Nolan Void Villain: Nikola Tesla (Patreon)

And now we come to our final new villain for Nolan Void (for now) as well as our last new character for NRG's July Patreon- Nikola Tesla!

ORIGIN

Travelling across different timelines, universes and realities meant that Nolan Void would encounter different versions of history’s most famous people, but oftentimes this meant doing battle with these alternates to protect their world and the omniverse. One such variant he encountered was an evil variant of electrical engineer Nikola Tesla of a deco-punk distopia. It was here the futurist gained vast electromagnetic abilities following the disastrous debut of his finished Wardenclyffe Tower, the result of which allowed for Tesla’s mind to be fully unlocked and allow for him to achieve his dreams of an electrical society.

Though Tesla’s newly unlocked brainpower and abilities allowed him to achieve his dream, overtime continuous use of his abilities began taking a toll on the already scrupulous inventor, eventually leading him to found and lead his universe’s version of the Think Tank in pursuit of conquest for the good of science. And even after the Think Tank’s goals were realized it was still not enough for Tesla, who began looking outwards to the universe and beyond to further his reach. So when Nolan Void appeared in his universe and Tesla discovered that life beyond the borders of reality was possible, Tesla became one of many obsessed with capturing Nolan Void to conquer the Omniverse.

Powers/Abilities:

As leader of his universe’s Think Tank and world, Tesla has unlimited resources, scientists and weapons at his disposal needed to conquer the omniverse.

Tesla has powerful electromagnetic abilities that make him one of the most powerful - yet sociopathic - neo-humans of his world.

I've mentioned before that Nolan Void is NRG's premier science fiction superhero because he covers space exploration, time travel and alternate realities all at once. And one thing that excites me about Nolan Void is having him interact with famous people from history, be it in a regular timeline or an alternate reality. So naturally this meant I also wanted some of his villains to be notable figures from history as well. But with Nolan Void I didn't want him to fight the standard evil figures of history that is commonly done in comic books such as Nazis or western outlaws. No, I really wanted to push the barrier and have him encounter and battle with some very unique individuals that I always thought would make cool villains in comics. Of course, to keep things canon in the timeline of the real world NRGVerse, that will mean I will often have to get creative with how I approach these famous figures.

Which brings me to Nikola Tesla. The man was famous for his experiments in electricity, rivaling those of Thomas Edison, and given his personality of his time period I always thought Tesla was someone who could be described as one lab accident away from becoming a supervillain. So that's how I approached his villainous take here- setting it an alternate timeline where his Wardenclydde Tower experiment was actually accomplished, albeit some questionable results that led him to becoming an eventual, electromagnetic supervillain and leader of his Universe's Think Tank. I'll be honest, I think I just really like the idea of Nolan Void fighting a version of Tesla who has lightning powers, it's just so perfectly far out there for a comic book story.

Normally I don't ask for feedback on my characters, but I'd really like to know if you guys like this approach I'm taking to Nolan Void interacting/fighting with famous historical figures. And more to that, what famous figures from history would YOU like to see Nolan team up with or fight against? Really throw your most unique ideas against the wall, and we'll see if they stick. And as always, let us know what you think of this new NRG character with a comment below!

Nolan Void: Paladin of the Omniverse © NRG Comics

Design by TonyTempest

Art by Danilo Cassonato