Orphaned when his parents were killed in a plane crash, Jack Mackenna went to live with his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Although extremely bright, his shyness and studious nature often caused him to be branded a social outcast. Ironically, just such a scholastic pursuit made possible Jack's transformation into a head-swivelling, rodent-gulping extrovert. During a public exhibition on radiation, an irradiated owl fell on his hand, bit him and died. Jack left the demonstration in pain; soon he began to manifest strange, owl-like abilities. Rather than put his talents to just use, the teenager followed a path dictated by his late 20th-century upbringing: He created a costume and capitalized on his newfound powers to pursue TV stardom as the Amazing Owl Dude.

Leaving the TV studio after a taping, Jack chose to mind his own business when he encountered a burglar fleeing the scene of a robbery. Though he could have stopped the man easily enough, Jack allowed him to pass -- arrogantly believing that it was not his responsibility to chase criminals. He returned home only to discover that an intruder had murdered his uncle. Learning that police had cornered the hoodlum in a nearby warehouse, Jack donned his owl costume and rushed off to seek vengeance. Employing his amazing abilities to capture the burglar, he realized that it was the thug he had allowed to escape at the studio. Filled with remorse, Jack finally understood that with great power, there must also come great responsibility -- and he vowed never to shirk his responsibilities again.

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