Optimo

Optimo (real name Theodore “Theo” Strong) is the 26th member of the S-men.

Biography
Theodore “Theo” Strong was born in 1927. He has a heart of gold and a sweet disposition that could make anyone smile, but Theo wasn’t the brightest guy around. He never did well in school, and when he was 17, he dropped out and went to work in his father’s mechanic shop while also being a superhero. When Theo was 23, he met a woman named Alice Wilson, who (while Theo was patrolling as Optimo) he saved from getting mugged in an alley. The first time the two met, it could have been described as love at first sight. A year after they dated in secret, Theo revealed his secret identity to Alice, and another year after that, they married, not legally, since that wasn’t allowed, but they did have a nice, symbolic ceremony with a few close friends and family. Theo and Alice would adopt 3 kids in the middle of the ban Alice (9), Peter (13), and Jasper (8). Now despite not being very smart, he was often seen as the voice of reason in the NSA. When the supers ban was put in place, Theo calmly talked to everyone about how something like that wouldn’t last forever, and that there were other ways to help people. He was right when the ban was lifted and he joined the S-men.

Personality
He is unpredictable, spontaneous, impulsive, go-getter, inventive, unabashed, confident, loyal, humorous and somewhat scatter-brained at times.

Weapons
His suit allows him to absorb impacts and explosions and his gloves allow him to harden his explosions and have them explode on contact.

Powers
His powers are flight, superhuman strength, super speed, shapeshifting, nitrokinesis (self-detonation), fragokinesis (explosion manipulation) and he can harden his skin.

Weaknesses
His weaknesses are if he holds a single form for too long it becomes painful and begins to strain him, is not able to regenerate unless he use all of his body's energy, his explosions can be defused based on the explosion's composition or by implosion manipulation, and can't hold his harden skin or it becomes painful.