Eric Singer was a computer science student at MIT in 1995. He was alone in the computer lab one evening when everyone else not late with their thesis were at the commons courtyard where President was speaking. Eric took a break from his work and looked out the window when the Ultimates attacked. The supervillain team had planned to hold the entire campus as well as the President hostage. Eric saw them from his vantage point and quickly pulled the fire alarm. This alerted the secret servicemen who began to converge on the disguised villains. Their ambush ruined, the Ultimates scattered. One member, Thunderbolt, in a fit of pique fired a bolt of lightning at Eric. The incredible rush of energy unlocked Eric's latent mutant abilties. Eric found that he, like Thunderbolt was able to control, even become, electricity. Eric instinctively transported via electrical outlet to his dorm and grabed his "thunderman" halloween costume. Wearing that and a domino mask(his thunderman mask was being used by a friend down the hall), Eric flew into battle. Although inexperienced and initially out gunned, Eric drew the attention of the Ultimates away from the President while he awaited superhuman backup. His televised mano y mano against Thunderbolt was rebroadcast for almost three weeks. Eric's heroics were lauded by nearly everyone. He developed a slightly different costume and announced himself Captain Tempest. He later joined the fledgling superteam, the Frontline. He has served with them since 1996 and has been elected chairman twice in that time. He and Thunderbolt hate eachother and their battles have been known to cause great distruction and when they are through, both combatants often require medical attention. Eric is a good hearted young man. He works hard to improve his control of his powers and spends his time trying to be a better hero. He is ernest if a bit overeager at times. "Truely the pun is the most foul of superhero witicisms, but beleive me, you will get a CHARGE out of this one!" Standard energy projector. As a result of his clashes with Thunderbolt, he has developed a "lightning punch" of his own. Just a filler hero. The rest of the Frontline consists of (Enforcer (My namesake), Emperia, Syphon, Rising Sun, Mantis, and Xenonoblaster) They might make appearances. Eric is your standard superhero energy projector, athletic without being too bulky, handsome without being overbearing, and tall without being gigantic. He dresses in casual wear and often a lab coat. The CT costume is a blue body suit with a gold domino mask, boots, and a golden thunderbolt on his chest. The thunderbolt starts at his left shoulder and ends just below his sturnum.