Angelo Siciliano's Workout Trunks

Angelo Siciliano's Workout Trunks
Type	Clothing
Effects	Allows the wearer to manipulate their density
Source	Angelo Siciliano
Danger	High
First Appearance	"Mild Mannered"
Last Appearance	"Cangku Shisi"

Angelo Siciliano's Workout Trunks, also known as Charles Atlas' Workout Trunks and the Iron Shadow's Underwear, is an artifact first featured in "Mild Mannered".

Effects

The trunks possess the ability to manipulate the density of anyone who wears them: by increasing the density, bullets bounce off the users body; by decreasing it, the user is capable of "leaping tall buildings in a single bound" (the tag-line of the original 1938 version of Superman, before he could fly). The danger comes from the fact that eventually the wearer won't be able to stop the increase of their own density. Everything around them will slowly be pulled towards them as their growing density begins to generate a gravity field. If the user reaches infinite density, he'll implode and  the amount of gravity created will flatten an area the size of Detroit (about 142.87 square miles or 370.03 square km). 

History

The trunks were inadvertently purchased at a yard sale with a bundle of other clothes by Sheldon, who used the trunks to take on the superhero persona of the "Iron Shadow."

The artifact first came to the attention of the Agents after police found a mugger with a lamp post coiled around him and a drug dealer was found hanging from a flag post (both classic Spider-Man methods of bad guy delivery to the cops).

The trunks were later obtained by agents Myka Bering and Peter Lattimer, and stored in Warehouse 13, but not before Sheldon lost control and nearly leveled Detroit in the process.

In "Grand Designs " Pete used these trunks to increase his own density as not to be blown down by Miguel de Cervantes' Windmill, giving Myka the opportunity to deactivate it with Don Quixote's Lance. 

Myka wore the trunks in "Cangku Shisi" in order to neutralize Chuck Yeager's Favorite LP. The alternate Valda left the record playing on Oliver Sacks' Record Player and whenever Pete and Myka got near the record it created a sonic boom that sent them flying. Claudia gave Myka the trunks so she could increase her density to the point her body was too heavy to be moved by the sonic booms the record was creating. After the record was neutralized, however, Myka had to neutralize the trunks quickly as her body had become so heavy the ground was beginning to shatter underneath her. 

People Involved

Owners

• TBA
• Sheldon

Users

• Sheldon
• Myka Bering
• Pete Lattimer

Affected People

• Various criminals (attacked by strength-enhanced Sheldon)
• Myka Bering (could not take trunks off, overwhelmed by growing density)
• Sheldon (overwhelmed by growing density)
• Pete Lattimer (could not take trunks off)

Real World Connections

October 30, 1892, Acri, Italy – December 23, 1972, Long Beach, New York

Angelo Siciliano (aka Charles Atlas) was himself a "weakling weighing 98 pounds" who trained himself into a much stronger physique. He marketed this fitness course as advertisements in comic books among other methods, which included pictures of Atlas just in workout trunks.

Trivia

• TBA

Gallery

Sheldon using the trunks to apprehend criminals dressed as the Iron Shadow

The trunks' shelving screen]]

Appearances

• "Mild Mannered"
• "Grand Designs" (Chapter TBA)
• "Cangku Shisi"

See Also

• Babe Ruth's Baseball Bat
• Bruce Lee's Punching Bag
• Samson's Jawbone