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* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: Until recently, Rex was portrayed as primarily a chemist. Recent stories have him theoretically capable of rebuilding Tyler, and the creator of Roxy, a [[Deadpan Snarker]] AI who acts as [[Mission Control]] for the All-Stars.
* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: Until recently, Rex was portrayed as primarily a chemist. Recent stories have him theoretically capable of rebuilding Tyler, and the creator of Roxy, a [[Deadpan Snarker]] AI who acts as [[Mission Control]] for the All-Stars.
* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]
* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]
* [[Red Baron]]: "The Man of the Hour".
* [[Self-Made Man]]: Rex is basically a walking Horatio P. Alger story, having grown up in poverty, gone to Cornell on a scholarship and built his own company from the ground up.
* [[Self-Made Man]]: Rex is basically a walking Horatio P. Alger story, having grown up in poverty, gone to Cornell on a scholarship and built his own company from the ground up.
* [[Sobriquet]]: "The Man of the Hour".
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife|Shy Guy Hot Wife]]: Normally timid and reserved Rex is married to a cinema star.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife|Shy Guy Hot Wife]]: Normally timid and reserved Rex is married to a cinema star.
* [[Super Serum]]: Miraclo, the source of Rex's powers, was originally just a "super-booster" that granted strength, resilience and speed for 1 hour increments (and required periods of downtime). Famously [[The Golden Age|retconned]] by James Robinson into an addictive [[Psycho Serum]] that Rex took decades to overcome and recreate without its harmful side-effects.
* [[Super Serum]]: Miraclo, the source of Rex's powers, was originally just a "super-booster" that granted strength, resilience and speed for 1 hour increments (and required periods of downtime). Famously [[The Golden Age|retconned]] by James Robinson into an addictive [[Psycho Serum]] that Rex took decades to overcome and recreate without its harmful side-effects.
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