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Health Condition and Distinctive Appearance - Dwight is an albino when not in his Spectrum form. While it is normally not a big deal, people will sometimes react strangely to his appearance. He also has to take steps to protect his skin and such in his human form.
Rivals - Dwight often has to deal with people with different political and socialogical views than himself as a politician, both as superiors and subordinants (Arthur Slade).
Enemies - Spectrum is despised by various other members of the "light-projector" community who are criminals (Thermon, RGB and The Rainbow Warriors to name a few).
Relationships - Dwight is very dedicated and protective of his wife Beth-Ann, son Richie and daughter Elizabeth. He is also very tight with members of the CoJ team, especially his best friend Rick, and Joe Chillin.
Known Background: Dwight Jones was well-known throughout the Boston law enforcement community, not just for his albino skin pigmentation but also for a stellar conviction rating as an Assistant District Attorney. It was in his role as an ADA that he first encountered the villain group Demolition Crew, who had recently been brought to justice by Turbo. While working on the case for the prosecution, Dwight received a message that the Crew had broken out of their holding cells and were working their way through the building. Not wanting them to get their hands on their power belts, Dwight got to the evidence locker first and took the belts for safe keeping, putting them around his waist to hide them. When the four belts touched one another, however, they mysteriously merged together and gave Dwight the power of flight, temperature manipulation and invisibility.
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Dwight kept the belt after helping recapture the Crew and new charges were filed against them. Adopting the name Spectrum, he began a secondary career as a super hero and was quickly accepted into the ranks of the CoJ, including sparking longstanding friendships with several of his teammates. As such, it came as a surprise to many when he quit the team to join the U.S. Marshals and quit his DA job to start working as a public defense attorney. Everything changed, however, when he was almost beaten to death, saved only by the intervention of the CoJ. While he was healed of his injuries, he found that his belt was now producing a different set of powers, this time based on light and the electromagnetic spectrum. Attempting to vaporize the belt caused it to transform into a crystalline form which he could now use to transform into a new and improved Spectrum.
Once again reuniting with the CoJ, Spectrum rose in the ranks of the team, both socially and politically. He married his long-time secretary Beth-Ann, having Rick Lynx as his best man and, thanks to a loan from Mark Adams, opened his own law firm. |
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Shortly thereafter, they were blessed with the birth of their son, Richard Joseph "Richie" Jones. Dwight's hero form was transformed one more time as the powers of the crystal were absorbed into his system and amplified. Then his long time ally, former boss and present President of the United States, Joseph Chillin, asked him to be his running mate during his bid for re-election. A member of the Demolition Crew (who now call themselves the Rainbow Warriors) stepped forward and outed Dwight as Spectrum, ruining his secret identity and their White House objectives in one fluid motion.
Andrew Mahn beat Chillin in the election, but chose the former president as his VP after the assassination of Patzen. Dwight was recruited to be the president's Secretary of Parahuman Relations on the condition that Spectrum only came out in the case of national emergency. When Mahn was removed from office, Dwight was demoted to Deputy Secretary under Chillin and Director of the Parahuman Security Bureau over Slade.
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Personality: Spectrum is by nature a lawyer; legalistic and precise in everything he does. He is a devoted friend to those he cares about, but can likewise be an intense adversary if crossed. He is very confident in words and deeds, which often comes across as being bravado and ego. Instead, he simply knows that he is intelligent and capable, willing to step up when no one else will. His knowledge of law and policy is often helpful in dealing with the legal aspects of being a super hero, and even led to him drafting the official Champions of Justice charter, bylaws and application.
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Powers/Tactics: Over the years, Spectrum's powers have developed to the point of him becoming the foremost master of light and electromagnetic manipulation. As such, he is limited only by his imagination. He can manipulate energies to do anything from lighting a room to creating photorealistic images, transporting himself a hole the size of a needle or catapulting himself through the stars, fire laser beams from his eyes to converting electromagnetic waves into raw physical strength. As such, he tends to come into a fight ready for anything and willing to throw everything at the problem from the start.
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Appearance: Dwight Jones is 5'9 in his human form with a thin frame. As Spectrum, his height is increased to 6'0 with an athletic, muscular build (probably, in part, based on Dwight's subconscious ideal appearance). In both identities, he is an albino, with light-colored skin and white hair, though the physical limitations of the condition have no effect on his Spectrum form. With each time his powers have changed, Spectrum's costume has transformed as well, finishing with his current rainbow color scheme. |
