First Appearance: Naked Man Comics #6
Affiliation(s): RLSV
Location: Rose City, U.S.A.
The Roach is a vandal in Rose City. The Roach frequently slashes Zetaman’s tires.
Creation and concept
The Roach is based on a real life incident. A member of the online troll community. R.O.A.C.H. [1] found Illya King’s address and slashed his tires. A report was filed with the Beaverton Police department. Although the leader of the troll group denounced this action, the R.O.A.C.H. members mocked Mr. King.
Publication History
Comics and Comic Books
All the villains in Rose City meet Vega Bond at one of his businesses, in Naked Man Comics #6. Bond has a plan to organize the villains against the heroes of Rose City. The Asalter assaults a little girl’s ice cream. Shawn and Catherine rob Old Town Pizza. The Roach slashes Zetaman’s tires. Villains have taken over the city. Totally Naked Man faces The Extreme Factor Five in Old Town Chinatown. The evil team throws Totally Naked Man off a roof and breaks his foot. Extremely Conservative Woman fights the evil team and saves Totally Naked Man. While Totally Naked Man is recuperating, he receives a call from Vega Bond. Bond challenges the heroes to a wrestling match. The heroes, sans Totally Naked Man, meet at Waterfront Park. New heroes like iHero and The Android, Chris Justice, and Civitron join the heroes of Rose City. The wrestling champion of the seven seas, Aqua Gato, also joins. The wrestling match is at the Rose Quarter. The heroes wrestle the villains. Most of the villains are taken out and retire. The Asalter is the only villain left. The villain makes short work of the heroes, including depowering the robot The Android. Aqua Gato fights The Asalter and loses. The Android turns back on and stops The Asalter. After winning the match, The Android is revealed to be Totally Naked Man.
In the Extreme Factor Five webcomic, Totally Naked Man notices that he has no hot water. Attributing the lost of heat to mutants, Totally Naked Man goes to Rose City investigate. When he arrives, Zetaman is there with news about the comic character, Rightguy. Zetaman gives Totally Naked Man a flashlight. They are interrupted by The Roach who slashes Zetaman’s tires. Totally Naked Man decides to investigate the Shanghai Tunnels instead of helping. There, Totally Naked Man stumbles upon the mutant team, the Extreme Factor Five. The team wants to destroy the U.S. Postal service as a statement of mutant supremacy. The group is confronted by another mutant, Oatmeal. The Extreme Factor Five and Oatmeal were mutated by a brewery accident. Oatmeal came to the sewers to quietly live his life. Totally Naked Man and Oatmeal fight while the Extreme Factor Five leave. The fight spills over to outside. Zetaman stops the fight. Totally Naked Man is left wondering why his water heater does not work.
In Android Cop, iHero is going broke. iHero needs to raise capital to keep his app, Chummies, active. So, he sells The Android armor used in Naked Man Comics #6. Artificial Intelligence is installed in the armor, and it became part of the police force. Dubbed Android Cop, The Android patrols the streets of Rose City to stop crime. The mechanical patrol person stumbles upon Totally Naked Man fighting The Roach. Android Cop attempts to arrest the hero but Totally Naked Man shuts the robot down. He takes the armor to iHero for answers on why the suit is fighting crime. Vega Bond installed the AI into Android Cop as a test run for his Android army. Android Cop returns to the Rose City Building to confront Vega Bond only for Bond to escape and activate his android army. Android Cop uses his WiFi abilities to order the army to capture Vega Bond. Bond escapes the Rose City building. Once loose, the android army decides it is time to force order in Rose City. Totally Naked Man and iHero meet up with Android Cop to find a way to stop the army. Android Cop shares is program loops to install free will to the android army. Once gaining free will, the android army decides Earth is too polluted to save so they fly to the mood. Android Cop stays behind to be an ambassador and to join the Agents of S.H.A.Q.
References
Woerner, Meredith . “Meet Real-Life Supervillain Society ROACH.” Gizmodo, 15 May 2009, gizmodo.com/meet-real-life-supervillain-society-roach-5256698. Accessed 3 Aug. 2023.