Justice Man Series

The Manalo family — Judge Liberty Manalo helped build the Pag-asa Project, then used the legal system to imprison a senior Buwaya Clan executive and accomplices accused of embezzling the country's resources. The retaliation destroyed her family: Liberty died, nine-year-old Justin was left bedridden with severed limbs, Benjamin disappeared and was presumed dead, and Benjamin's girlfriend was found murdered in an alley.

Justin Chris Manalo / Justice Man — After months in bed, Justin entered the Justice Program his mother had helped establish. Nanotechnology and JSTC Cells—a Pag-asa bioengineering system designed to enhance and reconstruct the human body—restored his mobility and gave him the ability to transform into Justice Man. Now seventeen and studying law, Justin follows Liberty's example: use the law to expose evil, protect his classmates and uncover the truth behind his family's destruction. Justice Man can survive enemies who confront him directly, but Justin keeps his identity hidden because heroes are often attacked through the people they love.

Benjamin Lance Manalo / Vengeance Man — Benjamin survived because his girlfriend shielded him and was killed in his place. Mortally wounded, he killed the assassins in a desperate first break from the family's values. Dr. G. Corby took him captive and spent years using him as a test subject for human-augmentation research descended from Pag-asa. Benjamin watched failed experiments and imprisoned friends die until an unstable N-JSTC Cell treatment unlocked his Vengeance Form, allowing him to destroy much of the laboratory and escape. He now hunts criminals from the shadows. He will not deliberately target innocents, but he no longer hesitates when protectors, accomplices or relatives knowingly stand between a criminal and punishment.