendship with Mitch and the fear that he might inadvertently harm his parents with his powers. He reconnected with his older brother, Diego, who had previously left their family over his drug use, and the two of them lived on the streets. In an ill-fated attempt to rob a mobster's money vault, Diego was shot, and Cory was reunited with Mitch.

Mitch invited Cory and Diego to stay at his house, and Cory grudingly accepted. There is some friction over this because Cory's family is poor, Mitch's family is rich, and Cory doesn't want Mitch's charity. Cory and Mitch have also tentatively rekindled their romantic relationship, but they are taking things slow.

Diego often calls Cory manito, meaning "little brother".

Browse for Cory in Engaging the Enemy.
Browse for Cory in Double-Cross.

• First cover appearance. [ETE-FB-0]
• First appearance in-comic. [ETE-FB-5]
• Cory puts on a hood and uses his powers on a large door. First usage of his name, "Cory". [ETE-FB-7]
• Cory recognizes Mitchell's voice. [ETE-FB-14]
• Cory believes Diego's dead and his powers explode into a tornado! [ETE-FB-25]
• Cory's tornado is getting bigger! If he isn't stopped, he could destroy the entire city! [ETE-FB-29]
• Telekinesis can mess up radio frequencies. [ETE-FB-29]
• Cory snaps out of it. Mitch tells him Diego needs to get to a hospital. [ETE-FB-35]
• Cory and Mitch chat on the hospital roof. [ETE-FB-39]
• Cory explains he left home because his father was abusive after he found Cory and Mitch together. [ETE-FB-40]
• Mitch tells Cory he really was crazy in love with him. [ETE-FB-43]
• Cory and Mitch share a rooftop kiss. [ETE-FB-44]
• Cory agrees he'll stay at Mitch's house. "Friggin' prince of the world." [ETE-FB-49]
• Mitch gives Cory a card for Mitch's driver. The driver will take him home and get him whatever Cory needs. [ETE-FB-50]
• Just one more kiss. [ETE-FB-51]
• Surname "Alvarez" mentioned in author's statement for first page of Fallen. [F-1-1]

the crazies

The crazies are magic users who have gone mad. They tend to wear shapeless dark robes and carry daggers. The Platinum Priestess uses them as a task force in some rituals.

• First mention. [ETE-3-32]
• First appearance? [ETE-3-47]
• Origin of the crazies? The Grey Working made every magician (except Sircea) insane. [ETE-3-51]
• Spooky says the robed guys at the ritual site aren't the crazies. More like flunky wannabees who can't actually cast spells yet. [ETE-3-67]
• Spooky says the crazies don't like to work together. [DC-1-21]

The Crisis of Colliding Trans-World Identities

The Crisis of Colliding Trans-World Identities is some mega-event happening mostly elsewhere in the galaxy, involving many of Earth's adult heroes and villains. From a story perspective, this helps explain why there are so few other superpowered characters around.

• First mention of the Crisis. [ETE-1-27]
• The Annihilator claims there are upcoming threats "that make the so-called 'Crisis' look like a tea party." [ETE-2-47]
• "all the big heroes are off-planet for the Crisis. The high-powered interns too." [ETE-3-21]
• Kyle repeats the Annihilator's claim there's something worse than the Crisis to worry about. [ETE-3-23]

Deschutes Defenders

The Deschutes Defenders are an Ex-Team of adult heroes that presumably operate in and near Deschutes, Oregon. Teen Spooky briefly meets three of their members — Overwhelming Force, Merkava, and Flashbang — in a forest near a ruined church soon after Flyboy's arrival in their time period.

• First appearance: [DC-2-4]

Diego Alvarez

Diego is Cory's older brother. Three years ago, he got messed up with drugs and ran away from his family. He reunited with Cory after Cory also ran away from home, albeit for different reasons. Barely able to survive on the streets, the brothers agreed to help Ivan steal money from the mob. That plan failed horribly, and Diego was shot. He is currently recovering in the hospital.

Browse for Diego in Engaging the Enemy.
Browse for Diego in Double-Cross.

• First appearance. [ETE-FB-5]
• Diego puts on a hood. [ETE-FB-7]
• Mitch remembers that three years ago, Diego had gotten messed up with drugs and ran away from his family. [ETE-FB-10]
• Diego's been shot! [ETE-FB-24]
• Cory believes Diego's dead and his powers explode into a tornado! [ETE-FB-25]
• Mitch tries to tell Cory that he can hear Diego's heartbeat. [ETE-FB-28]
• Diego gets to the hospital in time. [ETE-FB-38]

dinosaurs

• First appearance in portal/gate. TODO
• First appearance near Cory. [F-1-2]
• A second dinosaur arrives, crunching a goat (or a goat-like animal) in its teeth! [F-1-3]

dinosaur world

This is a placeholder topic for wherever it is that Cory fell to in Fallen. We know very little about the place other than it has dinosaurs and a blue shepherd there.

• First appearance in portal/gate. TODO

Duncan Wells ("The Annihilator")

The Annihilator, born as Duncan Wells, is one of the world's most dangerous supervillians. His powers include super-strength, super-speed, limited invulnerability, and accelerated self-healing. His prefered weapons are throwing stars which he can hurl at super-speed, but he is quite adept at using any weapons including magical ones to advance his aims. Before the events of Engaging the Enemy, he had eschewed most overt crimes, preferring to amass wealth via white collar crime or even by legal means. He views himself as an anarchist. He is particularly driven to remain strong at all costs.

Duncan and Sircea, better known as The Platinum Priestess, schemed to bring the demon king Laampros from Hell to Earth, partly to gain youth and immortality for themselves, and partly so Sircea could tap the demon's power in order to repair the failing Walls of Pain and Blood that keep all of Hell's demons from invading Earth. Guessing that Kyle was demon-born and learning that he was gay, the villians further plotted to have Duncan seduce Kyle so that at a crucial moment, Duncan could steal enough of Kyle's power to gain passage to Hell to bargain with Laampros. Duncan, who is also gay, didn't expect to develop genuine feelings for the hero, but he did.

The Young Protectors managed to eventually defeat the villians and their scheme, but when the battles were over, Duncan was now a teenager without his powers or memories. Duncan's new youthful body probably exists because Laampros upheld his end of the bargain when he reached Earth. Duncan lost his powers, at least temporarily, because his body absorbed the strange alien energies when the second power dampener exploded. Why Duncan has amnesia is less clear and it's entirely possible he's completely faking that part.

"DunKid", as some readers have dubbed the now-young Duncan, is being held in one of ExSec's cells. ExSec's experiments have at least verified that his self-healing power is slowly returning.

Browse for The Annihilator in Engaging the Enemy.

