History Webcomic / JupiterMen

* CombatTentacles: Quintin has the ability to turn his clothes and any part of his body into a green slime that can either be viscous or slippery. He can freely extend his limbs to greatly extend his reach and grapple himself anywhere he can stick his hands. He can also fling parts of the slime off to stick to coat things like guns and render them unusable.

* HeroWorshipper: Quintin is an enormous fanboy for Jupiter-Man and is constantly trying to capture the hero on camera. He spends all of his free time browing the Polaris website for sightings of Jupiter-Man and spent his whole social studies project trying to prove that Jupiter-Man has superpowers.

** Quintin spends the early part of the story wearing a gray hoodie that he often pulls over his head when he's walking around alone. Jackie pulls it shut over his face when Quintin points out that it was her choice to chase him back into the city and that she'll be grounded to if their mom catches them sneaking out because of his camera.

* CombatTentacles: Quintin has the ability to turn his arms into a stretchy, translucent slime, greatly extending his reach.

* ImMelting: Quintin panics when he first gets his powers as his arms are stumps melting into green goop while his hands are missing. He shuts his eyes and has a RapidFireNo as he wishes it to stop. He's relieved when he opens his eyes and his hands are back.

* NoodleIncident: Quintin and Jackie make overtures toward "the Incident" where Quintin consumed coffee. When he's borderline hysterical about his arm turning into goo, the first thing Jackie asks is if he's consumed any coffee. He denies this and says he hasn't drank any since then.

* PowerIncontinence: When Quintin and Jackie first get their powers, their abilties activate in their sleep. Quintin's hand starts melting into goo while Jackie drains power from her phone next to her bed. The following school day, Quintin starts sticking to everything involuntarily and flinging goo around while trying to make the stickiness stop. Meanwhile, Jackie suffers from being [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength unable to control]] her SuperStrength, making one volleyball pop, burying another one in the ceiling, and crushing her phone in her hands.

* ShockAndAwe: Jackie has the ability to emit blue electricity from her body.

* SuperStrength: Jackie possesses superhuman strength, as shown on the title card when she cracks the ground beneath her wit hher heel. She's also strong enough to wield a metal pole as big as she is like a baseball bat.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Quintin is terrified of hospitals and would do anything but go in one. Even when he's freaking out over his powers turning him into green goo and sticking to everything, he'd much rather revisit the site of the explosion for clues than see a doctor.

* PhoneaholicTeenager: Jackie grabs Quintin by the collar and screams at him for how much trouble he's getting them in for defying his grounding to find his camera after their mom left Jackie in charge. She's on the verge of tears over the thought of having her phone taken away.

* PowerIncontinence: When Quintin and Jackie first get their powers, their abilties activate in their sleep. Quintin's hand starts melting into goo while Jackie shocks her phone next to her bed.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Jackie is furious with Quintin for getting them both in hot water when their mom texts that she'll be home early while they're defying Quintin's grounding to go looking for his camera. Quintin then points out that it's Jackie's fault for following him as he'd planned to go alone. She shuts him up by pulling his hoodie short, after which he appeases her by saying he knows a shortcut.

* ParentsAsPeople: Quintin and Jackie's father is nowhere to be seen, leaving Mrs. Avalon to take care of her two kids alone. While she's paid well-enough as a police officer to own a spacious home, she's continuously exasperated by Quintin's antics and is constantly away due to the nature of her work. This leaves the twins to their own devices much of the time, which Quintin exploits to sneak out of the house repeatedly. This strains Quintin's relationship with her, as he feels he can't open up to her about why he's so interested in Jupiter-Man and she can't wrap her head around his obsession.

