Background: Andrew Lynch is either a financial genius, or an unethical thief, depending on who you ask.

He started out as an intern at Remington Enterprises while still at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), making a name for himself and drawing the attention of Burt Sr. He rose through the ranks quickly, making all of the right contacts, investments and profits to not only make the company a lot of money, but himself as well. When the elder Remington passed away, Lynch believed that he should be in line to take over the company and was surprisingly shocked when everything went to the man's son, Burt Jr., and wife, Angela. So Andrew left the company to start his own, taking many of the contacts he had made along the way with him. Desiring to put Remington out of business, Lynch first tried to create a competing production company, but his influence wasn't as strong as he thought it was and the company soon went belly-up. Fortunately, he had incorporated the business so it wouldn't affect his personal fortune, so he was able to try again…. and again…. and again.

Not only was Andrew losing out to Burt in business, but Remington was also a superhero with the Champions of Justice. The popularity of the man put him everywhere, antagonizing Lynch to distraction. It was then that he decided that, if he couldn't ruin him in the financial district, he would destroy him personally. Investing in augmentation experimentation, his hired scientists created a serum that they speculated would give him the size and strength of a behemoth. Without much consideration of the outcome, Lynch injected the serum into himself, transforming into a massive monster. Said consequences, though, were that, while he gained mass and strength to rival those that Burt hung around with, his mental abilities retreated, reducing him to a one-word (something that sounded a lot like his alma mater) brute whose sole drive was to destroy Burt Remington. Fortunately for Andrew, he was able to revert to his original form, but when angered, Ookla would emerge once more.

Lynch's time as an arch nemesis was short-lived. He and Burt battled off and on, with the latter regularly triumphing, until Andrew was imprisoned for his crimes. By the time he got out, Burt Jr. had retired from being a hero and was more active in the business than before. While Ookla screamed from within, Andrew kept the beast at bay, deciding instead to return to the business world to build his fortune and put Remington behind him, moving across the country to begin anew. But, as a hardened criminal, it was difficult to make legitimate business contacts that were willing to invest, so Lynch began looking into new avenues to expand his portfolio.