• First cover appearance. [ETE-0-0]
• First appearance not on a cover. The Annihilator meets Kyle outside the gay bar. [ETE-0-3]
• First usage of the name "The Annihilator". [ETE-0-4]
• First usage of invulnerability and superstrength. The Annihilator ignores a point-blank fire blast then casually tosses Kyle quite high into air. [ETE-0-6]
• First usage of agility power. The Annihilator bounces upwards between buildings to catch Kyle in mid-air. [ETE-0-8]
• The Annihilator admits he's gay. [ETE-0-10]
• The Annihilator admits he's an anarchist. [ETE-0-11]
• The Annihilator and Kyle kiss. [ETE-0-17]
• Kyle spots a tuxedoed Annihilator in a crowd. [ETE-1-9]
• The Annihilator asks Kyle out to dinner. [ETE-1-12]
• "It's Duncan. Duncan Wells. From Brighton." [ETE-1-17]
• Duncan says he's 58 years-old. [ETE-1-23]
• Duncan claims he didn't set the tenement fire so he could see Kyle again. [ETE-1-25]
• Duncan says he owns several warehouses worldwide. [ETE-2-2]
• Duncan says his powers didn't manifest until puberty. [ETE-2-3]
• The Annihilator's past exploits included bank robberies (including Fort Knox!) and "Robin Hood type stuff in South America against drug cartels." [ETE-2-4]
• First view inside The Annihilator's warehouse, featuring candlelit table for two, rosepetal trail, and four-poster bed. [ETE-2-7]
• Duncan begins undressing Kyle on their second date. [ETE-2-17]
• Duncan takes his shirt off. Oh my. [ETE-2-18]
• Duncan and Kyle take their trousers off. "This is really happening." [ETE-2-20]
• Duncan and Kyle take their underwear off. We see Duncan's bare ass; Kyle sees the other side. "Holy crap." [ETE-2-21]
• Duncan asks "Do you trust me, Kyle?" [ETE-2-25]
• Duncan betrays Kyle! "Laampros ba sukoth ba suggoroth!" Kyle is pouring fire from both eyes and all four limbs. [ETE-2-28]
• The Annihilator admits this was his and Sircea's plan all along. He followed Kyle to the bar, set the tenement fire, tipped off Killer and Hunter. [ETE-2-31]
• "Katorah mashaa bokkoroch ba Laampros!" [ETE-2-33]
• The warehouse explodes into... Hell? [ETE-2-34]
• The Annihilator asks Laampros for immortality, youth, and perfect health for himself and Sircea. [ETE-2-38]
• The Annihilator offers the Keys to Paradise to Laampros. [ETE-2-39]
• Kyle somehow burns the Annihilator who is supposed to be invulnerable to Kyle's fire. [ETE-2-42]
• To seal the deal, Laampros uses his pointed fingernails to carve bloody runes into the Annihilator's right arm, and presses it against his own arm, leaving glowing runes on both arms. [ETE-2-44]
• A chained Kyle and a branded Annihilator return to Earth. The warehouse isn't destroyed after all. [ETE-2-46]
• Duncan admits that besides upcoming threats, a selfish desire to avoid weakness and death was what truly motivated him. [ETE-2-47]
• Duncan is brooding at the ritual site. [ETE-3-47]
• The Annihilator and Sircea have been planning a way to use a powerful demon like Laampros for over five years. [ETE-3-50]
• Sircea accuses Duncan of developing actual feelings for Kyle. (We also see Duncan as a kid with his family in one flashback panel.) [ETE-3-56]
• The Platinum Priestess and the Annihilator create the second key. [ETE-3-88]
• The Annihilator hurls a throwing star at Spooky. [ETE-3-95]
• Spooky has saved Flyboy with a huge ectoplasmic cushion, but now the Annihilator is free and moving quick! [ETE-3-111]
• The Annihilator hurls Spooky and magic vials go everywhere. Spooky is down. [ETE-3-112]
• The second dampener suddenly dampens everyone's powers, except for the Annihilator who quickly swats everyone before they can even react to their loss. [ETE-3-118]
• Kyle visits the young Duncan in his cell. [ETE-C-5]
• Duncan doesn't seem to remember anything much, so Kyle starts to leave. [ETE-C-8]
• Duncan says ExSec's been testing his ability to heal fast. But it hurts. [ETE-C-9]
• Duncan asks Kyle if they were friends. [ETE-C-10]

Eucarista

Eucarista is the city where Flyboy was reunited with Cory and his older brother Diego. It's also where Flyboy met Kanya Jey and the mobsters. Presumably that's also where the Spano Hotel is. Eucarista isn't that far from Bay City.

Speculation: Its real world counterpart is probably Sacramento, California.

• First mentioned by name: [DC-2-12]

ExSec (The Department of Extraordinary Security)

ExSec is the branch of the United States government in charge of managing and responding to the activities of meta-humans, aliens, extra-dimensional entities such as demons, and presumably extra-temporal entities as well. ExSec has spent a lot of research and development on how to restrain and jail meta-humans who break the law.

Meta-humans may not fight crimes as vigilantes; that's illegal. If an adult meta-human wants to fight crime, they must join a team sanctioned by ExSec; that is, an Ex-Team. Meta-humans who are under 18 years of age may apply for an intership with an Ex-Team.

Speculation: Presumably, there are counterparts to ExSec in other countries, some sort of "InterSec" for worldwide threats, and countries that are ruled by meta-human dictators, but so far there has been no mention of what other countries do regarding meta-humans.

• First mention of ExSec. [ETE-2-11]
• A Kontari assisted ExSec in creating two experimental prototypes of the power dampener. The Kontari was killed during the theft of the dampeners. [ETE-3-33]
• Mitch tells Kanya that the police won't be coming to the destroyed docks; it'll be ExSec, and they'll come in hard. [ETE-FB-36]
• Spooky uses ExSec's full name: The Department of Extraordinary Security. [DC-1-8]
• First appearance of ExSec seal and building interior. [ETE-C-1]
• Kyle visits the young Duncan in his ExSec cell. [ETE-C-5]

eyes, yellow and purple

This is a placeholder topic for a new character. A pair of mismatched eyes, one golden-yellow, one deep purple, looms over the forest and graveyard where Spooky, Flyboy, and Cory are trying to deal with both zombies and a Sphere Celestiale that's gone out of control. The eyes have the same colors as the magical forces that Spooky produces when he mixes magic. The words "SAVE HIM" echo around the eyes in multiple fonts, suggesting that the eyes might represent a group of entities, not just a single individual.

• First (and so far only) appearance of the eyes. [DC-1-69]

"Flashbang"

"Flashbang" is a member of the Deschutes Defenders that meets Teen Spooky in Oregon. We don't see her in action, but it's probably safe to assume from her code name that she can generate explosions.

Browse for Flashbang in Double-Cross.

• First appearance: [DC-2-4]

Gordon ("Tsunami")

Tsunami is one of the older members of The Young Protectors. His power is water manipulation. He can telekinetically move and reshape water as he likes. He can make anything from a fine mist to a bludgening fist. But he cannot create water from nothing; to be most effective, he needs a source of water nearby, like a river or lake to draw water from. He's also not the best for precision work.

Tsunami's powers seem linked to his large facial and chest tattooes that glow blue when he uses his powers. Accordingly, he is always topless when on a mission.

Of all the Protectors, we know the least about Gordon, personally. He and Amanda are the legal guardians for Kyle and Paul. Regarding homosexuality, he's obviously the least tolerant teammember. He's also deeply troubled about mistakes he's made in the past. But that's about all we know so far.

Browse for Tsunami in Engaging the Enemy.

• First cover appearance. [ETE-1-0]
• First non-cover appearance. First usage of name "Tsunami". [ETE-1-1]
• First time his tattoos glowed blue. [ETE-1-4]
• First usage of water powers. Tsunami tries to spread mist inside the burning building, but he can't see what's he's doing. [ETE-1-5]
• Amanda and Gordon are Kyle's and Paul's legal guardians. [ETE-3-38]
• Gordon expresses serious doubt about Kyle's fitness to be anywhere near the Laampros ritual. [ETE-3-40]
• Paul accuses Gordon of distrusting Kyle because he's gay. [ETE-3-42]
• Gordon admits he's not great at precision work with his powers. [ETE-3-78]
• Gordon is haunted by past mistakes, hurting people with his powers. [ETE-TOD-19]
• Gordon asks Paul his original marry, shag, throw-off-a-cliff question. [ETE-TOD-22] He'd shag Amanda and marry Kyle. [ETE-TOD-23] And he'd throw Gordon off the cliff. [ETE-TOD-24]

the Grey Working

The Grey Working was a magic ritual that went wrong, resulting in nearly every human with true magical knowledge going insane. The only known magicians who have remained sane are Spooky Jones and The Platinum Priestess. We have yet to learn who was involved, what the ritual was meant to do, why it failed, or why it had the effect it did.

• First mention and appearance in flashback. [ETE-3-49]
• The Grey Working weakened Sircea and made all other magicians insane. [ETE-3-51]

Hell

Hell is a chaotic dimension and is the home of a multitude of demons and monsters. The ruling demons are called the Royals.

Millennia ago, the Walls of Blood and Pain were built by mankind to keep demons from escaping Hell and invading Earth, but the Walls are said to be weakening. Sircea is the only person who had any plan to repair the Walls, but her plan involved bringing Laampros to Earth and using his power to do the job. With Laampros back in Hell, it's unknown what Sircea might try next or what anyone else can do about the situation. It's also unknown how much time Earth has left before the Walls fall on their own.

Named residents

• Anaado. A takwin demon and Spooky's first love.
• Ikaroth. A queen of ice and despair.
• Laampros. A king of fire and pain, anger and hate. He's also Kyle's father.
• Velliok. A king and Spooky's nemesis.

Timeline

• First appearance. [ETE-2-34]
• First mention of the Walls of Blood and Pain. [ETE-2-35]
• The Annihilator offers the Keys to Paradise to Laampros. [ETE-2-39]
• Spooky says: "Demons are arrogant. Kings of Hell even more so." [ETE-3-23]
• Spooky was 13, in Hell, for a full year. [ETE-3-27]
• First appearance of young Spooky in Hell. [ETE-B1-0]
• First appearance of the severed demon head. [ETE-B1-3]
• Young Spooky says the severed head was from a Karaura demon; they guard the gates. Other demons are on Earth. And the walls are weakening. [ETE-B1-25]
• Sircea: "If we do nothing, if we wait until the walls are torn open, it will be too late." [ETE-3-50]
• Sircea claims to be the only person who can repair the walls. [ETE-3-51]
• Sircea claims she was alive when the walls were built. [ETE-3-52]
• Sircea: "If the walls shred on their own... our world returns to being just another ring of Hell." [ETE-3-52]

homosexuality

From the beginning, The Young Protectors webcomic aimed to present gay male superheroes and homosexual themes in a positive and respectful manner, to be the sort of comic book that gay men would have loved to have been reading when they were growing up. I believe Alex Woolfson and his creative team have succeeded in this.

