Characters / Love and Capes

Main Characters

Abigail "Abby" Tennyson-Spencer

A small book store owner in Deco City. Abby is the girlfriend/future wife of accountant, Mark Spencer.

• Happily Married: With Mark.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Abby loves Mark primarily for his unwavering kindness.

Markus "Mark" Spencer / The Crusader

A seemingly normal accountant who is secretly Deco City's resident superhero, the Crusader. Mark is the boyfriend/future husband of ordinary bookstore owner, Abby Tennyson.

• Chronic Hero Syndrome
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: Mark is often annoyed at certain superheroes being more popular than him.
• Flying Brick
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Paul.
• Nice Guy
• Super-Senses
• Super-Speed
• Superman Substitute
• Tempting Fate: While fighting the Psi-Clone, who can mimic his powers perfectly, Crusader gleefully says now he doesn't have to hold back. Psi-Clone beats him and goes back to Earth posing as Crusader and Mark.
• The Worf Effect:
  • Psi-Clone beating him shows how dangerous the latter is.
  • Evil Brain is such a big threat, they succeed in killing the Crusader in an alternate timeline.

Liberty League

Amazonia / "Zoe"

Princess of an alternate Earth called Leandia and Mark's ex-girlfriend.

• Expy: Of Wonder Woman.
• Flying Brick
• For Want Of A Nail: In the alternate timeline where the Evil Brain kills Crusader, her outfit is more muted and she's kinder to Abby, acknowledging that she'd be jealous if Crusader had hooked up with a pretty blonde..
• Green-Eyed Monster: Zoe is still in love with Mark and is naturally very jealous of Abby. She grows out of it after aliens kidnap her, which gives her time to think about her cattiness and jealousy. Then she fully moves on by dating Darkblade.
• Official Couple: With Paul.

Paul Lacroix / Darkblade

Billionaire playboy, Paul Lacroix, was so out of control that his father arranged for him to be kidnapped and trained by an order of Irish warrior monks. Having learned discipline and humility, Paul dedicated his life and fortune to fighting crime as Chronopolis' resident vigilante, Darkblade.

• Badass Normal: Easily kicks ass without superpowers.
• Bat Deduction: Paul's deductive skills are so good, that he's borderline omniscient.
• Expy: Of Batman.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Mark.
• Not So Stoic: He's saddened and shocked when Zoe has to take over from her mother as queen, and they have a serious conversation about if he will give up being Darkblade for her or if she will renounce the title and go into exile.
• Official Couple: With Zoe.
• Platonic Life-Partners: With Charlotte.

Nathaniel Carmody / Doctor Karma

Eccentric sorcerer and physician.

• Came Back Wrong: He once died and came back as a "spirit of vengeance."
• Expy: Of Doctors Fate or Strange.
• Nice Guy
• Reasonable Authority Figure: He believes Abby in an alternate timeline

Major Might

A ten-year-old boy who can transform into a superpowered adult.

• Flying Brick
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": His real name is never revealed.
• Expy: Of Captain Marvel/Shazam.
• Hero Worship: Major Might admires the Crusader a great deal.
• Secret-Keeper: The Major allows an adult James Spencer from the future to impersonate him so that James can retrieve something that he needs in order to solve a crisis occurring in the future without altering the timeline.
• Squee His reaction when he gets to talk to the Crusader. The Crusader only returns it when he learns that Major Might is just a kid and was inspired by him.

Arachnerd

A struggling college student who has spider-powers.

• Expy: Of Spider-Man.

Michael "Mike" Forrester / Windstar

A superhero who is also a real-estate agent.

• Flying Brick: Mike seems to be super strong and invulnerable to an extent, but only in mid-flight.
• Gravity Master: Mike has an "anti-gravitational field" that allows him to fly.
• Half-Human Hybrid: His father is an alien.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Mike tragically dies evacuating a hospital before it collapses.

Civilians

Charlotte Tennyson

Abby's younger sister.

• Annoying Younger Sibling: Charlotte often gets on Abby's nerves.
• Like Brother and Sister: Charlotte is initially dismissive of Mark, but after getting to know him and seeing how good he is for Abby, she comes to think of him as the "brother she always wanted" (despite her having Quincy, her actual brother).
• Platonic Life-Partners: With Paul.

Jerry and Joanne Spencer

Mark's parents.

• Expy: Of Jonathan and Martha Kent.
• Good Parents: Jerry and Joanne love Mark very much and support him in any way they can.

Miles and Catherine Tennyson

Abby's parents.

Quincy Tennyson

The youngest Tennyson sibling.

• Annoying Younger Sibling: Very much so.
• Kindhearted Simpleton: Quincy may not be very bright, but he always means well.
• Lovable Jock:
• Manchild