This is a list of Empowered characters.
Main characters
Empowered Empowered (Elissa Megan Powers), nicknamed Emp, is a member of the Superhomeys superhero group and the titular character of the Empowered graphic novel series. Her powers are derived from a super suit of unknown origin and nature that fell out of the sky in an envelope addressed to her, which gives her superhuman strength,Empowered Vol. 1, Page 64 durability,Empowered Vol.1, page 182 & 183 invisibility,Empowered Vol.1, page 182 & 183 X-ray vision,Empowered Vol. 2, page 184&185 the ability to cling to surfaces,Empowered Vol. 5, page 11-15 high-intensity energy discharges,Empowered Vol. 1, page 192 flight, and the ability to survive in space.Empowered Vol. 5, page 21 & 22 This suit, while being Emp's source of power, has also made her a social laughingstock as it often fails her when she needs it the most. Despite these shortcomings, Empowered's super suit has steadily become more useful and resilient with new abilities being revealed as the series progresses. Additionally, Emp's suit has been implied to have been bonded specifically to her, and has been shown to be completely useless when worn by other people. The suit's odd behaviour and contradictory properties (such as being able to stop bullets and shark bites, yet also extremely fragile) are at least partially a result of Emp's psychological difficulties and limitations.Empowered Vol. 7, Page 180
Because Empowered is only an associate member of the Superhomeys, her participation with the group is limited in scope and something akin to "part-time", so she still has a day job. Her first day job consisted of wearing a mascot costume for the discount retail store Value Mammoth, advertising the store's sales with a picket sign.Empowered Vol.1, page 37&38 This job earned her much disrespect and derision from passersby. Eventually, Emp lost this job when she accidentally destroyed the store in an attempt to defeat a mollusc-like monster.Empowered Vol.1, page 46-49 Afterward, Emp moved on to cosplaying as her costumed self in a licensed troupe of Superhomeys imitators known as "The Superhomeys Experience". In this guise, she wears a PVC imitation of her supersuit. During her performances, she affects a comically heavy Southern accent to protect her identity.Empowered Vol.1, page 121-124
Thugboy Thugboy, real name Noah,Empowered Vol.11, page 194 is a former-career criminal and boyfriend of Emp. Although Thugboy had previously been a career criminal, he quickly gave up his life of crime to become somewhat of a protector and primary supporter of Emp in her efforts to become a worthwhile superhero. Before meeting Emp, Thugboy was the nominal leader of the Witless Minions, a gang of comrades that made a living through being hired by aspiring supervillains for the eventual purpose of bankrupting them by stealing their equipment and selling it for personal profit. He also briefly worked for a white supremacist supervillain named "Super Caucasian", but was swiftly fired for being half-Japanese. Eventually, this scheme went awry when they became employed by Willy Pete. Rather than driving Willy Pete into bankruptcy and forcing him to give up his schemes due to a lack of funding and support, it incensed Willy Pete so much that he decided to track down and kill every last member of the Witless Minions. In this, Willy Pete was nearly successful; after having sodomized every other Witless Minion, Willy Pete was temporarily incapacitated by being frozen. This afforded Thugboy the necessary time to escape. Since the demise of the Witless Minions, and until he first met Emp, Thugboy lived his life with no regard for his own well being, often showing no fear in the face of imminent danger or death.
Kozue Kaburagi, aka Ninjette Kozue Kaburagi, more commonly referred to as Ninjette or simply Jette, is a highly skilled ninja and princess of the Kaburagi ninja clan, based out of New Jersey. Although Ninjette is either a second or third-generation Japanese-American with a strongly Caucasoid appearance, her family name is intended to be traditionally Japanese. Despite being a princess of the Kaburagi ninja clan, Ninjette ran away from her clan and has been in hiding for several years so as to avoid being forced into a life of servitude to the clan by continually giving birth to high-blooded clan members. She met Emp in the usual way - i.e., Emp getting captured once again -, but when her thugs failed to show up to collect her captive, the two women went into the next bar for a drinking rout and became fast friends. Kozue subsequently moved in with Emp and Thugboy and has been a close friend to both ever since.
Heroes
Dr. Big McLarge Huge Dr. Big McLarge Huge is a doctor at the Purple Paladin Memorial hospital who is named for his massive stature.Empowered Vol. 4, page 21&22 While Huge appears to be a dedicated physician, he is still upset that he has never been nominated for a Caped Justice award, and deems such injustice as a misplacement of priorities within the superhero community.Empowered Vol. 4, page 24&25 While attending the Caped Justice Awards, Huge ingests some of the food that had been tainted with Wet Blanket's flesh and reverts to a smaller form, indicating that his size is not a natural attribute.Empowered Vol. 4, page 165&166
Capitan Rivet Capitan Rivet is the nominal leader of the Superhomeys. Rivet's attributes are largely unknown aside from some visual clues given in the various battles that the character has participated in. In several instances, Capitan Rivet appears to be a hollow suit of armor, having taken fatal injuries without injury.Empowered Vol.4, page 164
Captain Katana Captain Katana is a hero whose limbs have been severed at the knees and elbows and replaced with Katanas on mechanical joints. Additionally, he has a magical Katana running through the top of his head.Empowered Vol.4, page 157 Katana was killed in his participation in an attempt to ambush and defeat Willy Pete.Empowered Vol.5, page 159
Divangelic Divangelic is a pair of female entities; a demon named Vanity and an angel named CharityEmpowered Vol.5, page 158 of nearly identical appearance who are conjoined at the shoulder. They are members of the Superhomeys. Divangelic, in following their biblical theme, is capable of flight through use of one feathery stereotypically angelic wing and one bat-like demon wing. The two entities of Divangelic also wield weapons individually; Vanity, a bullwhip with a sort of energy cracker, and Charity with a type of smooth headed Morning Star with glowing energy ports instead of spikes.Empowered Vol.5, page 153 Divangelic was killed in the ambush on Willy Pete.
