The Dreamstar Phenomena was a mysterious supernatural occurrence that affected a handful of places and individuals throughout the world, in different ways and at different times. Mantis was one of these people; a tech-savvy teenager who suffered a life threatening head injury, but managed to save himself with salvaged equipment he discovered at an alien crash site. Years later the superhero known as The Crimson Jackal, who Mantis was a big fan of, found himself caught in one of the disasters as well. His powers were severely dampened and part of his mask was permanently melded into his face. Mantis found and nursed him back to health and they've been comrades ever since, as Kid Mantis supplies CJ with powerful technological weapons to help fill the gap of his weakened powers, whilst he continues to face off against villainy. Sometimes they just chill, though.
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