 He also remembers his adventures as "the Thunderbolt Kid," an alter ego he made up for himself when he felt powerless.He was able to vaporize people with his heat vision and thought that he came from another planet.He tells amusing stories of his misadventures as Billy Bryson, including his first days in school when he figured out that when the entire class was running drills to protect themselves from a bomb, he would simply read comic books instead.