Kyle and Duncan (as The Annihilator) meet outside a gay bar, and the Annihilator asks for a kiss, a real kiss to keep silent about Kyle being gay. They meet up a second time, where Duncan invites Kyle to dinner at Luk Chow in Hong Kong. On their third get-together at one of Duncan's warehouses in the mountains, they go to bed together, until Duncan uses a prepared spell to whisk them both to Hell by hijacking Kyle's powers, just so Duncan could meet the demon prince, Laampros, and barter access to Earth in exchange for immortality. Needless to say, Kyle is most unhappy about this betrayal and turn of events.

Later, before a big battle, Mitch confesses to Kyle that he is gay too. Much later, we will meet a friend of Mitch's named Cory, who is also gay and a meta-human. They have begun a relationship, but not a sexual one just yet.

During the battle with Laampros, it's revealed that Kyle secretly desires Spooky. After the battle, it seems Spooky feels the same way about Kyle. Kyle, with much more confidence in himself than ever before, starts meeting other gay men socially, such as Sameer, and he begins a relationship with Spooky which soon becomes sexual.

We learn more about Spooky and his legendary lovelife with both men and women. We also learn that his first love, Anaado, was a demon he met during his year in Hell. Anaado is still trapped there, and Spooky is determined to free him.

• The Annihilator meets Kyle outside the gay bar. [ETE-0-3]
• The Annihilator admits he's gay. [ETE-0-10]
• Kyle and the Annihilator's first kiss. [ETE-0-17]
• The Annihilator comments about "the gay thing". [ETE-0-23]
• An invisible and naked Kyle enjoys a hug from Duncan. [ETE-1-53]
• It's gay porn! [ETE-I1-2]
• Duncan and Kyle take their underwear off for the sex to follow. [ETE-2-21]
• Paul accuses Gordon of distrusting Kyle because he's gay. [ETE-3-42]
• Mitch insists, re: homosexuality, that Kyle didn't let the team down, but Mitch let Kyle down. [ETE-3-85]
• Mitch to Kyle: "I'm just like you, okay? You know, with liking guys." [ETE-3-86]
• Mitch confirms to Cory that he's still gay. [ETE-FB-43]
• Mitch and Cory share rooftop kisses. [ETE-FB-44] and [ETE-FB-51]
• Mitch and Cory share a pre-fight kiss. [DC-1-26]

Hunter

Hunter is a blond brute version of a "hero". He's armed with big guns and bigger guns, and uses a jetpack to fly. His "cyber ears" give him excellent hearing. Hunter will kill his foes if he can. He's usually teamed up with Killer.

Browse for Hunter in Engaging the Enemy.

• First appearance. [ETE-1-29]
• First mention of "Hunter and Killer", but its not immediately clear who is who. [ETE-1-31]
• He has "cyber-ears". [ETE-1-39]
• While invisible and stark naked, Kyle whacks Hunter with a metal rod. [ETE-1-43]
• Hunter is out for the count. [ETE-1-45]
• Commander tells the team that Hunter and Killer disappeared after their attack in Hong Kong. [ETE-3-34]

ice guy

Mitch: "I think [Cory]'s in fugue." Kanya: "Like that guy with the ice powers? He took out all of Sausalito!" [ETE-FB-29]

Ikaroth

Ikaroth is a queen of Hell, the queen of ice and despair. Spooky says she's the most dangerous royal.

• First appearance. [L-3-40]
• Named. [L-3-41]

immortality

Immortality is the ability to never die and live forever.

• The Annihilator asks Laampros for immortality, youth, and perfect health for himself and Sircea. [ETE-2-38]
• To seal the deal, Laampros uses his pointed fingernails to carve bloody runes into the Annihilator's right arm, and presses it against his own arm, leaving glowing runes on both arms. [ETE-2-44]
• Sircea claims to be over 6000 years old. [ETE-3-50]
• Sircea says the Grey Working weakened her. [ETE-3-51]
• Sircea wants her immortality back. She also says, when you live as an immortal, you realize everyone suffers and dies eventually. [ETE-3-53]

invisibility

Invisibility is the ability to be unseeable, to be as transparent as air, to be undetectable with normal vision.

During a visit to Hong Kong, Kyle was made invisible when Duncan threw a pouchful of magic powder at his face. Only Kyle's actual body was invisible; his clothing was unaffected. He became visible again, later, when Duncan said the magic word "Abracadabra".

• First appearance of the pouch. Sircea gives it to Duncan. [ETE-1-20]
• Duncan throws the pouch's powder in Kyle's face. [ETE-1-30]
• Duncan's dating the Invisible Man? Kyle's body is invisible, but everyone can see his clothes just fine. [ETE-1-31]
• Kyle sheds jacket, tie, and shirt while Hunter is shooting at him! [ETE-1-38]
• Kyle sheds pants, boxer briefs, and a sock. But incoming missle! [ETE-1-40]
• Kyle finally gets that last sock off. [ETE-1-42]
• An invisible and naked Kyle enjoys a hug from Duncan. [ETE-1-53]
• "Abracadabra." Kyle is no longer invisible. [ETE-1-54]

Ivan

Ivan was a friend of Diego's. They probably met through Diego's need for drugs. Ivan convinced Diego and Cory to help him rob a mobster's vault using Cory's powers to get in. However, the dockside warehouse wasn't as unguarded as Ivan claimed, and Ivan proved to be a fickle friend, willing to point his gun at absolutely anyone to try to get his way.

Unfortunately for Ivan, he did not get any of the mob's money. Instead, an elderly mobster shot him, and Ivan presumably died almost immediately afterwards.

Browse for Ivan in Engaging the Enemy.

• First appearance. [ETE-FB-5]
• Ivan puts on his hood. [ETE-FB-6]
• Mitch grabs Kanya at superspeed so Ivan can't shoot her. [ETE-FB-11]
• Ivan shoots at Mitch and grazes one arm. [ETE-FB-13]
• Ivan threatens to shoot Diego. [ETE-FB-16]
• Ivan puts down his gun while reaching for another gun in his back waistband. Meanwhile, one of the mobsters is awake and reaching for a gun as well. [ETE-FB-22]
• The mobster shoots Ivan! [ETE-FB-23]

Jupiter

Jupiter is a gas giant planet in our solar system and the sixth furthest planet from the Sun. In a battle with Spooky, the Platinum Priestess opens a portal to airless space near Jupiter.

• First appearance. [DC-1-33]
• Spooky creates magical green vines to tether himself so he doesn't get sucked into the Jupiter portal. [DC-1-34]
• Spooky loses his cap to Jupiter. [DC-1-35]
• Spooky loses items from his trenchcoat to Jupiter. [DC-1-42]
• A green laser cub throws the Platinum Priestess's staff through the Jupiter portal. [DC-1-45]
• The portal to Jupiter finally closes. (See the "pop" in the first panel.) [DC-1-46]

Kanya Jey

Kanya is a security guard who works for mobsters. While she's mostly loyal to the mob, her primary interests are money and staying alive while getting it. She doesn't mind helping the good guys once in a while, especially if there's money in it for her or if they've just saved her life.

Cory and Mitch met Kanya during the events of the Flyboy Bonus Comic, and Kanya learns that Mitch is a member of the Young Protectors. Since Mitch saved her life and her city, she is grateful and returns the favor by lying to the police so they won't learn Mitch was fighting the mob or Cory caused the maelstrom.

Much later, Kanya has run afoul of the mob, but Mitch and Spooky rescue her. She shows Spooky a magical item she acquired, and Spooky dutifully pays Kanya for it. Spooky warns Kanya that Mitch's safety is her safety, gives her his private number, advises her to leave town, and tells her he'll be watching.

Browse for Kanya in Engaging the Enemy.
Browse for Kanya in Double-Cross.

• First appearance. [ETE-FB-5]
• Mitch grabs Kanya at superspeed so Ivan can't shoot her. [ETE-FB-11]
• Kanya returns with a second gun. [ETE-FB-21]
• Mitch slams the mobster against a wall then grabs Kanya's gun. [ETE-FB-24]
• Mitch flies Kanya and the five mobsters away from Cory's tornado. And the vault door goes flying too. [ETE-FB-26]
• Kanya learns Mitch is with the Young Protectors. [ETE-FB-29]
• Kanya tells Mitch to take Cory before ExSec arrives. She'll lie, claiming two adult supervillians were battling over mob money. [ETE-FB-37]
• Spooky lets Kanya know he knows her full name: Kanya Jey. [DC-1-6]

Karaura demon

Karaura demons guard the gates between Hell and Earth. Six years before Engaging the Enemy, the then-14-year-old Spooky returned from Hell carrying the head of one of these demons. Lt. Col. Charleyboy and her daughter Amanda briefly inspected the head at BCPD before having it sent to Washington.