* ImMelting: Quintin panics when he first gets his powers as his arms are stumps while his hands melt into green goo. He shuts his eyes and has a RapidFireNo as he wishes it to stop. He's relieved when he opens his eyes and his hands are back.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Quintin doesn't realize that he broke the law by trespassing on a crime scene in his single-minded pursuit of Jupiter-Man in Episode 3. He's oblivious to the police tape stuck to his shoes when his mom confronts him about it.
-->'''Quintin:''' You're not going to believe what I saw!\\
'''Mrs. Avalon:''' It definitely wasn't the police tape.\\
'''Quintin:''' ''[police tape still stuck to his shoes]'' Police tape?

* KidHero: The story revolves around first-year high schoolers Quintin and Jackie Avalon, who gain superpowers and become Jupiter City's protectors in place of Jupiter-Man.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Jupiter-Man's existence is common knowledge in Jupiter-City and his appearances are always accompanied by blatantly supernatural events like trees being shredded by claws larger than any known animal's. But Quintin is laughed at for believing Jupiter-Man has superpowers and [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight these supernatural sightings are written off as ordinary property damage.]]

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Jupiter-Man's existence is common knowledge in Jupiter-City and his appearances are always accompanies by blatantly supernatural events like trees being shredded by claws larger than any known animal's. But Quintin is laughed at for believing Jupiter-Man has superpowers and [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight these supernatural sightings are written off as ordinary property damage.]]

* BookDumb: Quintin, Jackie, and Arrio all struggle in different subjects in school. Quintin flunked his social studies project thanks to his StringTheory-laden presentation about Jupiter-Man, while Jackie is a straight-C student. Arrio mentions struggling with Spanish and Jackie says they can all be dumb together.

* CameraFiend: Quintin never goes anywhere without his trusty camera, a one-of-a-kind point and click/instant camera hybrid with a retro aesthetic commissioned by his dad. He uses it constantly to try to take pictures of Jupiter-Man. It's Quintin's most prized possession and he mediately rushesim off to go find it when he realizes that his mom dragged him home without it.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Jackie is furious with Quintin for getting them both in hot water when their mom texts that she'll be home early while they're out looking for Quintin's camera. Quintin then points out that it's Jackie's fault for following him. She shuts him up by pulling his hoodie short, after which he appeases her by saying he knows a shortcut.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Quintin is strongly associated with bright green colors to match his slime powers and excitablle personality. Jackie is associated with baby blue colors, reflecting her [[BlueIsCalm relatively down-to-earth]] personality and [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity.]]

* PhoneaholicTeenager: Jackie grabs Quintin by the collar and screams at him for how much trouble he's getting them in for finding his camera. She's on the verge of tears over the thought of having her phone taken away.

* {{Animesque}}: The art is soft and rounded with large eyes and animeesque expressions. The art style of the comic greatly resemble's Guruhiru's work on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''ComicBook/SupermanSmashesTheKlan''.

* DumpsterDive: Quintin is covered in trash when he and Jackie go rumming through a dumpster and a pile of garbage bags for his missing camera.

* CameraFiend: Quintin never goes anywhere without his trusty camera, a one-of-a-kind point and click/instant camera hybrid with a retro aesthetic commissioned by his dad. He constantly uses it to try to take pictures of Jupiter-Man. It's Quintin's most prized possession and he immediately rushes off to go find it when he realizes that his mom dragged him home without it.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Quintin is strongly associated with bright, lime-green colors to match his slime powers and excitablle personality. Jackie is associated with baby blue colors, reflecting her [[BlueIsCalm relatively down-to-earth]] personality and [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity.]]

* CuriousAsAMonkey: Quintin is always trying to find out more about Jupiter-Man and catch a solid picture of him on camera. When he and Jackie encounter a strange glowing ball in a trash yard, Jackie tells him not to touch it because it might [[GenreSavvy activate some alien weapon or vaporize them]]. This just makes Quintin ''more'' excited to touch it, responding with, "Oooh, you think so?" He also thinks nothing of trying to taste the black, starry goop he found in the alleyway, only stopping because of sounds he heard above him.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Jackie is furious with Quintin for getting them both in hot water when their mom texts that she'll be home early while they're out looking for Quintin's camera. Quintin then points out that it's her fault for following him. She shuts him up by pulling his hoodie short, after which he appeases her by saying he knows a shortcut.

