*As an orphan from the US midwest, John Aman is taken to a secret lamasery in the Himalayas. There he spends decades honing himself to physical and mental perfection while also being trained in all manner of arcane arts and practices so that he might return to America as its protector.
John Aman and Johann Rogers (Dr. Vampire) are routing a nest of vampires when X-Bureau Operations Chief Sylvia Manners (formerly known as the Black Angel) arrives to inform John that Zoe Henderson — investigative reporter and Aman’s close friend — has gone missing after a visit to the controversial bio-engineering firm Googer Industries. While in the late 1800s in the Utah Territory the mysterious Hooded Horseman takes his last ride. *Source: gallantcomics.com