Kobalt

Kobalt is a fictional character, a comic book superhero published by DC Comics. He first appears in Kobalt #1 (June 1993), and was created by John Rozum and Arvell Jones. Publication history Kobalt was a vigilante superhero with a ruthless and fierce reputation. Some criminals even believed he was a cannibal. Kobalt carries a vendetta against the St. Cloud criminal organization. Kobalt's first appearance was in Kobalt #1 as he harasses some of the employees of St. Cloud. After the battle, Kobalt learns from fellow vigilante Clover that several of Cloud's men are manipulating his organization for profit and other sinister purpose without Cloud being aware of it. Despite this, Kobalt refuses to team up with Clover; he insists on no new partners ever. It is soon learned he had at least one before, who had managed to set up a very illegal phone line that only a few know about. One of these people is Councilman Tyler Page, the father of a teenaged son named Richard who is an inept superhero groupie. Kobalt owes Councilman Page a debt; he calls it in by asking Kobalt to train Rick to be a superhero. Kobalt reluctantly begins Rick's training, and is impressed when his best efforts to discourage Rick make the boy train even harder. He goes so far as to have a kevlar costume made for Rick as he continues training. Kobalt's goal was to train Rick a lot longer before allowing him to go out crimefighting, but Rick had other ideas.