• First appearance of the severed demon head. Dets. Tutt and Parker report that the boy (Spooky) was found stark naked near the docks carrying it. [ETE-B1-3]
• Amanda tells her mother she detects nothing from the demon head. Lt. Col. Charleyboy instructs Dr. Baker to send the head to Washington. [ETE-B1-4]
• Young Spooky says the head was from a Karaura demon; they guard the gates. Other demons are on Earth. And the walls are weakening. [ETE-B1-25]

The Keys to Paradise

The Keys to Paradise are a pair of keys that allow demons passage from Hell to Paradise, also known as Earth. To work, one key must be in Hell and its sister key on Earth must be activated with a spell. The Keys aren't unique artifacts, but can be created by a skilled magic user or even by a normal person coached by the magic user.

Speculation: It's possible that the Keys only work for a specific demon and their minions. It's unclear whether the Keys are destroyed upon use or if the Keys can be re-activated once the portal between realms has closed.

• Laampros refers to Earth as "Paradise". [ETE-2-38]
• First appearance of one key: The Annihilator offers it to Laampros. [ETE-2-39]
• "Should we reach an agreement, I'll activate its sister key on Earth which will allow you to pass safely." [ETE-2-40]
• The Platinum Priestess and the Annihilator create the second key. [ETE-3-88]

Killer

Killer is a samurai-styled "hero". He has two swords, armor, lots of pouches, and uses a skyhook to swing from buildings. Killer will kill his foes if he can. He's usually teamed up with Hunter.

Browse for Killer in Engaging the Eneny.

• First appearance. [ETE-1-29]
• First mention of "Hunter and Killer", but its not immediately clear who is who. [ETE-1-31]
• Killer's sword cuts Duncan! "First blood..." [ETE-1-37]
• Duncan, with his powers restored, easily knocks out Killer. [ETE-1-48]
• Duncan rescues Killer from the dampener's impending explosion. [ETE-1-49]
• Commander tells the team that Hunter and Killer disappeared after their attack in Hong Kong. [ETE-3-34]

Kyle ("Red Hot")

Red Hot, though he's usually called Kyle, is the gay firebender of the The Young Protectors. He has the ability to generate, absorb, and shape fire and flame. Initially, his control over his powers wasn't the best. The first time he masturbated, at age 12, he accidentally burned down his foster family's house and seriously burned his foster sister. The resulting guilt, coupled with the public stigma against homosexuality, made him very reluctant to ever act on his desires.

Unbekownst to him, he is of interest to two supervillians, the Annihilator (Duncan) and the Platinum Priestess (Sircea). Duncan, who is also gay, manages to gain Kyle's interest and trust until, on the night of Kyle's 18th birthday, they go to bed together. Duncan betrays Kyle and uses a prepared spell to hijack Kyle's powers so they can travel to Hell. There, to his horror, Kyle learns that the demon king, Laampros, is his father.

Duncan and Sircea cast a spell to bring Laampros to Earth. The Young Protectors fight and finally manage to defeat the villians, but are unable to stop Laampros's arrival. Kyle has to learn to accept his true nature to finally use his full power, mastery of all of Earth's fire, to send Laampros back to Hell.

Full of newfound confidence and self-worth, Kyle is now able to perform feats with fire that were impossible before he bested Laampros. He has also begun dating and has started a romantic relationship with his teammate Spooky, whom he has long desired.

As a prince of Hell, Kyle can shapeshift, but he has yet to experiment with this particular power.

Browse for Kyle in Engaging the Enemy.
Browse for Kyle in Legendary.

Kyle's foster sister

• Kyle tells Duncan he's never dated or even masturbated since his first time when he was 12. That was how found out about his powers, accidentally burning down his foster family's house and seriously burning his foster sister. First mention of Kyle's foster family. [ETE-1-56]
• First appearance (in flashback). [ETE-5-38]

Laampros

Laampros is a king of Hell and his power is fire, the "true fire" of Hell. He is also the embodiment of anger and pain. His usual appearance is that of a gigantic red-skinned male demon with talons, horns, and bat wings. He does not wear any clothing.

The Annihilator travelled to Hell, using Kyle's power as his gateway, to bargain with Laampros for immortality and youth for both himself and the Platinum Priestess, offering passage to Earth via the Keys to Paradise in exchange. Laampros is contempuous of the Annihilator, but agrees to his terms. Then Kyle learns that he is Laampros's son!

When Laampros arrives on Earth, the Young Protectors are there to try to push him back through the bone circle, but the demon king's power is overwhelming. In Laampros's view, Spooky is an "abomination" that must be destroyed and the other heroes are "parasites". Only when Kyle is able to fully accept himself for who and what he is is Kyle able to use his full power, mastery of all Earth's fire, to push his father back to Hell.

It is as yet unexplained how Laampros, a demon trapped in Hell, fathered Kyle, a human on Earth.

Browse for Laampros in Engaging the Enemy.

• First mention of his name: "Laampros ba sukoth ba suggoroth!" [ETE-2-28]
• First appearance. [ETE-2-35]
• Laampros comments on mortal pleasures and lust while stroking Kyle. [ETE-2-36]
• Laampros refers to Earth as "Paradise". [ETE-2-38]
• The Annihilator asks Laampros for immortality, youth, and perfect health for himself and Sircea. [ETE-2-38]
• The Annihilator offers the Keys to Paradise to Laampros. [ETE-2-39]
• Laampros is contempuous of the Annihilator, but agrees to his terms. [ETE-2-41]
• To seal the deal, Laampros uses his pointed fingernails to carve bloody runes into the Annihilator's right arm, and presses it against his own arm, leaving glowing runes on both arms. [ETE-2-44]
• Laampos kisses Kyle's forehead, calling Kyle "my darling son." [ETE-2-45]
• Spooky says that Laampros, as a king of Hell, would never lie about Kyle being his son. "It'd be a pride thing." [ETE-3-18]
• Sircea says that Laampros is hardly bestial. "Humans can only serve his legions' primary appetites if they are alive." [ETE-3-54]
• Commander tries to attack Laampros mentally! Is it working? [ETE-5-14]

laser bear

The laser bear is a huge bear-shaped creature that shoots laser beams out of its eyes. According to Commander, it's not a bear, and Spooky wasn't supposed to keep it, suggesting she's seen it before. Whatever it really is, Spooky magically stored the laser bear in a yellow bottle until Fluke breaks it in battle. The laser bear keeps the Platinum Priestess occupied for a few minutes until she manages to knock it through one of her portals.

• Fluke tosses a yellow bottle at Anni who ducks out of the way. The bottle breaks open. Sircea's force blast hits... what? [ETE-4-32]
• First appearance of laser bear! [ETE-4-33]
• Laser bear swats the Annihilator away like a gnat! [ETE-4-44]
• Laser bear zaps at the Priestess! She dodges. [ETE-4-45]
• The Priestess evades the bear's lasers, opens a portal to the mountains, and blasts the bear into it. [ETE-4-45]
• Spooky is riding a giant bird thing, searching for the Priestess and the laser bear. [ETE-C-3]
• Spooky had to take care of the laser bear afterwards. [L-1-1]

Superintendent Lasley

Superintendent Lasley is (presumably) the senior officer at the BCPD stationhouse seen in Bonus Comic 1. She has instructed her officers to give their full cooperation to Lt. Col. Charleyboy regarding the boy (Spooky) found carrying a demon's head.

• First mention as "the police superintendent herself". [ETE-B1-1]
• First mention by name. [ETE-B1-7]

Luk Chow

Luk Chow is a high-classed Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong. Duncan and Kyle have their first date there for dinner.

• First mention of the name "Luk Chow". Over $200 a plate! [ETE-1-18]
• First appearance. [ETE-1-22]
• A power dampener sphere crashes through the window. [ETE-1-28]
• The restaurant is probably completely destroyed when the dampener's raw energies explode. [TODO]

magic

Known magic users

• Anaado (probably?)
• the crazies
• Sircea ("The Platinum Priestess")
• Solomon (maybe?)
• Spooky Jones

Known magical items

• bone artifact
• bone fragment
• The Keys to Paradise
• the Sphere Celestiale
• Spooky's scrying bowl
• Spooky's array of potions, vials, and pouches inside his trenchcoat. [ETE-3-75]
  • One red potion summoned golden tangling snakes. [ETE-3-100]
  • One yellow bottle summoned the laser bear. [ETE-4-32]
  • One red vial summoned the giant beanstalk. [ETE-4-36]

Other tidbits

• "Birthdays have power. Lots of spells make use of that." [ETE-3-27]
• After the second Key to Paradise is created, the Platinum Priestess declares that "the nine elements are in place." [ETE-3-89]
• Spooky identifies the runes on the artifact in the cemetery as Enochian, the magic of angels. [DC-1-21]
• Spooky powers up with two types of magic at once. [DC-1-27]
• See also: the Grey Working; ritual sites; Veritas curse.

