History[]
Introduced in the story Trifecta, Barry Penge was a ruthless businessman from Mega-City One who trademarked the slogans "Don't be a shark, be a great white shark" and "I smell blood in the business waters." As a branding exercise he spliced his own DNA with that of a shark, becoming effectively a humanoid shark himself.
Renaming himself Enormo Overdrive, he became the CEO of Overdrive Inc., a company which amongst other things owned all the oxygen manufactured on Luna 1. Overdrive secretly went into partnership with Judge Carolyn Bachmann, head of the Justice Department's Black-Ops division, who illegally channelled him Justice Department funds, and they developed a plan to secretly build a giant floating city (Luna 2) on a crater of the Moon. Bachmann intended to conquer Mega-City One with the aid of a fake religion she had invented (Simpology) and then move Luna 2 into position above it, an overcity for her elite while the original city would be inhabited by those she considered unworthy.
The slightly deranged undercover Judge Dirty Frank infiltrated Luna 2 in the guise of a rich shareholder (with a little covert assistance from the mysterious Judge Smiley) and managed to hack the Overdrive Inc. computer system, making it believe that he and not Overdrive was now the majority shareholder. A furious Overdrive (who had earlier almost bitten Frank's arm off) attacked Frank again on discovering this, and was on the point of killing him when a squad of Judges arrived and shot the shark man dead. Dirty Frank caused Luna 2 to crash into the polluted waters of the Black Atlantic.
Enormo's son, Enormo Overdrive III, later attempted to take revenge on Judge Joseph Dredd and Sensitive Klegg, who had also been involved in his father's downfall.
Powers and abilities[]
Abilities
Biting stuff.
Strength level
Male shark/human hybrid who gets regular exercise.
Weaknesses
Megalomania.
Paraphernalia[]
Weapons
Razor-sharp teeth; robo-hover pilot fish armed with lasers.
Notes[]
Enormo Overdrive appeared in Trifecta, a three-way crossover between the 2000 AD strips Judge Dredd, Low Life (the part Overdrive appeared in) and The Simping Detective. The names of the crossover's three villains, Overdrive, Carolyn Bachmann and Archmime Turner are a deliberate nod to the legendary rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Trivia[]
Overdrive was the employer of Sensitive Klegg, a surprisingly, well, sensitive security guard.
Links[]
- Appearances of Enormo Overdrive
- Character Gallery: Enormo Overdrive
- Images that feature Enormo Overdrive
- Fan-Art Gallery: Enormo Overdrive
- Enormo Overdrive quotations
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