QUICK STATS
VICTOR EDWARD DUNN (27) ▾ ALTER EGO JASON TODD, AKA RED HOOD ▾ BORN AUGUST 12TH, 1987 ▾ RAISED IN ARLINGTON, VA & BOSTON, MA ▾ CURRENTLY STILL RESIDES IN BOSTON, MA ▾ FATHER: GENERAL DAVID R. DUNN (COMMANDER OF U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND), MOTHER: LEAH DUNN NEE CAMERON (CHAIRWOMAN OF GREEN ACTION NONPROFIT) ▾ GRADUATE OF WEST POINT, CLASS OF 2009 ▾ FORMER MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER & WEAPONS/SYSTEMS ENGINEER FOR U.S. ARMY, CURRENTLY A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FOR ABRAM INTELLIGENCE CORP


AU BIOGRAPHY
       VICTOR DUNN SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS LIFE UNDER GLASS. HIS FATHER, A BELOVED GENERAL WITH POLITICAL AMBITIONS, AND HIS MOTHER, A SOCIALITE TURNED TO CHARITY WORK, KEPT HIM IN THE LAP OF LUXURY AS A CHILD. HE WAS RAISED OUTSIDE OF D.C., ATTENDED PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY AND BOSTON, AND GREW UP CHARMING, EDUCATED, AND AMBITIOUS.
       FOR VICTOR, THERE WAS NEVER ANY DOUBT THAT HE WOULD FOLLOW IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS. BY THE AGE OF 6, HE'D ALREADY DECLARED HE WOULD "RUN THE ARMY ONE DAY" AND "KEEP THE COUNTRY SAFE." HIS DEEP LOVE AND ADMIRATION FOR HIS FATHER TAUGHT HIM THE POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY OF AMERICAN MIGHT. JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY WERE IDEALS HE BELIEVED IN. HE WAS PACKING UP FOR WEST POINT BEFORE HE'D EVEN GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. VIC HAMMERED OUT HIS FOUR YEARS THERE, AND IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO THE MILITARY AS AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AT THE AGE OF 22.
       IT WAS DURING HIS SERVICE IN IRAQ THAT HE WAS MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED AND KIDNAPPED AS A MAN NAMED WILLIS MICHAELS. THOUGH HE WAS COVERTLY RETRIEVED IN LESS THAN 72 HOURS, VIC BECAME OBSESSED WITH FINDING HIS DOPPELGANGER. THE INCIDENT SPOOKED HIS FATHER ENOUGH TO CONSIDER HIS SON A HIGH CLASS TARGET. DESPITE THE HEATED PROTESTS, THE GENERAL'S FANCY FOOTWORK AND FAVORS PULLED VIC OUT OF IRAQ AND BACK TO D.C. TO WORK AS A DEFENSE SYSTEMS ENGINEER AND CONTRACTOR.
       BACK IN THE STATES, VICTOR BEGAN HIS SEARCH FOR THE ELUSIVE WILLIS MICHAELS. THE TWO INCONSEQUENTIAL LEADS HE'D SCRAPED TOGETHER WERE DEAD ENDS AND, OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW MONTHS, HE'D BEGUN TO WRITE OFF THE KIDNAPPING IN IRAQ AS A FLUKE WHEN A HIRED BOUNTY HUNTER FINALLY UNCOVERED A JANET MICHAELS' GRAVE. THE WIFE OF AN EX-CIA AGENT WHO'D GONE TO PRINCETON WITH HIS FATHER, A PHOTOGRAPH WAS ALL IT TOOK TO CONVINCE VIC THAT HE WAS SOMEHOW RELATED TO MICHAELS. THE RESEMBLANCE WAS UNCANNY.
       HIS FATHER'S COMPLETE DISMISSAL OF A FORMER SCHOOLMATE GONE MISSING LED VIC TO TURN TO HIS MOTHER FOR ANSWERS. SHE EVENTUALLY CONFESSED THEY HAD TAKEN HIM IN AS A CHILD AND PLEADED WITH HIM TO LET THE PAST STAY DEAD. UNABLE TO GIVE UP THE SEARCH FOR HIS REAL FATHER, HE DISAPPEARED INTO A RABBIT HOLE THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO HIS DEMISE.
       ON DECEMBER 24TH, 2011, VICTOR DUNN WAS EXITING HIS FIANCEE'S APARTMENT IN BOSTON WHEN TWO ARMED MEN FORCED HIM AND HIS FIANCEE OUT OF HIS CAR AT GUNPOINT AND SHOT HIM TWICE IN THE CHEST AND ONCE IN THE HEAD. THE STOLEN CAR WAS NEVER RECOVERED AND THE TWO MEN WERE NEVER FOUND.
       THOUGH HIS BODY SURVIVED THE SHOOTING, VICTOR NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER THE SERIES OF EXTENSIVE SURGERIES. HIS BRAIN SHOWED MINIMAL SIGNS OF FUNCTION BUT HE WAS NEVER LEGALLY DIAGNOSED AS BRAIN DEAD. OVERWHELMED BY GUILT, HIS MOTHER REFUSED TO TAKE HIM OFF LIFE SUPPORT AND POURED MONEY INTO RESEARCH GRANTS DEDICATED TO HEALING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES AND ANTI-GUN LAWS. THE COMA WOULD LAST FOR TWO YEARS.
       HE AWOKE ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2013 TO DISCOVER THE WORLD HAD MOVED ON WITHOUT HIM. HIS FATHER WAS NOW THE COMMANDER OF HUNTING DOWN INTERNATIONAL TERROR CELLS AND HIS MOTHER HAD CONTINUED ON HER CRUSADE OF SAVING THE PLANET AND FEEDING THE POOR. HIS FIANCEE HAD MARRIED A SENATOR, HIS BEST FRIEND HAD DIED, HE'D BEEN RELEASED FROM THE ARMY, AND EVERYONE HAD FORGOTTEN HIM.
       RECOVERY OVER THE PAST YEAR HAS BEEN A LONG AND PAINFUL PROCESS. THOUGH HE'S BEEN DUBBED A MEDICAL MIRACLE, VIC HAS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS IN THERAPY JUST TO BE ABLE TO WALK AGAIN AND (UNKNOWN TO THE PUBLIC) TESTING PROTOTYPE DRUGS THAT ACCELERATE HUMAN HEALING. HE CURRENTLY DOES LIGHT CONSULTING WORK FOR L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AND SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME HOLED UP IN A PRIVATE FAMILY ESTATE OUTSIDE OF BOSTON.