* ShroudedInMyth: Jupiter-Man's story has been told for generations since the founding of the city. His existence is acknowledged and everyone knows he's real, but no one has caught a good enough glimpse of him to be absolutely certain. He's said to be able to leap between buildings and across seas and mountaintops at will. He fights crime and protects the helpless as a modern day vigilante. But no one knows who he is or where he comes from. Quintin's social studies project on him is dismissed as mere mythology rather than fact, especially once he starts shouting about Jupiter-Man having superpowers.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Jackie is furious with Quintin for getting them both in hot water when their mom texts that she'll be home early while they're out looking for Quintin's camera. Quintin then points out that it's her fault for following him. She shuts him up by pulling his hoodie short, after which he appeases by saying he knows a shortcut.

** Jupiter-Man's face ahs never been seen because it's always hidden in a hood and his AllEncompassingMantle.

-=>'''Mrs. Avalon:''' The Lord is testing me... and I'm failing.

* ParentsAsPeople: Quintin and Jackie's father is nowhere to be seen, leaving Mrs. Avalon to take care of her two kids alone. While she's paid well-enough as a police officer to own a spacious home, she's continuously exasperated by Quintin's antics and is constantly away due to the nature of her work. This leaves the twins to their own devices much of the time, which Quintin exploits to sneak out of the house repeatedly.

* KidHero: The story revolves a round first-year high schoolers Quintin and Jackie Avalon, who gain superpowers and become Jupiter City's protectors in place of Jupiter-Man.

* ShroudedInMyth: Jupiter-Man's story has been told for generations since the founding of the city. His existence is acknowledged and everyone knows he's real, but not one has caught a good enough glimpse of him to be absolutely certain. He's said to be able to leap between buildings and across seas and mountaintops at will. He fights crime and protects the helpless as a modern day vigilante. But no one knows who he is or where he comes from. Quintin's social studies project on him is dismissed as mere mythology rather than fact, especially once he starts shouting about Jupiter-Man having superpowers.

But what happens when the city's greatest hero goes missing? Enter Quintin and Jackie Avalon, twin high-schoolers in over their heads when Jupiter-Man's dutie are thrown into their lap. Will they survive long enough to find Jupiter-Man? Or will they crumble beneath the responsibility of handling monsters, magical disasters, and super villains he's been keeping at bay?

* {{Animesque}}: The art is soft and rounded with large eyes. The art style of the comic greatly resemble's Guruhiru's work on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''ComicBook/SupermanSmashesTheKlan''.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Averted and lampshaded. Quintin's hair is shorter and thicker than Jackie's much curlier and more voluminous hair. Their eyes are slightly different shades of brown and Quintin's hair is dyed light green at the ends. They don't dress alike either, with Quintin wearing a simple hoodie and shorts while Jackie wears denim over a shoulderless blouse and short shorts. Rick is surprised to learn that Quintin is Jackie's twin, as they're fraternal twins who don't look look identical the way twins do in pop culture.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Jackie talks down Rick from beating Quintin, Quintin starts chewing Rick hand. Rick doesn't seem to notice at all and continues speaking as though nothing is happening.

* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: It's implied that part of the reason for Quintin's fixation on Jupiter-Man is his strange, sketchy dreams in which Jupiter-Man is speaking directly to him. When he accidentally touches the glowing energy ball in the landfill, he's overwhelmed by similar visions where Jupiter-Man is taking his hand and telling him, "It's okay. I've got you. You know, you're a real trooper, kid."

But what happens when the city's greatest hero goes missing? Enter Quintin and Jackie Avalon, twin high-schoolers in over their heads when Jupiter-Man's dutie are thrown into their lap. Will they survive long enough to finder Jupiter-Man? Or will they crumble beneath the responsibility of handling monsters, magical disasters, and super villains he's been keeping at bay?