"Merkava"

"Merkava" is a member of the Deschutes Defenders that meets Teen Spooky in Oregon. She wields a sword.

Browse for Merkava in Double-Cross.

• First appearance: [DC-2-4]

Mitchell "Mitch" Thibeau ("Flyboy")

Flyboy, at age fifteen, is the youngest member of The Young Protectors. Flyboy's main power is flight. He's somehow able to ignore gravity and propel himself through the air just by sheer willpower. Perhaps it's psionics? His top speed is nearly mach two. If he's knocked unconscious in mid-air, he'll fall.

Flyboy can also fly with anything he touches. The largest thing we've seen him fly aloft with is the team's airplane. He's also flown Spooky's car across the country. However, he must maintain physical contact with the car or plane or they will fall.

Flyboy also has "eagle vision" (superior long-distance sight) and "owl hearing" (superior hearing). Combined with his power of flight, Flyboy can act like a handy eye-in-the-sky, providing tactical intel to his teammates. His non-super abilities include being good with computers and having rich doting parents.

Before joining the Young Protectors, Mitch was an intern with the Connecticut Cavaliers, but he was kicked off that team for illegally fighting crime on his own. Mitch promised Commander he wouldn't do that anymore, but he didn't keep that promise and still illegally fights crime, trusting in his speed and his black outfit to hide his identity.

Mitch also had some sort of budding relationship with Cory a few years ago that ended over Cory's parents' objections. They have since refound each other, and Cory is now living with Mitch. They are taking things slow and are currently in a friends-who-kiss stage in their relationship.

Browse for Flyboy in Engaging the Enemy.
Browse for Flyboy in Double-Cross.

• First cover appearance. [ETE-1-0]
• First non-cover appearance. First usage of name "Flyboy". First usage of flight power. [ETE-1-1]
• "Flyboy is our computer expert!" [ETE-I1-12]
• Kyle says "Flyboy's just fifteen". [ETE-2-11]
• First usage of Mitch's power to fly with anything he's touching; in this case: Spooky's red convertible. [ETE-3-0], [ETE-3-3]
• First mention of Mitch's eagle vision and owl hearing. First time Mitch drops the car. [ETE-3-5]
• Fluke, Spooky, and Flyboy arrive outside the Annihilator's warehouse in the mountains. [ETE-3-7]
• Flyboy uses his powers to fly a plane by touching a cylinder on the inside. [ETE-3-34]
• Mitch briefly drops the plane. [ETE-3-37]
• Mitch briefly drops the plane again. [ETE-3-42]
• Flyboy spots the ritual site. [ETE-3-66]
• Mitch claims he can fly at nearly mach two. [ETE-3-79]
• Mitch insists, re: homosexuality, that Kyle didn't let the team down, but Mitch let Kyle down. [ETE-3-85]
• Mitch to Kyle: "I'm just like you, okay? You know, with liking guys." [ETE-3-86]
• Flyboy is hit by the Priestess's blast! Spooky is now distracted! [ETE-3-108]
• Spooky has saved Flyboy with a huge ectoplasmic cushion, but now the Annihilator is free and moving quick! [ETE-3-111]
• Mitch says he was kicked off his internship with the Connecticut Cavaliers because he was using his powers after hours to help people. [ETE-TOD-12]
• First appearance of old stealth uniform. [ETE-TOD-14]
• First appearance of new stealth uniform. [ETE-FB-0]
• First usage of full name. [ETE-FB-1]
• How he uses his super-hearing to find crime. [ETE-FB-4]
• Mitch grabs Kanya at superspeed so Ivan can't shoot her. [ETE-FB-11]
• Ivan shoots at Mitch and grazes one arm. [ETE-FB-13]
• Mitch lies to Ivan, claiming he's with the Stockton Sentinels. [ETE-FB-15]
• Mitch slams the mobster against a wall then grabs Kanya's gun. [ETE-FB-24]
• Mitch thinks he might be able to fly into the tornado if he convinces himself that anything he touches is something he wants to carry. That way, any debris that touches him takes on his own momentum and speed. [ETE-FB-31]
• Mitch grabs Cory out of the maelstrom and creates a sonic boom. [ETE-FB-34]
• Cory explains he left home because his father was abusive after he found Cory and Mitch together. [ETE-FB-40]
• Mitch wants Cory to move in with him. [ETE-FB-41]
• Mitch tells Cory he really was crazy in love with him. [ETE-FB-43]
• Cory and Mitch share a rooftop kiss. [ETE-FB-44]
• Paul calls Mitch on his cellphone, reporting Kyle's in trouble and needs Mitch to get to Spooky's place. [ETE-FB-46]
• Mitch gives Cory a card for Mitch's driver. The driver will take him home and get him whatever Cory needs. [ETE-FB-49]
• Just one more kiss. [ETE-FB-50]

mobsters

• Five bad guys are on the other side of the door that Cory rips away. [ETE-FB-7.
• TODO Cory knocks all the mobsters out cold.
• One mobster wakes and starts reaching for a gun. [ETE-FB-22]
• The mobster shoots Ivan! [ETE-FB-23]
• Mitch slams the mobster against a wall then grabs Kanya's gun. [ETE-FB-24]
• Mitch flies Kanya and the five mobsters away from Cory's tornado. And the vault door goes flying too. [ETE-FB-26]

nudity

Nudity is not a major focus of The Young Protectors webcomic, but the male characters do show quite a bit of skin during the normal course of their adventures. A gay male webcomic should have some eye candy, no? However, the presentation is kept PG-13 for the average reader. Most of the nudity is male toplessness with the occasional bare ass. Full frontal nudity did not appear in the comic until the Legendary story arc, and even there, you need to be a Patreon supporter to see any male genitals. Non-patrons see either cropped images or black panels instead. Patrons are also entitled to see additional artwork, including nudes, that feature the webcomic's characters.

Most of the nudity in the comic is male. The Platinum Priestess may dress sexily, but she's never been shown naked in any way. Ikaroth, the ice queen of Hell, might be naked or she may be wearing ice as a bodysuit. Maybe Ikaroth's body is ice, but who wants to get close enough to her to tell for sure?

Note that it is also possible to buy items featuring nudes of the characters from the Yaoi 911 store.

• Tsunami is almost always barechested to expose his chest tattooes. [ETE-1-5]
• An invisible and powerless Kyle is forced to shed his visible clothing while on the run from Hunter and his guns. His underwear comes off here: [ETE-1-40]
• Duncan and Kyle start undressing for bed. [ETE-2-17]
• A naked Duncan betrays Kyle. [ETE-2-28]
• Laampros wears nothing but crotch shadows. [ETE-2-35]
• Kyle, naked, half-struggles out of his chains and burns Duncan. [ETE-2-42]
• Kyle huddles in a nude ball in the dark warehouse. [ETE-2-49]
• Spooky checks out a still-nude Kyle for magical contamination. [ETE-3-15]
• Dets. Tutt and Parker report that the boy (Spooky) was found stark naked near the docks carrying a demon head. [ETE-B1-3]
• Spooky strips to his underwear at the beginning of Truth or Dare. [ETE-TOD-1]
• Kyle explains that he and Spooky sleep together skin-to-skin. [ETE-TOD-4]
• Amanda visualizes her secret fantasies about her male teammembers, including a threesome between Gordon, Spooky, and Kyle in the shower. [ETE-TOD-10]
• Laampros on Earth! [ETE-4-78]
• Laampros's crotch shadows fail to hide the general contours down there. [ETE-5-1]
• Kyle and Spooky have sex together in Legendary Chapter 1. For patron readers, the nudity and sex is explicit. They get fully undressed here: [L-1-13]
• Kyle and Spooky have sex again, now with magic, in Legendary Chapter 2. For patron readers, the nudity and sex is explicit. Spooky's shirt comes off here: [L-2-14]
• "Anaado" has taken Kyle's place. He's wearing only a loincloth. [L-3-1]

"Overwhelming Force"

"Overwhelming Force" is a member of the Deschutes Defenders. She's tall, black, and very muscular; it's clear her main superpower is strength.

Browse for O-Force in Double-Cross.

• First appearance, where she leaps to the ground from a helicopter. [DC-2-4]

Detective Parker

Detective Parker is a police officer working at BCPD. He seems to have a habit of making sexist microaggressive comments.