ADDITIONAL FACTS
▾ HE SUFFERS FROM INTENSE MIGRAINES AND FREQUENTLY BLACKS OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THIS IS THE REASON HE HAS NOT RETURNED TO THE MILITARY AND IS NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE OR VENTURE OUT UNSUPERVISED.
▾ THE SHOOTING ALSO LEFT HIM WITH POST-TRAUMATIC AMNESIA. HE MAKES IT A POINT TO RECORD EVERYTHING IN THE EVENT HE FORGETS IT LATER ON.
▾ HE HAS BEEN COMBAT TRAINING INTENSIVELY IN PRIVATE BECAUSE OF A NEW AND DEEP PHOBIA OF BEING TAKEN BY SURPRISE AGAIN AND WAKING UP HELPLESS.
▾ HE REMEMBERS WHO HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER IS.


CV PARALLELS
▾ RESURRECTION: VIC WAS LEGALLY DEAD FOR 2 MINUTES AND 34 SECONDS AFTER THE SHOOTING. THE PARAMEDICS REVIVED HIM IN THE AMBULANCE EN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL.
▾ WAYNE'S PROTEGE: HE INTERNED AT WALLACH INDUSTRIES AS A TEENAGER DURING THE SUMMERS TO STUDY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING. HE BEGAN TO SEE BRIAN WALLACH AS A PATERNAL FIGURE DURING HIS TIME THERE, AND CONFIDED HIS PERSONAL DOUBTS ABOUT HIS FATHER TO THE OLDER MAN. WALLACH HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND VIC'S MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND RECOVERY.
▾ CRIMINAL PARENTS: HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER WAS THE RIGHT-HAND MAN OF A POWERFUL BALTIMORE KINGPIN AND ARMS DEALER. HIS BIOLOGICAL MOTHER WAS A JUNKIE WHO ULTIMATELY OVERDOSED ON HEROIN. DAVID & LEAH DUNN ADOPTED HIM AT 3-YEARS-OLD AND RESOLVED TO NEVER TELL HIM THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS ORIGINS.
▾ ADVANCED EDUCATION: THE DUNNS' WEALTH ENSURED VIC RECEIVED NOTHING BUT THE BEST IN EDUCATION. HE IS MULTILINGUAL, HIGHLY EDUCATED, AND WELL LEARNED IN ALL AREAS OF MATH, SCIENCE, HISTORY, LITERATURE, PSYCHOLOGY, CRIMINOLOGY, AND MEDICINE.
▾ WEAPONS EXPERT: AS A FORMER WEAPONS ENGINEER, HE IS TRAINED IN THE USE OF MOST TYPES OF HANDGUNS AND EXPLOSIVES. HE WAS ALSO ADEPT WITH KNIVES AND SKILLED IN HAND TO HAND COMBAT BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.