Background: Mike Rotch grew up watching 24 hr news channels, and would carefully study the postures and speaches of politicians on TV. He became obsessed with running for any office he could.
The Smoking Cape
The Addictive Stench of Justice
Super Power: Disorients opponents with smoke bombs. Some hand to hand combat skills
Finishing Move: The Second-Hand Smoke Dart (shoots cigarettes at opponents, giving them mild concerns about second hand smoke)
Weakness: His obession with his political career
Alias: The Addictive Stench of Justice, The Coughing Cancer of the Criminal Underworld, The Smoky Face of Night.
Secret Identity: Mayor Mike Rotch
Episodes seen in: 04, 07, 08, 09
This compulsion of his would carry over into other areas, most notable his love for smoking. and his love of crime fighting. As the Smoking Cape he is able to fight crime in a way that is not possible as the Mayor, plus he also enjoys the adulation that comes from being a costumed vigilante. Although he fights for good, he is a politician at heart and sometimes falls vicitim to his own greed and self interest. At all times he seems to be involved in scandel after scandel of some sort.