He was a college level football player in the 25th century that decided to pull a pete rose and gamble/throw games. It fucked his life up so he decided to steal some artifacts that would give him powers and go back in time 5 centuries. If you or i decided to go back that far in time our knowledge would be game changing. This idiot can't keep up intellectually with most heroes from today's era. He's fake, corny, a liar, and a thief.
Yeah, throughout his publication the writers made him realize he's a douchebag. He still sucks balls to me though.