AGENT: PHIL SOTTILE
ALIAS: PHILZONIE
CODE NAME: SHADES

CURRENT
AFFILIATION: TWANG FACTOR FOUR

STATUS: ACTIVE

META-HUMAN ATTRIBUTES: ZERO-G MANIPULATION (sustained flight), AMPLIFIED INTERNAL SONIC DISRUPTERS, X-RAY VISION, RADIOACTIVE BIONIC EPIDERMIS

ARSENAL: ELECTROSHOCK GUITARS, SIX STRING TURKISH GARROTE, REMOTE-TRIGGERED C4 EXPLOSIVE AMPLIFIER, .45 CALIBER CAMOUFLAGE GUITAR PICK (U.S. GOVT. ISSUE)

LANGUAGES: UNKNOWN. POSSIBLY MUTE.

HISTORY: SOTTILE'S FAMILY WAS KILLED IN THE GREAT POTATO REVOLT OF '77. A YOUNG GIRL AT THE TIME, SOTTILE AND ANOTHER RELATIVE (RECENTLY REVEALED TO BE BRETT "THE BUTCHER" LOVINS) ESCAPED THE CONFINES OF IDAHO, POSING AS A MUSICAL SHOE-SALESMAN. REALIZING THE POTENTIAL POWER OF THE MINSTREL ART, SOTTILE HONED HIS ARTISTIC CRAFT BY FALLING INTO THE ALL TO FAMILIAR DEPTHS OF CRIME AND SONG. HIS RECENT RESURGENCE INTO THE RANKS OF TWANG FACTOR FOUR ONLY HEIGHTENS THE ORGANIZATIONS THREAT OF WORLD DOMINATION.

PERSONALITY: PHIL "SHADES" SOTTILE IS QUICK-TEMPERED AND HAS AN ITCHY TRIGGER FINGER. HE IS OUTWARDLY SUAVE AND INGENIOUS, BUT SEEMS TO ENJOY HIS FREELANCE WORK FOR THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU - A FACT WHICH WORRIES HIS FELLOW AGENTS. ANY CONTACT WITH SOTTILE IS HIGHLY CAUTIONED. HE IS CONSIDERED VERY DANGEROUS AND HIGHLY UNSTABLE. ALL INFORMATION REGARDING SOTTILE IS CONSIDERED CONFIDENTIAL.