Mayor Fury

MAYOR FURY

Real Name: Alex Fury

Class: Human mutate?

Occupation: Mayor, former superhero

Group Affiliation: formerly Liberty Squad

Known Relatives: Derek Fury (son), Suzy Fury (Pink Bunny, wife)

Aliases: Judge Fury

Base of Operations: Tranquility, Oregon, Earth-50

First Appearance: Worldstorm #1 (December, 2006)

Powers: Fury was a skilled politician who possessed superhuman strength and durability.

History: (Welcome to Tranquility #1) - Judge Fury moved to Tranquility, a retirement community for the superheroes of yesteryear. He was appointed mayor and did his best to keep the town running smoothly. Reporter Colette Pearson was doing a story on Tranquility, and admired the Fury comics the mayor had hanging up in his office. Fury recalled that during the 1950s’ a psychiatrist tried to get comics banned for causing juvenile delinquency, but no one listened to him, and comics became a billion dollar industry. Mayor fury admitted that Tranquility was home to a number of maxi-villains, but said they’d paid their debt to society and all old rivalries with the maxi-heroes had been forgotten. Sheriff Lindo met with Mayor Fury, asking for him to find a way to ground Minxy Minerva permanently. The former child aviator was suffering from dementia, and had crashed her jet into Main St. He reminded her that Minxy had friends in high places because of her service during WWII, and was a millionaire to boot, so he just wanted to look the other way. Lindo and Pearson were eating at Chick’n Go when Emoticon came in looking to stir up trouble. Emoticon and his entourage started a fight with Lindo, Colonel Cragg, Bad Dog and Mr. Articulate. During the scuffle Mr. Articul;ate was stabbed with his own sword and died in Sheriff Lindo’s arms. Lindo said no one was leaving until they were cleared by her deputies and asked Cederic, Colette’s cameraman, to turn over the tape he’d been filming.

(Welcome to Tranquility #2) - Lindo took Emoticon into custody, and said she was convinced he was the murderer. Emoticon said he liked Mr,. Articulate and his old stories, and when Lindo reminded him that Articulate put his grandfather the Typist behind bars, Emoticon replied that everyone put his grandfather in jail. Emoticon wnt on to say he hated his grandfather, noting that he and Lindo had a lot in common since her grandfather, the Black Glider, ran out on her family and she hated him. Lindo got flustered, and Emoticon said she had to believe he was innocent because his emoticon visor wouldn’t let him lie, and he was displaying a smiling emoticon. Mayor Fury, Colonel Cragg and Bad Dog met Zombie Zeke to arrange Articulate’s funeral. They were in no mood for Zombie Zeke’s puns or shtick and just wanted him to assure them they’d give an honorable funeral for their their friend. They went to the Fox Hole bar to drink away their sorrow, and while they all agreed they couldn’t think of anyone who’d want Articulate dead, Bad Dog admitted that smart people made him angry and he broke his beer glass in his hand. Cosmos wanted to commiserate with them, and Cragg wanted to start a fight with him, calling him a traitor, but Mayor Fury made him back off. The Sampson Twins showed up, mocking Articulate and making homophobic comments. Fury and his friends got in a bar brawl with the twins, handling them easily. Sheriff Lindo showed up to arrest the twins, and Fury apologized for behaving so badly, but Lindo hugged him, saying he was standing up for his friend. The entire town turned out for Articulate’s funeral.

Comments: Created by Gail Simone & Neil Googe.