(The Flame 006, 1941)
The Hooded Men are a cult of Tibetan fire worshippers who show up one day and kidnap the daughter of the Flame's friend Doctor Roy. This is a huge coincidence, as the Flame (as I'm sure you all remember) is also a member of a sect of Tibetan fire worshippers! How lucky for Doctor Roy and his child, No First Name Given!
The Flame is able to follow the cult back to Tibet thanks to the fact that he, like they, can teleport himself through fire. Once there, he engages them in thrilling hand-to-hand combat and sends them all plummeting to the bottom of a cliff to explode, and while history tells us that attempting to settle which religion is best through violent conflict is a net negative proposition there is something very satisfying about this in a strict Fire Worshippers Power Ranking kind of way.
So just why did the Hooded Men show up to steal Nameless Girlchild Roy anyway? Turns out that the Hooded Men offered Dr Roy shelter while he was backpacking around Asia in his youth and he had to promise that they could have his firstborn child in order to not be sacrificed himself, and he subsequently just... failed to mention this to either the child in question or his good friend who might be able to offer some crucial insight. Father of the year, folks.
Categorized in: Misc (Cults), Origin (Ancient Tradition Followers), Powers (Elemental Teleportation)
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