In the last chapter, we ended off seeing Pauline and Joey go over to the former's uncle's comic book store to inform that uncle that he was going to be a great uncle soon. Now before we go to that part in the story, I want to tell the tale about the life of Pauline's uncle. So this chapter, (or minor chapter), will be talking about the history of Pauline's uncle; as well as a description as to his personality.

P.S. it is advised to read this prequel instead of waiting for chapter eight to come out and just reading that.

Atomic Puppet: New Adventure

Chapter 8 prequel

Name: Wofford James Bell

Nickname(s): Wolf, Harry Guy, Wolf Boy, Wolfe, Comic Wizard, Hippie, Crazy Comic Guy

Age: 60 years old

Height: 6 foot

Hair Colour: Brown

Occupation: owner of the comic book store "Comics Man." Also president/founder of the Captain Atomic fan club.

Family: Pauline Bell (niece), Richard and Marisa Bell (deceased younger brother and sister-in-law), George William Bell the 4th (Older brother), George William Bell the 3rd (deceased father), Martha Bell (deceased mother), Howl and Bark-Howl Bark-Howl (temporary adoptive parents), Growl (adoptive brother), Growl Scratch (adoptive sister).

Personality: Wofford is a clam, laid-back sort who loves peace and nature. He's been known to say Man in almost every other sentence that he says. However, despite this, he has a bit of a wild side to him as he believes that sometimes you just need to get violent and tare the living shit of someone, or something. He's got a very negative view about politicians; believing them to be power hunger jerks that want to control everybody, especially superheroes who he thinks are doing the most good for the world.

History: Wofford was born in 1961 to a very wealthy English family that lived in London England. Shortly after his birth, he was diagnosed with a rare hair disorder that caused most of his body, (except for not his eyes, nose, ears, hands, forearm, and feat), to be covered in hair. Doctors couldn't find a cure for it but did confirm that the hair wouldn't grow to great lengths.

At age four the family moved to the United States due to Wofford's father wanted to personally supervise the family business's expansion into America. Flying to their new home, they encountered a storm that caused Wofford to fall out of the plain. Surprisingly, Wofford survived the fall, though ended up suffering from amnesia. Alone with no memories at all, Wofford would've surely died; but luckily he was discovered by wolves who raised him for ten years, till his family, (who had refused to stop looking for him after the incident), found him. Upon seeing his birth parents Wofford started to remember his past life, though bits of it were still scratchy. Determined to restore his son's mind, William Bell the 3rd invested a fortune in hiring doctors who specialized in psychology to fix Wofford's memory. He also invested much of the family fortune in rehabilitating his son into human society and was even able to provide him with enough education time to make up for his time lost in the woods in a short amount of. Because of this, Wofford was able to attend high school at age fifteen with the education required for someone at his age. During his time with the wolves, Wofford had lost his British personality, while still possessing a few wolf traits that would stay with him for life. These included a desire to eat raw meat, scratching himself with his feet, and howling at the moon on occasions. These effects didn't matter to Wolf's father, however, who was just relieved to finally have his son back.

Unfortunately, Wolf's older brother George William Bell the 4th wasn't happy about of his younger brothers' return as he saw him as a weird, hairy, Wolfman, who would only ruin his plans of further expanding the family business, and to get him, "George William Bell the 4th",into a position of power within the United Nations. It was through watching his brother mingle with politicians throughout his three years of high school that gave Wolf a very bad impression of politicians.

After graduation, Wolf left his family's home in New York to travel around the world in a van that his parents bought for him a year ago. Before leaving, he had to promise to his parents that he'd call every other day, visit at least twice a year, and hand over all ownership rights that he had to Ding-Dong Corp, "his family's company", to his older brother, "the last part was just his brother's demand".

During his travels, Wolf began hunting down and buying rare comic books. To help make his own money, Wolf soon started making superhero t-shirts, then acquired a licence to sell them in order to pay for his comics, as well as essentials needed to survive.

Eventually, Wolf found his way to Mega-City where he ended up being saved by the city's newest hero Captain Atomic. Wolf immediately became a huge fan of the hero, founding the Captain Atomic Fan Club, and deciding to officially move to Mega-City: home of Captain Atomic, and set up his own comic book store in order to follow his passion for comic books. He handed over his t-shirt designs to a family friend who specialized in making and selling clothes, in exchange for $10,000, "those t-shirts made a fortune", for the ownership rights to the designs.

Around the age of forty-five, Wolf's younger brother Richard, "who was born when Wolf was twenty", and sister-in-law died in a car accident, leaving their two-year-old daughter, Pauline Bell, an orphan. Sadly, all of Pauline's grandparents had died a few years ago, and Wolf's older brother refused to help, "having a similar relationship with Richard as with Wolf". This added with the fact that Pauline's mother was an only child with no other relatives, (besides her in-laws and birth parents), motivated Wolf to take the young toddler in, and raised her as his own daughter.

Pauline spent a lot of time at her uncle's comic book store growing up; becoming an even greater expert on superheroes than him. At age three Pauline became friends with another three-year-old kid named Joey, who had recently developed a love for superheroes, "particularly Captain Atomic". As they grew older Wolf started to see signs of a romantic attraction developing between Pauline and Joey. Which of course Wolf became all too happy to see since he saw Joey as a member of the family by this time. Also around this time, Captain Atomic had mysteriously disappeared, many believing him to have been destroyed somehow. This, of course, broke Wolf's heart till he witnessed a new hero named Atomic Puppet saving the city from a crazy cat lady, "Naughty Kitty", who Wolf believed to be Captain Atomic in a new form caused by his former sidekick Mookie, "who he'd never liked". Half of Wolf's theory proved to be right when a few days later, he witnessed Joey and Pauline having a conversation with a talking puppet that looked and sounded like Captain Atomic. A week later, Wolf revealed to Pauline and her friends that about what he knew, promising to keep it a secret. The gang then told him that Mookie had caused AP to be turned into a puppet, proving the other half of his theory.

He currently still runs Comic Man, but plans on retiring once Pauline has graduated from college. Once retired, he plans on going off to live in the woods as a wolf once again. However, he also plans to secretly stash his comic book collection in the woods so that he can continue reading them till death, "upon which Pauline will inherit the collection".