As far as his “powers” go, Fodor is a mixed martial artist, and his costume is made from a bulletproof vest, stab plating, and he carries around a stun baton, pepper spray, tear gas, and handcuffs, as well as a first-aid kit.įrom Daredevil to Batman and Spider-Man, comic book heroes have seen wrongs being done to others and have taken it upon themselves to aid law enforcement to keep the public at large safe. To keep the police from confusing him as a criminal, Fodor decided to wear a supersuit and adopt the name Phoenix Jones. “And I thought, why didn’t someone help him? There were seventy people outside that bar and no one did anything.” The origin story of Phoenix Jones also mirrors that of any number of four color characters having had his son injured due to a car break-in, and having a friend assaulted outside a bar with no on stepping in to help but him, was enough to make the message clear in his mind. His goal is noble, and is very much in line with what millions around the world read in the comic books – he fights crime. You’ve probably heard of Benjamin John Francis Fodor, the 24 year old who patrols the streets of Seattle dressed as superhero Phoenix Jones. While many will ponder in message boards and on soap boxes, a real world example may have finally answered that question. Who came first, the hero or the villain? The question came into the general public’s awareness in 1989, when Batman and the Joker shared the exchange during a pivotal moment in the Batman film.

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