From Valiant Comics, Eric Henderson(Quantum) and Woodrow Van Chelton(Woody) are adoptive brothers. Eric has always strive for disciplined achievement in school, while Woodrow was anything but disciplined and is a irresponsible but charming. After years of being apart, they are brought together by the mysterious death of their father (Woody's foster father). They decide to take it upon themselves to find their father's killer and, in the course of their investigation, are accidentally imbued with powers.