E-Man



E-Man was a comic book Superhero created in the 1970s by Nicola Cuti and Joe Staton for Charlton Comics.

Long story short: E-Man started out as a packet of pure (sentient) energy born from the explosion of a nova. On Earth, this energy discovered that it could change itself from energy to matter (lampshaded by Albert Einstein's formula: E=mc&sup2;) enabling said energy to assume human form. Befriending one Nova Kane (née Katrina Kolchinzski), an archeology student at Xanadu University who works part-time as an exotic dancer, the energy man from space decided to live on Earth using his shape-changing and energy blasts to fight evil as E-Man.

Other characters included seedy Private Detective Michael ("Don't call me Mickey") Mauser and a rather curious-looking koala named Teddy Q. -

This comic contains examples of

 * Action Girl: Nova, once she gains energy powers similar to those of E-Man.
 * Comic Book Fantasy Casting: E-Man was originally modelled after Robert Redford.
 * Cool Pet: Teddy Q.
 * Meaningful Name: Michael Mauser shares his surname with his gun.
 * Punny Name: Nova Kane (Novocaine) and (E-Man's civilian identity) Alec Tronn (electron).
 * Stripperiffic: Nova works part time as a exotic dancer to pay for her tuitions, as stated above.