OTHER ALIASES: Lou; Disco Lou; Matter Drinker Lad; Pants-Fall-Off Boy; Brainiac 69; Loser Snake; Jo Nah's Jock; and, um, a few others
OCCUPATION: Assistant Manager/Dispatcher for expedited delivery company (also known as Corporate Poop Boy)
MARITAL STATUS: Single, straight and celibate by popular demand
SEX: Male
AGE: 26, going on 40
BASE OF OPERATIONS: The Loser Cave (located in secret caverns below Buffalo, NY)
LEGIONNAIRE YOU LOOK MOST LIKE: Lyle Norg on a three-week bender
FAVORITE LEGIONNAIRE: Kinetix; Spark; Wildfire (pre-boot); Timber Wolf; Ferro Lad (pre-boot); V4 Tenzil
FAVORITE MUSICIAN: The Beatles; The Doors; KISS; Goo Goo Dolls; the Stones; Metallica
FAVORITE BOOK: Shakespearian plays (Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream are favorites); anything by Stephen King; Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut Jr; A Catcher In The Rye
FAVORITE MOVIE: Austin Powers; Scream; 1930s/40s Universal Horror; Summer School; Monty Python And The Holy Grail
LEGION FAN FOR: 12 years
After receiving a full scholarship to attend Metropolis University on Earth, Bill has his sights set on bigger and better things. Graduate in three cycles, a professional Moopsball career, marry his High School sweetheart, a budding holo-vid star. He had the tools, the ambition, all he needed was a little good luck, which he had in spades. What could go wrong?
Bill excelled in his Freshman year at the University, holding down a 3.8 GPA, a starting spot on the team, even an internship with the prestigious Metropolis Branch of S.T.A.R Labs, an honor rarely extended to first year students. That's when it all came apart. Late one night, while finishing up some research in S.T.A.R.'s Humanoid Curiosity Ward, he heard a loud crash from an adjoining room. Rushing in to see what had caused the commotion, Bill was attacked from behind, and knocked unconscious. When he awoke, he was in a private room at Metropolis General, surrounded by doctors. The chief resident explained that he was under examination because he had been bitten by a radioactive loser, who had escaped from his restraints in the H.C.W.
When Bill was released from the hospital, he felt different. His confidence shaken, he began, for the first time in his young life, to falter. He began to oversleep, missing classes, and shifts at the Lab. In his first game back, he fumbled twice, then was sidelined with a back injury after tripping over his own untied shoelace. His grades slipped, he lost his interneship with S.T.A.R., and , perhaps worst of all, his girlfriend dumped him and ran off with her agent. It was during this time that Bill first experimented with alcohol, a since almost constant companion.
Unable to cope with the recent changes in his life, Bill sought the help of a doctor with whom he'd worked at S.T.A.R. After a battery of tests, it was determined that the radioactive loser bite had infected Bill with negative energy, which manifested itself in the series of bad moves and hard knocks he had suffered. Months of intensive therapy followed, and in time, Bill learned to externalize the "Loser Energy" within him, allowing him to direct it at others, instead of himself. He found, with practice, he could will bad luck upon others.
Soon, with his confidence restored, Bill left S.T.A.R. Labs. On his own, unable to return to the wreck of his former life, he decided to start anew, using his "Loser Power" for good. Taking the name Loser Lad, Bill applied, and, with a little un-characteristic good luck, was accepted for a spot in the budding LMB Academy. He worked hard, and eventually became one of the first Academy students granted full membership in the LMB.
POWERS: Loser Lad harnesses the residual Loser Energy in his system to create self doubt, lack of motivation, and bad luck in others. The Loser Power can be focused on a single opponent, causing extreme uncoordination, lack of confidence, absent mindedness and misfortune. It can be spread to affect many opponents, causing general confusion. The full extent of this power is yet unknown. Harnessing the Loser Power requires great concentration. When Loser Lad is distracted, he has been known to "leak" Loser radiation, affecting his allies and teammates, generally resulting in drunken mayhem.