Boulder

NAME: JASPER LEE JACKSON

ALIASES: BOULDER, THE MOUNTAIN MAN

DESIGNATION: HERO

LOCATION: QUEEN CITY

Biography
Jasper Lee Jackson was born in the Blue Ridge Mountains to a mining family. They were "forever" miners, as his father told it, coming from a long heritage that had worked in the earliest gold and silver mines in Colonial America, and on back in Switzerland and Germany into ancient times. Jasper grew up inside West Virginian mines, spent his teens in the Blue Ridge, and later worked most of the Appalachian Mountains.

Whether due to longtime mercury exposure, coal ash, and generations of deadly black lung disease, or some natural mutation, Jasper was born deformed. A giant of a hunchback, he is made for stooping and carrying massive loads through tight mines. However, there is something much more unique about Jasper. He has great affinity with rock and can gather rock and rubble around himself in a protective layer like a "turtle shell." Why rock can adhere to him is unknown, but it offers him immense durability and a form of natural armor. Boulder is a loner and doesn't like people, partially because of his looks and the fun made of him as a child. He likes to live and work in the mountains and his coworkers always nicknamed him "The Mountain Man."

Powers/Abilities
Boulder can meld his skin with rock, effectively creating a suit of rock armor. His size and ability make him very strong and very hard to hurt.