Browse for Detective Parker in Engaging the Enemy.

• First appearance. [ETE-B1-1]
• Named. [ETE-B1-2]
• Dets. Tutt and Parker report that the boy (Spooky) was found stark naked near the docks carrying a demon head. [ETE-B1-3]

Paul Nicholas Malone ("Fluke")

Fluke is a member of The Young Protectors, approximately 17 years-old. His power is luck manipulation. By experiencing bad luck, he can charge himself up with good luck, which he can then use to help other people, including his teammates. At least, that's how he describes how his powers work. Wildly unlikely-but-possible events can happen near Fluke. It's unclear how much control, if any, he has over his power. When he applied for internships with the adult teams, he was roundly rejected for being too dangerous to have around.

Paul is one of Kyle's best friends. Amanda and Gordon are his legal guardians.

Browse for Fluke in Engaging the Enemy.

• First cover appearance. [ETE-1-0]
• First non-cover appearance. First usage of name "Fluke". [ETE-1-1]
• First use of luck powers. First usage of name "Paul". First mention he had a car. [ETE-1-8]
• Duncan knows Fluke's full name and address: "Paul Nicholas Malone of 197 Barre Court." Also that Fluke is one of Kyle's two best friends. [ETE-2-13]
• Paul answers Kyle's call for help. [ETE-3-1]
• Fluke, Spooky, and Flyboy arrive outside the Annihilator's warehouse in the mountains. [ETE-3-7]
• Paul and Spooky argue about how they need to act cool about Kyle's situation. [ETE-3-9]
• Kyle is a year older than Paul, which would make Paul 16 or 17. [ETE-3-10]
• Spooky summons a floating lantern. Paul gives Kyle his spare uniform. [ETE-3-11]
• Amanda and Gordon are Kyle's and Paul's legal guardians. [ETE-3-38]
• Paul accuses Gordon of distrusting Kyle because he's gay. [ETE-3-42]
• Fluke takes out four thugs by redirecting the Priestess's energy blast. [ETE-3-103]
• According to Gordon, Fluke's powers might be affecting the team even if he's not with them. [ETE-FB-5]

Pearls

Pearls is a gay bar. Kyle visits it and is pleased with this act of courage until the Annihilator, waiting outside, threatens to out him to the world.

Pearls is probably in Bay City. A coffee shop and Bayside Park are nearby.

• Kyle enters a gay bar for the first time ever. [ETE-0-1]
• Kyle is back outside the gay bar, Pearls, before meeting Sameer. [ETE-C-11]

Philip / Mitch's driver

From a very brief mention, we know that Mitch has a driver. (But why would someone with Mitch's powers need or want a driver?) We also know, again from a very brief mention, that someone named Philip is employed by Mitch's family. Possibly these are the same person.

• Mitch gives Cory a card for Mitch's driver. The driver will take him home and get him whatever Cory needs. [ETE-FB-50]
• Ms. Roggenbauer suggests to Cory that Philip could fetch some food for him. [ETE-I2-1]

Pits of Limbo

A month before the events of Engaging the Enemy, the team was cursed with the Veritas curse by an insane mage who was falling into the Pits of Limbo. And that's really all we know about the Pits so far: that they exist and a mage fell into one. We don't even know the mage's name.

places

• Bay City.
• church. The ruined one near Sisters, Oregon.
• dinosaur world.
• Eucarista.
• Hell. A rather unpleasant and chaotic dimension.
• Jupiter. The planet.
• Luk Chow. An expensive Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong.
• Pits of Limbo.
• The Spano Hotel.
• Spooky's cabin.
• Spooky's office.
• ritual sites.
• Young Protectors HQ.

police

We know "BCPD" from young Spooky's sweatshirt, but does BCPD stand for Bay City Police Department (Bay City, MI); Bergen County Police Department (Hackensack, NJ); Boulder City Police Department (Boulder City, NV); Baltimore County Police Department (Baltimore, MD); Boston College Police Department (Massachusetts); or Battle Creek Police Department (Battle Creek, MI)?

BCPD officers and personnel by rank

• Superintendent Lasley
• Detective Boxer
• Detective Parker
• Detective Tutt
• Doctor Baker

porn

• Fluke finds online porn of themselves, The Young Protectors, and tells Tsunami, Kyle, and Spooky. [ETE-I1-1]
• It's gay porn! [ETE-I1-2]
• Spooky tells Commander they're looking at porn. [ETE-I1-6]
• Spooky complains he's always the bottom in the porn. [ETE-I1-9]
• Mitch enters the room. [ETE-I1-11]
• Tsunami asks Mitch not to look at it. [ETE-I1-14]
• Two nights later, Mitch finds the porn. [ETE-I1-16]

power dampener

The power dampener first appears as the opening salvo in Hunter and Killer's attack on Duncan and Kyle's Hong Kong dinner date. The dampener negates superpowers but has no effect on technological tools or on magic. Its range of effect is at least a city block, possibly more.

• First appearance as a metal ball, crashing through the window at Luk Chow. [ETE-1-28]
• It extends a trio of legs, pops out a central rod whose spherical top starts glowing red. It's humming loudly and generating a blue cone of energy around itself. [ETE-1-29]
• Duncan realizes something's wrong with his powers. [ETE-1-31]
• The range of the dampener is at least a few city few blocks. [ETE-1-39]
• An invisible Kyle shoots the dampener with one of Hunter's bigger guns. [ETE-1-47]
• The smashed dampener is generating a expanding wild corona of unknown energies. [ETE-1-48]
• It explodes! [TODO]
• ExSec, with the help of a Kontari, created two experimental prototypes of the dampener. Both were stolen a couple weeks prior to ETE-3 and the Kontari asset was killed. [ETE-3-33]
• First appearance of the dampener nullifier brace. The Annihilator activates it. It generates an aura around his body. [ETE-3-113]
• The second dampener was hidden under the ritual platform. The Annihilator activates it. [ETE-3-115]
• The second dampener suddenly dampens everyone's powers, except for the Annihilator who quickly swats everyone before they can even react to their loss. [ETE-3-118]

ritual sites

The site with the bone circle gate for Laampros

• It's in the southwest United States. [ETE-3-32]
• First appearance. [ETE-3-47]
• First glimpse of the glass box. [ETE-3-54]
• First appearance of bound and tape-gagged victims in the glass box. [ETE-3-65]
• Flyboy spots the ritual site from the airplane. [ETE-3-66]
• Flyboy lands the plane within jogging distance of the site. [ETE-3-83]
• The Young Protectors begin their attack. [ETE-3-89]
• The bone circle falls. [ETE-3-94]
• Sircea tells Duncan that Laampros hardly needs the bone circle to be upright. [ETE-3-120]
• KA-BOOM. The rest of the team has retreated way back behind a water wall. [ETE-5-48]
• The gate is CLOSED. [ETE-5-50]

The cemetery of the abandoned church

• [TODO]

Ms. Birgit Roggenbauer

Ms. Birgit Roggenbauer is a German woman employed by Flyboy's family. We don't yet know what her normal duties are, but during Interlude 2, she was acting as a governess or minder for Cory while he was watching over his brother Diego in the hospital.

Browse for Birgit in Engaging the Enemy.

• First appearance. [I2-1]
• Ms Roggenbauer tells Cory that his brother needs Cory more than Mitchell does right now. [I2-5]
• Ms Roggenbauer tells Cory that the government and Mitchell's team have things under control. [I2-6]

Sameer

Sameer is a young gay man that Kyle meets via a dating app. Sameer envies Kyle's confidence and suggests they visit a music festival at a nearby park.

Browse for Sameer in Engaging the Enemy.

• First appearance. Kyle meets Sameer outside a coffee shop near Pearls. [ETE-C-11]
• Sameer plans to be a "kick-ass dog trainer". [ETE-C-14]
• Sameer and Kyle hold hands. [ETE-C-15]
• Sameer and Kyle enter Bayside Park to listen to the music festival. [ETE-C-16]

scrying bowl

[NOTE: This item has not yet been discussed in-comic. We don't know its name, material, or origin.]

Spooky has used a scrying bowl on two occasions so far. The first time, he was searching for the ritual site where the Annihilator and the Platinum Priestess planned to let Laampros invade the Earth. The second time, he was searching for the origin of the bone fragment that Kanya found.

When using the bowl, its interior glows with one or more red balls of light. Speculation: These may represent points of interest, geographically.

• First appearance. [ETE-3-2]

Sircea ("The Platinum Priestess")

The Platinum Priestess, or Sircea to her friends, is an extremely powerful magic user who claims to be over 6000 years old and was once worshipped as a goddess. She is regarded as a supervillian and one of the most powerful meta-humans on Earth. In every era, her principal weapon is a decorated staff with which she can deliver devastating force blasts, open portals to other places, and perform other magical feats.

