“Without the valiant sacrifice of Captain Broaden, we might be fighting a new war now. A war against fear. Fear itself came to the White House on January 1, 1942, and Captain Emil Broaden stared it down and said, ‘Not on my watch.'” — Lloyd Arthur Feit (Bulldog), 10 January 1942.
Name: Lloyd Arthur Feit AKA Bulldog.
Nationality: British.
Political Affiliation: None.
Education: Grade School.
Rank: Major (British Army.)
Decorations: Distinguished Service Medal (U.S.) OBE, (England.)
DOB: 9/22/12, Coventry, England.
DOD: 11/11/99, Coventry, England (Natural Causes.)
Known Parahuman Abilities: Feit was super-humanly strong. At his “physical” peak, he dry lifted a 64-ton crane, and held it over his head for nine minutes. Basic physical laws were circumvented by his power. For instance, Feit needed no leverage to lift weights, and could affect objects with much greater mass than himself. He once stopped an oncoming 10-ton halftrack moving at 40 miles an hour with an outstretched hand, and his feet did not even dig into the dirt.
In addition, Feit was super-humanly resistant to damage, but this power was far more unreliable than his Hyperstrength. As far as SSO scientists could determine (they were not willing to risk injuring him by truly pushing the limits of his power), Feit was nearly invulnerable to damage when frightened or particularly motivated, but this invulnerability soon faded.
History: Lloyd Feit was the fifth son of Nathaniel Feit, a well-known boxer, and later, a well known beer brewer from Coventry, England. Unlike his brothers, Lloyd did not inherit his father’s physique, and was always small and sickly.
Lloyd was also not much in school, but his endless determination and stick-to-it-iveness impressed both his father and brothers, who called him “Bulldog” as a nickname. Many scraps at school were prevented by his brothers coming to their “little one’s” aid, but Lloyd never backed down, no matter the danger.
When conscription began in the late 1930s the Feit boys joined up, or tried to… and all but Lloyd were accepted for military service. He stayed in Coventry working at his father’s brewery, continuously re-applying for entry into the armed forces. Rejected three more times, he finally began working on improving his physique, a task with which his father was quite familiar.
The elder Feit tried to help get his son into some semblance of physical fitness and as always, Lloyd gave his all, but little changed. He remained the classic 98-pound weakling.
Trying to gently discourage the boy (which proved impossible), the elder Feit and Lloyd had a screaming match in March 1941 that ended with Lloyd lifting a 200-pound weight in one hand and throwing it through a wall in anger.
At his father’s urging, Lloyd returned to the local recruiting office. This time, after he lifted the recruiting officer over his head in one hand, the military reconsidered their decision.
After a brief stint at Hedge Manor for study, Lloyd was signed over (much to his own consternation) to diplomatic missions for the British Army.
The SSO classified his Talent as “unreliable,” and he was recommended for non-combat duty. His trip to the United States (along with three other Talents) proved to be a huge boost to the British war effort.
At the direct request of Prime Minister Churchill, Feit was signed over as a bodyguard for President Roosevelt in August 1941. He remained loyally by the side of the President until Roosevelt’s death on April 12, 1945.
Feit lost two of his four brothers in the war, and in 1945 lost his father to brain cancer. “You’ve no idea what it is like to lose a father twice,” Feit commented to the New York Times, referring to his close relationship with President Roosevelt.
Feit volunteered for service in the Far East to continue the war against the Japanese, but by the time the paperwork was filed the war suddenly ended.
Feit returned to England in 1947 and ran the family business happily until the late 1960s, when he retired. In 1988 he sold the lucrative “Bulldog Beer” license to a consortium for a huge amount of money.
Feit died at the age of 87 in Coventry, England, father of four, grandfather of nine, and hero of the British Crown.