First of all, let me give you a little history. Back in the early 90's I created my very first comic character to ever get published. At the time I was working for Personality Comics and was able to convince the owners to publish the comic for me. I had big plans for Rescueman but unfortunately the sales were just too low to keep it going.
Fast forward to about five years later and I started publishing my Vamperotica series and in that series I was developing my RED REIGN story line with Luxura, Bloodhunter and Vanthor.
I had always planned to bring the Rescueman character into the world of Luxura. There were several major parts in the story that I knew he would fit into perfectly. So I dropped a big hint in VAMPRESS LUXURA #1 that Rescueman was part of the Luxura Universe.
Again due to other reasons I wasn't able to get any Rescueman stories into the line up at that time but all in all it worked out for the best because when my son and I started developing the Sword of the Apocalypse story Rescueman was not only just a cool addition, he became pivotal to the developing storyline.
If you have read any of my Luxura comics you will see that there really aren't very many "human" main charcaters, it's all about the vampires. So the human element of Rescueman (David Champion) adds another point of view as to what the heck is going on with all these vampires acting as if the Earth belongs to THEM.
The original look of Rescueman was developed a very long time ago and I've grown quite a bit as an artist and designer so I had to update him for the new graphic novel.
So please allow me to introduce the reboot of my very first (serious) comic creation, David Champion, A.K.A. Rescueman!
The fabric is called Deflexion, and it's made by Dow Corning, the same guys who probably made the silicon that's running your computer right now. The Deflexion material is also made from silicon, except it's been polymerized into flexible silicone sheets with a special molecular structure.
Most of the time, the molecules in the silicone move around each other freely, but if something hits them, the molecules bunch up and instantly turn solid. This absorbs and disperses the impact, just like a solid piece of armor would.
Check out this video below for a demonstration of this material Special Thanks to my friend Paul for the research on this material.