Browse for Platinum Priestess in Engaging the Enemy.
Browse for Platinum Priestess in Double-Cross.

• First appearance. Kyle meets the Platinum Priestess for the first time. [ETE-1-14]
• First mention of name "Sircea". [ETE-1-15]
• Sircea summons tentacled blue energy to change Kyle's clothes. [ETE-1-18]
• Sircea opens a portal to Hong Kong. [ETE-1-19]
• Sircea gives a pouch of invisibility powder to Duncan. [ETE-1-20]
• Sircea's ritual site for opening the gate for Laampros is in the southwest United States. [ETE-3-32]
• Sircea claims to be over 6000 years old. [ETE-3-50]
• The Annihilator and Sircea have been planning a way to use a powerful demon like Laampros for over five years. [ETE-3-50]
• Flashbacks to points in Sircea's long life, including what looks like Easter Island? [ETE-3-60-61]
• Sircea spins a cruel fantasy of Duncan dying in Kyle's arms. [ETE-3-63]
• The Platinum Priestess and the Annihilator create the second key. [ETE-3-88]
• The Platinum Priestess can hear all of Commander's telepathic orders to her teammates. [ETE-3-105]
• The Platinum Priestess unexpectedly sends a power blast at Flyboy! And she doesn't need to see him to know where he is. [ETE-3-107]
• Red Hot sets the Priestess on fire! [ETE-3-114]
• Sircea asks Duncan "which one should we kill first?" [ETE-3-122]
• Duncan says the witch had a castle on Blanch Bone Island in the Pacific Ocean. [ETE-C-9]

Solomon

Solomon was a Biblical king. The Platinum Priestess says "The old rules are very different and only Solomon truly understood them." [ETE-1-20] Does this mean that Solomon was a magic user?

The Spano Hotel

The Spano Hotel is on 6th [Avenue?] in the same city that where Flyboy first met Kanya and the mobsters. Two of the mobsters, the elderly one and a younger man named Frank, have tied up Kanya in suite 752. It's not clear how she ran afoul of the mob. Possibly she was caught stealing stuff from them. Fortunately for Kanya, she earlier contacted Flyboy, and he and Spooky rescue her. Spooky advises Kanya to leave town, and ExSec agents arrive later to take the mobsters away.

• First appearance. [DC-1-1]
• Spooky calls ExSec, telling them the hotel and suite number. [DC-1-5]
• ExSec agents load the mobsters into a paddywagon. See background of panel 1: [DC-1-8]

the Sphere Celestiale

The Sphere Celestiale is a legendary magical artifact that somehow gives its user the required star alignments needed for various magic spells and rituals. According to Velliok, the Sphere is currently being used by magicians on Earth.

• First mention. [L-3-64]

Spooky Jones

Spooky Jones is the magic user of The Young Protectors. Instead of a more flashy superhero costume, he prefers to wear ordinary shirts and jeans paired with a hoodie and a trenchcoat filled with potions, vials, and pouches. This outfit is topped with a backwards baseball cap featuring a logo of himself. He is regarded as the world's foremost sane expert on magic and demons.

Spooky learned magic during a year spent fighting monsters in Hell, which he somehow found himself in during his thirteenth birthday. Hell was also where he met and fell in love with Anaado, a young male demon. Hell was also where he forgot his original name, family, and anything else that might reveal his original identity.

After he won his way back to Earth, Spooky opened a detective agency before joining The Young Protectors.

His romantic relationships are legendary. He has had many lovers, both male and female, including Amanda. Spooky has recently started a new sexual relationship with Kyle. He has also renewed his efforts to rescue Anaado from Hell.

Browse for Spooky Jones in Engaging the Enemy.
Browse for Spooky Jones in Legendary.
Browse for Spooky Jones in Double-Cross.

Spooky's bird mount

Spooky can do a lot of things with his magic, but one thing he cannot do is fly. Unless Flyboy is carrying him or the Spookymobile. Or unless he's riding a giant bird.

So far, no one in the comic has mentioned the bird at all, let alone explained where it came from. We just sometimes see Spooky riding it with no explanation given.

• Spooky is riding a giant bird thing, searching for the Priestess and the laser bear. [ETE-C-3]

Spooky's cabin

Spooky set up a cabin as a safehouse years ago. He brings the team there after a mage curses them with the Veritas curse. They play a game of Truth or Dare there to lift the curse.

Spooky's office

Spooky maintains an office for his detective work independently of The Young Protectors. This work is sanctioned by ExSec. His cases mostly involve searching for missing children and rounding up crazies, that is, magicians who have gone insane. He used to have a receptionist named Cassidy Moore. His exploits have given him quite the legendary reputation on television and social media.

One missing child case took Spooky to a ruined church near Sisters, Oregon, and although he solved that case and rescued the child and has his notes on the case, he has no memories about that time period. More surprisingly, Cassidy couldn't remember what happened then either.

In a more recent case, Spooky called in his team to help apprehend one crazy who ended up falling into the Pits of Limbo and cursing them all with the Veritas curse. The team nullified the curse's effects by playing a game of Truth or Dare at Spooky's cabin.

• First (and only) appearance (in flashback). [DC-1-16]

Spookymobile

The Spookymobile is Spooky's car, a red convertible. It has no known special properties. However, with Flyboy's assistance, it can be flown to wherever Flyboy wants to take it and its passengers.

• First appearance. [ETE-3-0], [ETE-3-3]
• First usage of name "Spookymobile". [DC-1-12]

Tom

TODO

• First mention. TODO

Truth or Dare

Truth or Dare is a casual parlour game where participants, in turn, ask another player "Truth or Dare?" If "truth" is chosen, they must answer a question truthfully. If "dare" is chosen, they must do whatever the caller dares them to do.

After an insane mage curses the team with the Veritas curse, the team goes to Spooky's cabin, and Fluke suggests they play a game of Truth or Dare to lift the curse. After a few ground rules are established, they play the game.

• Paul asks Spooky: “So, Spooks, out of everyone in our little community of superheroes and supervillains, who would you want to shag, who would you want to marry, and who would you want to throw off a cliff?” Spooky opts to take the dare: to spend the rest of the game in just his underwear. [ETE-TOD-0]
• Mitch asks Kyle: "you have to be touching [Spooky] the whole night? Like, skin to skin?" [ETE-TOD-3] Kyle answers yes, because otherwise Spooky gets all shivery. And that he doesn't mind it. [ETE-TOD-4].
• Spooky asks Amanda: "Who in our team do you think about sexually?" [ETE-TOD-6] Amanda starts by saying she and Spooky had a romantic relationship before the team was formed. [ETE-TOD-7] She still thinks about Spooky. And sometimes she thinks about all the other guys with Spooky. [ETE-TOD-8] Consentually. [ETE-TOD-10]
• Amanda asks Mitch: "Tell us a secret [...] you haven't wanted to share with us." [ETE-TOD-12] Mitch reveals he's been looking for criminals and fighting crime after hours, even though he promised Commander he wouldn't do that any more. [ETE-TOD-13]
• Mitch asks Gordon: "if you had to be stranded with one of us on a desert island, and we didn't have any of our powers, who would it be and why?" [ETE-TOD-17] Gordon picks Mitch, because he sees a lot of himself in Mitch and doesn't want Mitch to make the same mistakes he did. [ETE-TOD-18]

Detective Tutt

Detective Tutt is a policewoman working at BCPD. She warns Lt. Col. Charleyboy that the boy (Spooky) is too potentially dangerous for Amanda to be left alone with.

Browse for Detective Tutt in Engaging the Enemy.

• First appearance. [ETE-B1-1]
• Dets. Tutt and Parker report that the boy (Spooky) was found stark naked near the docks carrying a demon head. [ETE-B1-3]
• Tutt says she's been on the force for nearly twenty years. [ETE-B1-7]

Velliok

Velliok is a king of Hell and arguably, Spooky's arch-nemesis. During Spooky's escape from Hell, Velliok's castle was falling apart and Velliok himself was stabbed with an enchanted lance. After Spooky's escape, Velliok tortured Anaado for years and continues to torture him even now.

We as yet know little about Velliok's true nature or motivations, but he currently prefers to present himself in the guise of a 1920's mobster with a bowler hat and as if he was photographed in black and white. It appears he's wanted Spooky's soul all along but it's not known why.

Browse for Velliok in Legendary.