dWARf! dWARf! is a senior member of the Superhomeys who possesses superhuman strength.Empowered Vol.3, page 98 He was previously known as Fleshmaster and had low-level gene-altering abilities.Empowered Vol.4, pages 182&183 His career as Fleshmaster ended shortly after his humiliation at the hands of his fellow heroes during the Caped Justice Awards ceremonies.Empowered Vol.4, page 131 After the disappearance of Fleshmaster, dWARf! debuted and became popular amongst the senior members of the Superhomeys. Despite his newfound popularity with this new persona, dWARf!/Fleshmaster decides to exact revenge against his former tormentors-turned-friends.Empowered Vol.4, page 183 He sabotages the Caped Justice Awards ceremony by tainting the catered food with liquefied flesh from Wet Blanket, causing the majority of the attending heroes to temporarily lose their powers.Empowered Vol.4, page 153-205 After his defeat at the hands of Emp, dWARf! is captured by Manny in hopes of using dWARf!'s gene-altering powers to cure his cancer.Empowered Vol.4, page 190&191
Femifist Femifist is a female, costumed, news reporter for the Hero Network. She was the field reporter present at the Caped Justice Awards ceremony that was sabotaged by dWARf!.Empowered Vol.4, page 148 Femifist's superhuman abilities or attributes, if any, have not been demonstrated.Empowered Vol.4, page 159
Heavy Artillery Heavy Artillery is a male member of the Superhomeys. Heavy Artillery appears to be a human who has, at some point, had his head and neck completely replaced with some sort of mounted artillery gun. Heavy Artillery is also shown to be openly gay.Empowered Vol.3, page 155
Homunculoid Homunculoid is a posthuman male member of the Superhomeys. Homunculoid's powers have not been explicitly defined, but he seems to possess enhanced senses, perhaps due to his enlarged facial features and oversized hands.Empowered Vol.5, page 154 Homunculoid was killed during the ambush on Willy Pete.
Jugganaut Jugganaut is a heroine whose outfit intentionally draws attention to her large breasts. Jugganaut was shown briefly being interviewed at the Caped Justice Awards.Empowered Vol.4, page 150 Previous to that, she was referenced by Emp as an example of a female hero who tries to capitalize on her sexual appeal.Empowered Vol.1, page 141
Makro Makro is a female, costumed heroine wearing a slightly armored jumpsuit, and wielding some degree of superstrength and enduranc. She hosts the Superdirty Jobs show on the HeroNET. As such, she is tasked to find the heroes doing less glamorous jobs, away from the limelight (from mere steel workers tasked with the manufacture of enhanced materials to hunters of exotic/alien species), telling of their exploits to the large public.Empowered Vol.6
Mindfuck Mindfuck is a member of the Superhomeys who possesses powerful psychic abilities. She was previously possessed by her brother, the villain Neurospear, and forced to cut out her tongue and eyes.Empowered Vol.5, page 77 Mindfuck primarily communicates via telepathy and uses a cybernetic visor that affords her vision. In cases where her visor has been damaged beyond use, she can "piggyback" others by tapping into their Sensorium.Empowered Vol.5, page 75
For the majority of Volume 5, Mindfuck becomes a friend and advisor to Emp, who had recently come under scrutiny from her Superhomey colleagues following the events of the Caped Justice Awards. Mindfuck is killed by the end of Volume 5 when the Joint Superteam Space Station is destroyed.Empowered Vol.5, pages 158-193
Maid Man Maid Man is a lone superhero who dresses and uses weapons thematically designed to imply he is a French Maid or housekeeper. His personality, manner of speech, attitude towards crime, fighting style and weaponry, all a spoof of Batman. This is repeatedly used for injokes (ie, when asked if a burly man like him does not feel ridiculous dressing in a flimsy French Maid costume, he replies that he would feel much more embarrassed dressing as an animal, like a bat). Unlike the majority of superheroes in the Empowered series, Maid Man does not have any superhuman abilities. Despite this, he is well liked within the milieu of superheroes and is extremely capable of defending himself and others against beings with superhuman abilities. Maid Man is also one of the few heroes who treats Emp with respect and gives her salient advice. Initially introduced as a minor/background character, he takes on a leading role alongside Emp and her other friends in Volume 6.
Major Havoc Major Havoc is a senior member of the Superhomeys, Major Havoc usually plays a large role in the various endeavors of the group. Because of his relative importance, Major Havoc is a braggart and somewhat of a simpleton. On a few occasions, Major Havoc has used his seniority to exploit the Superhomeys resources and trick Emp into sexual situations, both public and private,Empowered Vol.3, pages 103-114 so that he may gratify himself to the images.Empowered Vol.3, page 107Empowered Vol.2, page 93 Major Havoc's powers are not specifically mentioned, although he appears to possess superhuman strength and a high level of invulnerability to physical damage.
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