* AffectionateNickname: Arrio calls Quintin "Q-Man" for short.
* AllEncompassingMantle: Jupiter-Man wears an enormously long and flowing cape that sparkles like stars in the night sky. Quintin's narration depicts it as being long enough to use as restraints for criminals.

-->'''Rick:''' Twins...? But you guys don't look the same.\\
''[BeatPanel as the bully looks at the two of them]''\\

* CameraFiend: Quintin never goes anywhere without his trusty camera, a one-of-a-kind point and click/instant camera hybrid with a retro aesthetic commissioned by his dad. He constantly uses it to try to take pictures of Jupiter-Man and the scenes around his appearances It's his most prized possession and he immediately rushes off to go find it when he realizes that his mom dragged him home without it.

** Jupiter-Man's face ahs never been scene because it's always hidden in a hood and his AllEncompassingMantle.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Quintin doesn't realize that he ducked under police tape in his single-minded pursuit of Jupiter-Man. He's completely oblivious the police tape stuck to his shoes when his mom confronts him about tresspassing on a crime scene.

* SicklyGreenGlow: When Quintin is touching the energy ball, his eyes, hands, arms, and neck begin glowing a sickly shade of green as Jackie begs him to let go of it.

* BetaOutfit: Quintin and Jackie are wearing nothing but sporty civilian wear and a Domino Mask the HowWeGotHere scene at the beginning of the comic. As shown by the title card, they eventually get much more developed superhero costumes.

* InTheHood: Quintin spends the early part of the story wearing a gray hoodie that he often pulls over his head when he's walking around alone. Jackie pulls it shut over his face when she realizes she'll be grounded to if their mom catches them sneaking out because of his camera.

* TechnologicallyBlindElders: Subverted. Quintin is surprised to learn that his mom knows about the F he got from his middle-aged social studies teacher, Mrs. Burnst. Mrs. Avalon says that Burnst texted her the results, as parents have phones too.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Subverted and lampshaded. Rick is surprised to learn that Quintin is Jackie's twin, as they're fraternal twins who don't look look identical the way twins do in pop culture.

* CuriousAsAMonkey: Quintin is always trying to find out more about Jupiter-Man and catch a solid picture of him on camera. When he and Jackie encounter a strange glowing ball in a trash yard, Jackie tells him not to touch it because it might [[GenreSavvy activate some alien weapon or vaporize them]]. This just makes Quintin ''more'' excited to touch it, responding with, "Oooh, you think so?" He also thinkings nothing of trying to taste the black, starry goop he found in the alleyway, only stopping because of sounds he heard above him.

* VSign: The title card for the series depicts Quintin using one of his slime arms to flash a three-fingered v-sign at the viewer to emphasize the playfulness of it.

* CameraFiend: Quintin never goes anywhere without his trusty camera, a one-of-a-kind point and click/instant camera hybrid with a retro aesthetic commissioned by his dad. It's his most prized possession and he immediately rushes off to go find it when he realizes that his mom dragged him home without it.

* GilliganCut: Quintin rushes off to find his camera after he realizes that he lost it back in the alleyway where he took a picture of Jupiter-Man. Jackie has to race after him while she shouts that he [[PunctuatedForEmphasis will. not. find. that. camera.]] The next panel has Jackie pull the camera out of a pile of trash wh ile remarking, "I can't believe we found the camera."

* DumpsterDiving: Quintin is covered in trash when he and Jackie go rumming through a dumpster and a pile of garbage bags for his missing camera.

* TrueBlueFemininity: Jackie is feminine and sociable. The outfit she wears in the first chapters is all baby blue and her superhero costume is the same color.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first two chapters serve as this for Quintin and Jackie. Quintin's meticulous presentation about Jupiter-Man for his social studies project and his confidence in his assertions that the hero has superpowers illustrates Quintin's obsession with him. He then instantly rushes to the aid of a bullied kid, but is blindsided when the kid runs to save his own skin from Rick who's ready to pummel Quintin. That's when Jackie walks in and calmly talks Rick down

* GilliganCut: Quintin rushes off to find his camera after he realizes that he lost it back in the alleyway where he took a picture of Jupiter-Man. Jackie has to race after him while she shouts that he [[PunctuatedForEmphasis will. not. find. that. camera.]] The next panel has Jackie pull the camera out of a pile of trash wh ile remarking, "I can't believe we found that camera."