• First mention. [L-3-4]
• Velliok reveals himself. First appearance as himself. [L-3-54]
• Velliok's gate was created with Spooky's blood. [L-3-55]
• Velliok was removing an enchanted lance from his chest when Spooky escaped Hell. [L-3-57]
• Velliok tortured Anaado for years. [L-3-57]
• Velliok offers a pact. If Spooky frees him, Velliok will honestly tell him where Anaado is and how he can reach him. [L-3-61]
• Velliok tries to bad-touch Spooky. [L-3-66]
• Velliok says Spooky's fate is sealed because Spooky still doesn't know who he really is. [L-3-68]
• Velliok says Spooky was always his from the moment of his birth. [L-3-69]

Veritas curse

An insane mage, while falling into the Pits of Limbo, cursed the Young Protectors team with this curse. Spooky describes the curse:

“The Veritas Curse was developed during the Inquisition and its rules are very specific. You have to answer questions in a ritual setting. Questions you don’t want to answer. If you answer those questions absolutely truthfully, the curse is lifted. If you don’t, you die a horrible and painful death by sundown. No exceptions, no loopholes.”

But there was an upside to this particular spell: the Inquisitors didn’t want you to know what you had revealed. So as soon as you’ve complied with the terms, you forget everything that’s happened from the first light of dawn on the day the spell was cast. [ETE-TOD-0]

Fluke suggests that they play Truth or Dare to negate the curse's deadly consequences.

victims

• Father and baby on top a burning building. [ETE-1-1]
• Mention of "at least 40 victims" remaining in the burning building. [ETE-1-4]
• Missing girl mission with a wildfire complicating the search. [ETE-I1-15]
• First appearance of bound and tape-gagged victims in the glass box. [ETE-3-65]
• First appearance of several children bleeding and tied to trees. [DC-1-20]

worms (hellworms)

Worms in Hell are monstrous things with huge maws bordered with a circle of teeth. They travel in packs. Spooky first met Anaado when Anaado rescued him from the worms.

• First appearance (in flashback). [L-3-9]
• Spooky is surprised by a giant worm. [L-3-19]
• Spooky says the worms travel in packs. [L-3-21]
• Spooky, de-aged and facing three more worms, produces only green sparks. [L-3-25]

The Young Protectors (team)

The Young Protectors are a team of superpowered youth, unofficially sanctioned as a search and rescue operation. Most members were below the age of eighteen when they joined. They are affiliated with ExSec, the Young Superhero Development Programs, and Amanda's mother, Lt. Col. Charleyboy, who works in the Pentagon.

Despite evidence to the contrary, the team does not normally fight supervillians. That's not their job, and besides, there are two adult superhero teams local to them. But just like how the U.S.S. Enterprise is often the only Federation starship in the quadrant, sometimes The Young Protectors are the only heroes nearby when hero work needs to be done.

Members

• "Commander" (Amanda). Team leader. Main power: Telepathy.
• "Red Hot" (Kyle). Main power: Controls fire.
• Spooky Jones (original name unknown). Main power: Magic.
• "Tsunami" (Gordon). Main power: Controls water.
• "Fluke" (Paul). Main power: Alters luck.
• "Flyboy" (Mitch). Main power: Flight.

Equipment

• airplane
• communicator
• Spookymobile
• Young Protectors HQ

Notes

• First team appearance. [ETE-1-0]
• Kyle explains: "Even though we aren't officially certified, we don't really operate outside the law. Commander has a lot of connections with the military, and with search and rescue. So we basically have permission." [ETE-2-11]
• Kyle says: "Our whole team is made up of "rejects" from the Young Superhero Development Programs, actually. Except Spooky, of course." [ETE-2-12]
• Prior to the search for Laampros' gate, only two members had seen any real combat: Amanda and Spooky. [ETE-3-38]
• Amanda and Gordon are Kyle's and Paul's legal guardians. [ETE-3-38]

The Young Protectors (webcomic)

The Young Protectors is an on-going webcomic starring a superhero team called The Young Protectors. It is written by Alex Woolfson, penciled by Adam DeKraker, and colored by Veronica Gandini. A new page is usually published every Wednesday and Saturday. Readers can help finance the production of the webcomic via Patreon.

Story arcs

• Engaging the Enemy. Written by Alex Woolfson. Pencils by Adam DeKraker. Art for Bonus Comic 1 and Interlude 2 by Julie Wright. Colors by Veronica Gandini. Published by Alex Woolfson from March 14, 2012 to August 17, 2017.
  • Prologue. Kyle meets the Annihilator outside a gay bar. They kiss!
  • Chapter 1. After a tenement fire rescue mission, Kyle meets the Annihilator again. They have a dinner date in Hong Kong. Some invisible nudity.
  • Interlude 1. The Young Protectors find gay porn of themselves online.
  • Chapter 2. On the night of Kyle's 18th birthday, Kyle is bedded by Duncan. Unfortunately, it all goes to Hell, literally.
  • Chapter 3 part 1. Fluke, Spooky, and Flyboy fly to the isolated warehouse and rescue Kyle.
  • Bonus Comic 1. Six years ago, Spooky returns from Hell. Amanda tries to help him.
  • Chapter 3 continues. The Young Protectors find the ritual site and battle the villians, but one-by-one, the heroes fall.
  • Truth or Dare. To lift a Veritas curse, the team temporarily share secrets with each other during a game of Truth or Dare.
  • Flyboy Bonus Comic. While illegally fighting crime, Flyboy is reunited with his childhood crush, Cory, who is being coerced into helping steal money from the mob. Note: This bonus comic is happening at the same time as Kyle and Duncan's date to Hell and back.
  • Chapter 4. Our heroes escape their restraints, fight, and defeat the villians! But they haven't won. They can't break into the glass box and stop the spell. Enter Laampros.
  • Interlude 2. In Diego's hospital room, Ms. Roggenbauer talks to Cory about waiting and worrying.
  • Chapter 5. The Young Protectors versus Laampros!
  • Coda. The team debriefs at ExSec HQ. Kyle visits the teenage Duncan in his cell. Then Kyle meets Sameer for a date.
• Legendary. Written by Alex Woolfson. Linework for Chapter 1 by Julie Wright. Linework for Chapter 2 by Tana Ford. Linework for Chapter 3 by Adam DeKraker. Colors by Veronica Gandini. Colors for Chapter 3 title cover by Alex Sollazzo. Published by Alex Woolfson from August 18, 2017 to Februay 8, 2019.
  • Chapter 1: "Legendary". Kyle and Spooky get together and have sex, testing if Kyle can keep his fire in check.
  • Chapter 2: "Together". Kyle has made dinner for him and Spooky, but Spooky wants to talk about what Kyle said, that Spooky can't fall deeply in love. Then they have sex. Magical sex.
  • Chapter 3. "Past Sins" Spooky's first love, the demon Anaado, has possessed Kyle's body, transforming it into his own! Then he takes Spooky back to Hell!
• Double-Cross. Written by Alex Woolfson. Pencils by Adam DeKraker. Colors by Veronica Gandini. Published by Alex Woolfson from February 13, 2019 to current day.
  • Chapter 1. Current chapter involving Spooky, Flyboy, Cory, and The Platinum Priestess.
• Fallen. Written by Alex Woolfson. Pencils by Gabriel Mayorga. Colors by Veronica Gandini. Published by Alex Woolfson From October 15, 2019 to current day.
  • Chapter 1. Current chapter involving Cory and a blue shepherd with curved horns and wings.

Other useful links

• TODO Preview page for Woolfpack members.
• Most recent full-color update
• AMW Comics. Comics by Alex Woolfson.
• The Young Protectors Community. Please join and discuss all aspects of Alex's comics here!
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
• The Yaoi 911 Webcomics Store where you can buy books, buttons, cards, keychains, magnets, prints, stickers, and trading cards based on TYP characters, and also Spooky's cap!
• Yaoi 911 on Facebook.
• Alex Woolfson on Patreon. Help support the Young Protectors!
• Alex Woolfson on Tumblr.
• Alex Woolfson on Twitter.

Young Protectors HQ

The main room of the headquarters of the Young Protectors is equipped with a computer station, a conference table, a couch, a team photo, and a very large YP logo. It's strongly implied there's also a locker room and showers in the building. Outside, there's a satellite dish and enough parking for their airplane and the Spookymobile. There's probably more to the place, but it's not as if we've been given a tour yet.

Possibly the building is in Bay City, but this has not been confirmed.

• First appearance of interior. [ETE-I1-1]

zombies

Zombies first appear in the graveyard near the ruined church in Oregon. They are corpses animated by the Platinum Priestess's blood magic and they've been granted immunity to Spooky's green magical energies. They were her parting gift to Spooky and his companions after a vicious battle between the two of them in the nearby forest.

• First appearance. TODO.
• A zombie grabs Cory's leg! TODO.
• The zombies are unaffected by Spooky's green energies. TODO.
• A zombied crazy stabs Spooky! TODO.