The Avenger: Difference between revisions

Notably, after [[World War Two]], the radio producer discovered that it still had distribution rights to a radio program of "The Avenger", and created an [[In Name Only]] remake. In this program, the Avenger was biochemist and police scientist Jim Brandon, who'd invented a [[Psychic Powers|Telepathic Indicator]] that allowed him to pick up strong thoughts from a great distance, and the "Diffusion Capsule" which reacted with a serum [[Professor Guinea Pig|to which he'd acclimated himself]] and "cloaked him in the black light of [[Invisibility]]". Along with his "lovely assistant" [[The Watson|Fern Collier]] and a frequently-baffled police inspector, Brandon investigated crimes in a blatant [[Follow the Leader]] of ''[[The Shadow]]'' radio show.

 

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=== Tropes exhibited in ''[[The Avenger]]'' series: ===

* [[Heroic Albino]]: Not in the true medical sense, but Benson was drained of all color.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: The three weeks Benson spent in the sanitarium after his family's disappearance.

* [[I Call It Vera]]: Mike and Ike. Mike is his favorite firearm, Ike his throwing knife.

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: The Avenger often uses these. According to his narration, he was a teenager when "a madman with a hatchet" tried to kill him. The incident inspired Benson to learn to throw hatchets himself. "He could split a knot at thirty feet" (9 meters). He also practiced throwing axes and knives. Years later, he practiced with firearms. He reportedly could "hit that dime at fifty paces".

* [[Renaissance Man]]: Benson is supposedly an expert in aerodynamics, dentistry, Egyptology, engineering, hypnosis, law, linguistics, locksmithing, medicine, military tactics, and psychiatry. With written works in each field. Besides that he is a pilot, a musical composer, a sculptor and a military adviser.

* [[Retired Badass]]: Benson starts the series as one of these. After earning "his last half million" in Australia, Benson decided to retire. He, Alicia and Alice had spent two years vacationing in Bermuda, Hawaii, California, Florida, and Alaska. Then that fateful flight to Montreal occurred.

* [[Super Senses]]: Benson mentions his "miraculous hearing" has served him well "in steaming jungles and Antarctic cold, in city and wilderness". He reportedly can catch distant sounds, while the people around him fail to notice anything. His eyes could see in the dark. At least one story, "The Devil's Horn", claims that his "eyes could take on telescopic power when necessary. Just as they could examine a close object with almost microscopic ability".

* [[Tap On the Head]]: Benson's favorite maneuver. He can do it with a bullet!