So, decided to revisit some of my homebrew superhero designs, and perhaps create some new, original characters as well. So, to start with, I decided to revisit my Superman expy, Alpha-Dog, first seen here: https://inkbunny.net/s/2416828
Tweaked the character design a bit, making it more "classic," with the boots and the boxers-over-briefs look. I don't care what anyone says, THAT just screams superhero to me.
Not sure if I want to alter his origins yet, so here's his original origins, re-printed here: "Alpha-Dog: Within the Lorai Collective was the technologically-advanced, Canid civilization called Sirius. The Sirians were an advanced, peace-loving civilization which was tragically annihilated by the Dark Armada of Dreadlord Kruul, the star-wandering conqueror and despoiler of worlds. One Sirian master scientist, Darnian Javinar, realized the doom of his homeworld, and used an experimental transtellar teleporter he was working on to send his only family, his son Braddor, to another world for his safety. The child was found by the Boston family (ironically based out of South Carolina), where he was raised in a humble suburban family. Raised as the second youngest in a loving family of four children, the renamed Brad Boston developped super-powers as a side-effect of the teleporter's effects. His adopted family taught him to use his powers responsibly, and as he grew up, knew he would learn to use his powers for the benefit of others.
As he approached adulthood, however, he became disillusioned with the increasingly dark and selfish anti-heroes who had replaced the heroes of his youth, and resolved to instead live up to the ideals embodied by the long-vanished Wonder-Dog. At first operating in secrecy as a teenager, he finally rose up as a public hero during the Elite Force uprising (when a group of Iron Age anti-heroes decided to try and take over the world to save it from itself), and gained public acclaim for his actions during the uprising, thanks for very publically rescueing tv reporter Kikyo Kishu of KNN news, who scored her first interview with him.
In his secret identity as Brad Boston, he now works as a Board Operator at KNN, and has become friends with the people who work there, especially Kikyo herself. There is a shared attraction between them, but Brad, to his annoyance, finds himself rivaled by his own heroic identity. His official status as "most eligibal super-bachelor" doesn't make things any easier for the somewhat shy canine hero. He nonetheless puts on a brave face and continues fighting heroically for Truth and Justice, having become the Number One hero of (insert city name here)."
