Prof. Cloward-Return

Before Superior Johnston attacked Intellect Defense Prof. Cloward was approached by Tremor, on behalf of the USA’s military (General G’s dept.). They recognized that Superior Johnston was a national threat but they needed help taking him out. They wanted to flush him out of hiding so they could take him down and to do that they needed bait. They knew of Prof. Cloward's very public and verbal outspoken view on the scientists of the area. They asked him to push the envelope and openly threaten Superior – which he did. He also had New Project Lashline try to infiltrate his group while Ticket was still recovering from his previous battle with Mind Wipe. They wanted to try and get Superior to make a mistake – which he did. He sent his men and Shattered Shard to kill Prof. Cloward but with the military and the ReinForcer’s help they made it look like they succeeded.

The mistake he made was he ticked off Ticket. As The Claw, he, Bionica, Iron Klad, Lashline and others were able to crush his empire. But they did it before the USA’s military could move in and take him down. In time Prof. Cloward’s group then were able to assimilate Superior’s old HQ into their own establishment and work to re-build Prof. Cloward's dream.
Unfortunately, the military/ReinForcers discovered that Superior Johnston survived the attack, not to dissimilar from the way that Prof. Cloward did, and set up shop in another country… and further underground. To make sure their hand didn’t get tipped at their involvement Prof. Cloward had to take up residence with the ReinForcers and become a military science advisor working with Test Tube until Superior Johnston is permanently dealt with.

Until then, Todd Ticket and his group continue on with the assumption that Prof. Cloward was dead… and as heroes, they had failed him. To help make up for his loss of presence, and support, Prof. Cloward now uses his military channels to open doors for his friends… and watch their growth and progress from a silent distance.