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Subverted and lampshaded. A bully holding Quintin up against a wall is surprised to learn that Quintin is Jackie's twin, as they're fraternal twins who don't look look identical the way twins do in pop culture.
-->'''Bully:''' Twins...? But you guys don't look the same.\\

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Quintin picks a fight with a bully who's a member of the rugby team and twice his size. Quintin hopes that he could stand a chance of the bully's victim teams up with him, but said victim instead flees for the hills, leaving Quintin to face the bully alone. Quintin admits that this situation played out a lot differently in his head.
* DisappearedDad: Quintin's notes say that his father is the most influential figure in his life. But he's nowhere to be seen in the first four chapters. Quintin's mom seems to be the only one raising him and Jackie, asking Jackie to look after her brother because there's no one else around to. Quentin also treasures the camera his dad commissioned for him, taking it everywhere he goes and defying his mom's grounding order to go retrieve it.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first two chapters serve as this for Quintin and Jackie. Quintin's meticulous presentation about Jupiter-Man for his social studies project and his confidence in his assertions that the hero has superpowers illustrates Quintin's obsession with him. He then instantly rushes to the aid of a bullied kid, but is blindsided when the kid runs to save his own skin from the bully who's ready to pummel Quintin.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Quintin is a daydreamer and a HeroWorshipper who is mocked by his classmates for his "loony" obsession with Jupiter-Man. He's energetic and impulsive, rushing off at a moments notice in hopes of catching even the slightest glimpse of Jupiter City's hero. Jackie is the "responsible one" who is much more sociable and down-to-earth. She's often the one who has to rein him in even when she'd much rather be doing something else.

* MythologicalAndReligiousThemeNaming: A notable and troublesome gang known as the "Titans" run around in Jupiter-City. They were led by a man named "Cronus" until he was arrested and taken into custody. This is in stark contrast to the name of Jupiter City and its hero, Jupiter-Man, who are named after the Roman counterpart of Zeus, who overthrew the Titans and Cronus in Greek mythology.

* TeensAreShort: Quentin and Jackie are both tiny compared to their peers. The bully Quentin picks a fight with is twice his size and the Avalon twins' friend Arrio is a full head taller than them. In the last case, it's somewhat justified by how Arrio is a sophomore, a year older than them.

But what happens when the city's greatest hero goes missing? Enter Quentin and Jackie Avalon, twin high-schoolers in over their heads when Jupiter-Man's dutie are thrown into their lap. Will they survive long enough to finder Jupiter-Man? Or will they crumble beneath the responsibility of handling monsters, magical disasters, and super villains he's been keeping at bay?

'''Quentin:''' Hey!

* CombatTentacles: Quentin has the ability to turn his arms into a stretchy, translucent slime, greatly extending his reach.
* DisappearedDad: Quintin's notes say that his father is the most influential figure in his life. But he's nowhere to be seen in the first four chapters. Quintin's mom seems to be the only one raising him and Jackie, asking Jackie to look after her brother because there's no one else around to.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Quintin is a daydreamer and a HeroWorshipper who is mocked by his classmates for his "loony" obsession with Jupiter-Man. He's energetic and impulsive, rushing off at a moments notice in hopes of catching even the slightest glimpse of Jupiter City's hero. Jackie is the "responsible one" who is much more sociable and down-to-earth. She's often the one who has to rein him in.

* superStrength: Jackie possesses superhuman strength, as shown on the title card when she cracks the ground beneath her wit hher heel. She's also strong enough to wield a metal pole as big as she is like a baseball bat.