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|status = Deceased- August 4, 1997 | |status = Deceased- August 4, 1997 | ||
|realname = Jeremiah Parrish | |realname = Jeremiah Parrish | ||
− | |debut = {{KBAC2}} #4 | + | |debut = {{KBAC2}} #4 |
|earliest = 1950s | |earliest = 1950s | ||
|origin = {{KBAC2}} #7 | |origin = {{KBAC2}} #7 | ||
|affiliation = | |affiliation = | ||
− | |baseops = | + | |baseops = [[Grandenetti Cathedral]], [[Astro City]] |
|rangeops = | |rangeops = | ||
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|appearances = {{KBAC2}} #4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9<br> | |appearances = {{KBAC2}} #4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9<br> | ||
{{LH}} #1 | {{LH}} #1 | ||
+ | |ID1title = First Mentioned | ||
+ | |ID1info = {{KBAC1}} #3 | ||
+ | |ID2title = First Shown | ||
+ | |ID2info = The Cover of {{WP}} #1/2 | ||
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|history = | |history = | ||
− | ===Jeremiah Parrish=== | + | ===The Sin and Redemption of Jeremiah Parrish=== |
− | [[image:vampireJaneDoe.jpg| | + | [[image:vampireJaneDoe.jpg|150px|left]] |
− | He had been brought to the city to oversee the importation of eastern European goods. He managed negotiations and relationships with the foremen and workers that | + | He had been brought to the city to oversee the importation of eastern European goods. He managed negotiations and relationships with the foremen and workers that lived in the foothills of Mount Kirby. An area now know as Shadow Hills. Many of them had migrated from southeastern Europe to help build Cardinal Grandenetti's magnificent Cathedral. In the process, Jeremiah became enthralled by an young female who was cursed as a vampire. She drained him of his blood, and left him in a waste pit to rot. He rose again three days later, a vampire himself. |
The last mention of Jeremiah Parrish is from an entry in the diary of [[Enzio Grandenetti]]; ''"The Creature that now inhabits poor Father Parrish's body has again eluded the godly efforts of those that hunt him. It seems we will now never be able to destroy him, and grant peace to his soul. We must seal him in his lair, away from those he would prey upon, as his thrice-accursed kind always do. I have set the masons to this task and hear them already about their godly work. May God bless their efforts, that we may have peace from this blasphemous creature."'' | The last mention of Jeremiah Parrish is from an entry in the diary of [[Enzio Grandenetti]]; ''"The Creature that now inhabits poor Father Parrish's body has again eluded the godly efforts of those that hunt him. It seems we will now never be able to destroy him, and grant peace to his soul. We must seal him in his lair, away from those he would prey upon, as his thrice-accursed kind always do. I have set the masons to this task and hear them already about their godly work. May God bless their efforts, that we may have peace from this blasphemous creature."'' | ||
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The efforts of the priests and workers were semi-successful. Jeremiah Parrish survived, living in the sealed section of the Cathedral for decades. His humanity dwindling until the emergence of the first public superheroes showed him the possibility of doing good work amongst humanity while keeping his secrets. He became a shadowy stalker, feared by the criminal fraternity, little seen and never photographed. | The efforts of the priests and workers were semi-successful. Jeremiah Parrish survived, living in the sealed section of the Cathedral for decades. His humanity dwindling until the emergence of the first public superheroes showed him the possibility of doing good work amongst humanity while keeping his secrets. He became a shadowy stalker, feared by the criminal fraternity, little seen and never photographed. | ||
− | + | ===The Confessor and Altar Boy=== | |
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+ | In 1997, the Confessor's path intersected with that of Brian Kinney, a new arrival in Astro City. Brian was working at the restaurant [[Butler's]], which discretely caters to off duty superheroes, when the villain [[Glue Gun]] broke in and attempted to take him hostage. Witnessing the young man's fighting prowess in swiftly dispatching Glue Gun, the Confessor took him on as a sidekick. In truth, the ex-priest also wanted a confidant, someone to share his secrets. | ||
+ | Across that summer, the two had an assortment of adventures. Among other accomplishments, they captured the [[Gunfighter]] after the criminal's killing spree. Darker events were befalling Astro City. Events conspired that slowly turned the citizens against their super-guardians, a movement that turned out to be part of an elaborate plot by the Enelsian species to weaken Earth for imminent conquest. | ||
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+ | The Confessor sacrificed his secret and his existence to reveal the real enemies threatening Astro City and the world. His final act was exposing [[Mayor Stevenson]] of Astro City as an Enelsian spy. | ||
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− | ===Brian Kinney=== | + | ===Brian Kinney Carries on the Tradition=== |
Before coming to Astro City, Brian Kinney had been brought up by his single father, a small time doctor. The elder Kinney, always compassionate, treated everyone in the community who needed his help, even those who were too poor to pay their medical expensives. As a result, he developed a reputation as a sucker who could be taken advantage of, and Brian grew up in miserable economic straits. Brian came to greatly resent his father for this, and he vowed to become someone people respected when he grew up. He vowed to become a superhero. | Before coming to Astro City, Brian Kinney had been brought up by his single father, a small time doctor. The elder Kinney, always compassionate, treated everyone in the community who needed his help, even those who were too poor to pay their medical expensives. As a result, he developed a reputation as a sucker who could be taken advantage of, and Brian grew up in miserable economic straits. Brian came to greatly resent his father for this, and he vowed to become someone people respected when he grew up. He vowed to become a superhero. | ||
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