The Punch Bunch
Deep in the galactic wastes at the edge of the Phantom Quasar is the Asteroid Planet “Tsar Drotonus,” home to interdimensional tyrant DoomBell and his arena fortress Castle DoomQuake. There he stages battles among the strongest captured fighters in all the known universes for the honor of being a coveted member of his elite strike force: The Doom Squad.
But some would not fight for Doombell’s glory. So instead, the Star Defender Infra-Ultra lead a rag-tag band of prisoners and freedom fighters in a revolt against Castle DoomQuake, cracking Doombell’s Thunder Helm and using the shard to escape Tsar Drotonus for Earth and beyond.
Now Doombell, obsessed with finding the lost helmet shard, dispatches the Doom Brigade and Castle DoomQuake across the galaxy in pursuit of Infra-Ultra in a chase into the far reaches of space…
Doombell
Once an Earth human from Oatmeal, Nebraska, Doombell was forever altered by a screaming meteorite from deep within the Phantom Quasar, which fell to Earth, smashed through the town church bell, and landed on his head, thus transforming him from a comic reading, wrestler figure collecting nerdlinger to the greatest intergalactic supervillain the universe has ever known. Now he sits on his throne in his area fortress, Castle DoomQuake staging battles among the strongest captured fighters in all of space for the honor of being a coveted member of his elite Trooper Bell strike force.
Infra Ultra
Star Defender and martial arts master Infra-Ultra became a captive of Doombell while saving a colony of space pioneers from falling monoliths on the wilderness planet Red Preval. Infra is a natural leader but suffers from an overabundance of earnestness. Make no mistake, he will absolutely kick your ass. Unfortunately, Doombell’s strike team could not subdue Infra. Doom himself had to use his unmatched VibraSonic Bong Waves to finally capture the hero. While a prisoner of Castle DoomQuake, Infra led a band of fighters who would not battle in the ring for Doom, and together they formed the Punch Bunch and escaped.
Skulldugger
Skulldugger is the evil, right-hand man for Doom, hailing from the Pirate planet Tortoogort. He wears the skull and bones of just some of his defeated victims. Fighters who go in against Skulldugger in the DoomQuake arena seldom come out again unless he viciously tosses them over the ring and into deep space. Once, it was rumored that Skulldugger “would rather kill than eat,” this rumor rapidly worked its way around the crowd at the arena, it being a sort of strange thing to say about anyone. Many felt this rumor to be unbelieveable. Hearing this himself, Doombell ordered a hot dog cart rolled onto the pitch along with a captive fighter for Skulldugger’s next match. While the blissfully unaware combatant gobbled up quite a few wieners before the fight began, not a single hot dog was eaten by Skulldugger. And thus, a reputation was born, and rumors let true. Skulldugger will always chose killing over all else.
Slice-A-Roni
No one knows the true identity of the mysterious Slice-A-Roni. That name was given to the beast by Doombell in the ring, having nothing else to call it. Some say an earthquake in San Francisco opened a crack in the world and swallowed a trolley car where the inner Earth Morlocks used it to create the battle beast. Others say that the same earthquake launched the trolley car into outer space, where it was sucked into a black hole and emerged as the super fighter. But the truth may never be known. Slice has no allegiances. He probably has no idea he’s half a trolly car, half saw of fury. Only one thing is known for sure. He IS the San Francisco Beat Down.
