History[]
Kevin is a character from the 2000 AD strip Survival Geeks. He was a nerd from a dimension that looked remarkably similar to our own. When the RPG he designed, Overlords of Gnath, was rejected by all the publishers he took it to, an embittered Kevin researched real sorcery in an attempt to improve his game's magic system. In ancient and forbidden grimoires he found a way to give himself actual occult powers, so he turned himself into an armour-clad flame-eyed snake-tongued Dark Lord, and his dimension into a facsimile of Overlords of Gnath.
It was all going well for Kevin until the Survival Geeks accidentally landed in his dimension after Clive gave their house the ability to travel between parallel worlds. Kevin kidnapped Sam because he wanted to add her to his harem of sexy warrior babes. Clive, Simon and Rufus rescued her, and Clive used his knowledge of Kevin's RPG to turn into a twenty-fifth level light mage and attack him. The four Survival Geeks, including Kevin's 'bride', escaped in their house without even having the courtesy to listen to his origin story all the way through. This left Kevin seriously annoyed and vowing revenge. He appeared in one of the Survival Geeks' home videos to warn them that he was going to kill them all, but the only person who saw him was Rufus, who was stoned and took no notice.
Over time the 'Dark Lord' aspect of Kevin's personality developed a life of its own and started arguing with Kevin and telling him what to do.
Powers and abilities[]
Powers
Magical abilities including mind control and reality alteration.
Abilities
Creating RPGs.
Strength level
Superhuman.
Weaknesses
"The strange and baffling need for social approval and human friendship" (according to Clive).
Paraphernalia[]
Transportation
Dragon; the Survival Geeks' dimension-hopping house.
Notes[]
Kevin's harem included a Valkyrie dwarf, a green snake-woman, an eight-foot-tall woman, several female ninjas, three women in metal lingerie and a tall well-muscled man who looked a bit like the Greek god Hercules.
Links[]
- Appearances of Kevin
- Character Gallery: Kevin
- Images that feature Kevin
- Fan-Art Gallery: Kevin
- Kevin quotations