First Appearance: Naked Man Comics #1
Affiliation(s): The Bridge City Pizza Bandits, The Bridge City Beta Males
Location: Federal Way
Abilities: Double talk, crocodile tears, emoting overdramatically
Pie-man hails from a city south of Emerald City. He frequently teams up with heroes and/or villains, depending on the amount of media attention each group is receiving.
Creation and concept #
Pie-man is a parody of a self-proclaimed Real-Life Superhero, Skyman. [1]
Publication History #
Comics and Comic Books #
In Naked Man Comics #1, Totally Naked Man follows the sounds of alarms to see Shawn the Pizza Bandit and Catherine the Waif rob Old Town Pizza of their stock of pizza. Totally Naked Man tries to stop them but is foiled by a hail of hot pizza. The Pizza Bandit duo use the internet to lure Totally Naked Man to Tom McCall Waterfront Park. There, Totally Naked Man meets all The Bridge City Pizza Bandits – Pie-Man, Sweat Dude, The Victim, and Dan the Sleaze. The group of villains attempt to subdue Totally Naked Man, but the hero slips out due to the excessive sweat. The Pizza Bandits leave because they are tired, leaving only Shawn and Catherine. Totally Naked Man makes short work of the rest of the Pizza Bandits.
In Naked Man Comics #2, a mysterious ship searches space for worlds to consume. Totally Naked Man received an invitation from Pepper Gold to join his team. Tryouts for the Superhero Squad of Superheroes Movement will be held in Downtown Rose City. While waiting for an interview, Totally Naked Man meets heroes like Zetaman, Superhero, Dark Guardian, Antiman. Pie-Man is also there. When Totally Naked Man finally sees Pepper Gold, Gold demands that he bows to him. The interchange is interrupted because a giant alien has arrived. Universium has decided to eat the Earth. Totally Naked Man recalls his favorite childhood hero, Rightguy, facing a similar situation. Totally Naked Man buys all the beer in Rose City and gets Universium drunk. When Universium awakes, Totally Naked Man threatens him with pictures of the giant’s escapades if he consumes the Earth. Afraid of the contents, Universium leaves. Pepper Gold receives the credit for Universium leaving. The Real Life Superhero Project finally arrives but are too late to participate.
In Naked Man Comics #3, he was featured in the one-page story, The Adventures of Pie-Man. In #4, he delivered a message about online bullying. Pie-man was one of the many heroes who turned his back on Zetaman, as revealed in issue #5. Naked Man Comics #6, Pie-man rejoined the villains against the heroes in a wrestling match. And in Issue #7, Pie-man had a featured story where he sang about his love of pizza.
In Naked Man Comics #10, Icarus teams up with Pie-Man and The Reverend to form The Bridge City Beta Males. The Victim was a member until he was killed in an unfortunate adult activity accident. Icarus destroys the coffee café, The Spritely Bean. The heroes of Rose City turn to Antiman to stop Icarus. Zetaman and Antiman reveal that Antiman has difficulty with his sidekicks. Antiman used the sidekick app, Chummies, to find new helpers. All Antiman’s sidekicks become villains, including Icarus. Antiman hunts down Icarus in the Hawthorne District of Rose City. There, Antiman fight Pie-Man and The Reverend. Both heroes turn villain accidently falls into a vat of hot cooking fat. Antiman finally apprehends Icarus. Deciding that everyone needs friends, Totally Naked Man reforms The Alternates, along with a Headquarters in Downtown Rose City.
Character Overview #
A social outcast by nature, Pie-man stumbled upon The Real Life Superheroes online. Dedicating his persona to his favorite food, pizza, he joins in on this radical and quirky community of social misfits.
Personality #
’Pie-Man only loyalties lie in self-promotion. He frequently uses social media for attention. Pie-man vents all his issues online so that people will talk to him. He’s totally addicted to social network likes. Pie-man will flip-flop between heroes and villain if one or the other is receiving media attention. He and other portly characters have an extreme dislike of fit heroes and heroes who have integrity.
References #
Allmain, Greg. “SkyMan: Federal Way Superhero Fights Crime, Helps Homeless.” Federal Way Mirror, Federal Way Mirror, 22 Oct. 2016, https://www.federalwaymirror.com/news/skyman-federal-way-superhero-fights-crime-helps-homeless/