Explodo the Great, Master of Blowing Things Up

Kyle Jefferson’s mother was on nitroglycerin for hyperten­sion while she was pregnant, and took too much. He fell into a vat of experimental explosives during a lightning storm. He was accidentally injected with a human bomb serum instead of a flu shot due to a pharmacy delivery mix up. He ate gunpowder on a dare. He watched a Michael Bay movie marathon while on experimental LSD.
Explodo has told more versions of the origin of his powers than he could ever remember, making them all up on the spot. The truth is that he was born with mutant powers that surfaced in his teens. The deeper truth is that the mutation was induced by experiments performed on his great-grandfather.
Project: Detonator was developed to create a super sabo­teur agent during World War II. The program was deemed a failure, and lost in the dusty archives of wartime fail­ures and footnotes. The reality was that the mutation had taken hold, and simply took multiple generations to manifest itself.

Physical Description

Special abilities

Explodo has the mutant ability to transform solids into unstable explosives, throwing the explosive items as weapons. The resulting explosions can range from disori­enting to destructive, depending on the concentration of the explosive he creates.
He also has the ability to sense and track any ex­plosive material, or the residue left behind by ex­plosives. He has been known to “tag” things with a minor blast in order to cover them with explosive residue that he can later track.
He has some ability to lay traps with objects transformed to explode on contact, but his explosives are normally so unstable that this requires a great deal of effort. Mostly he just transforms and tosses the newly-explosive devices.

Mental characteristics

Intellectual Characteristics

Kyle is extroverted, egotistical, and reckless, living for thrills and action. As a villain, he is basically uncon­cerned with the law or any form of social propriety. He steals things just because he can, blows things up just to watch the blast, and terrorizes the popu­lace just to show off. He isn’t deliberately murder­ous, and even tries to avoid needless killing, but given the nature of his powers and his impulsive and reckless nature, this isn’t always possible. He doesn’t care much about collateral damage so long as he can say it wasn’t done on purpose, or at least that he gave people a chance to get out of the way. 
In combat, he loves to banter and wisecrack. He might ask a hero why they were so unwise as to include unstable explosive boots in their costume right before their next step sends them flying with a blast. He is a major show off, often toying with foes rather than going all-out to win.

Social

Contacts & Relations

Explodo has no permanent allies, but he is willing to join up with any villains he considers cool enough to hang with, in the interest of having fun and showing off for his villainous peers. His powers make him an asset to a team of villains, so long as his impulsiveness and need to show off don’t put their plans in jeopardy.
As a destructive public menace, Explodo is certainly wanted by the authorities, and his irresponsible de­structiveness and mocking, taunting demeanor may well make him specific heroic enemies. He may also find himself on the outs with villains whose plans are ruined by his carelessness.