As he grew up He became more and more hairy until he resembled more of a kind of werewolf than he did a man, however despite this his parents and extended family still loved and cared for him, He even got a pet tiger from his mom's side of the family.
And despite the turmoil in his homeland he had a surprisingly healthy life growing up, although he did have to learn how to defend himself and his family from those who wish to take advantage and exploit them.
many people came seeking to capture this mythical "hairy man of Timbuktoo" as some sort of freak show act, or try to capture his parents or other family members to blackmail him into becoming a freak show act and every time this happened handyman would rush over alongside his pet tiger and using his insane strength and cleverness, would save the day.
But as the years went on, and these people became more and more relentless in their attempts to capture him, alongside having a vision in his dreams, He decided to leave for America.
this decision came to a shock to his parents and family and took some time for them to accept but they eventually got around to accepting it, and before leaving he moved his parents home to a place where the people trying to capture him would never look and find them.
also before he left handyman's father gifted him a very special club that had been passed down for generations that had a head that resembled a star, handy man's father went on to explain to him that he comes from a lineage of royalty and that club first belonged to one of there ancestors who some called the richest man in the world.
And so, after they said there good byes the handyman and his tiger began walking and walking and walking until they got to the coast were upon discovering that it would cost money to travel via boat the two decided to swim to America instead.
this is were the beginning of the original comic strip happens in my version of his story, with many comic strips from the original handyman run still transpiring in this timeline.
however eventually he decides to settle down somewhat and joins a circus that pays him well, treats him and his tiger well and gives him a home and at this circus he meets two other good natured strong men.
Hugo Hercules (soft spoken gentle Giant Melungeon strongman whose uncle is one of the people running the circus) and Samson the Strongman (hot tempered, heroic, competitive and Jewish with a bit of a Napoleon complex), together the three (and with his tiger technically making four) made sort of strongman group.
there act involved them showing off how strong they were while Also showing their personalities off in various different ways, sometimes even incorporating comedy, (sometimes intentionally through a routine and script and other times unintentionally due to fumbles or Hugo and Samson getting into bugs and daffy-esque disagreements That would eventually have to be broken up by the handyman), aswell as competitive tests of strength and wrestling, and even a kind of cultural education/exchange in the form of Them casually telling stories from the cultures they come from as they perform incredible feats of strength, All of this incorporated into their routine.
it is also at this circus the handyman got his name as the handyman, it being suggested by Hugo who thought that hairy man sounded a bit demeaning and that handyman fitted his friend better.
as time went on the three strongmen grew so close that they considered each other brothers And even After Hugo left the circus going his own way and Samson took over the big top for Hugo's uncle they all still cared for each other and still kept in touch, All three inviting each other to important events in their lives such as family gatherings, marriages, funerals and so on.
Samson even at one point called Hugo for help as the circus was in Florida and having trouble with some gentleman who kept "burning stuff and dressing like dumb ghosts to try and scare em", Samson thinking Hugo could help especially since becoming a part of that fancy hero team the Heroics, this eventually leading to the brothers having a reunion and alongside the Heroics facing off against the klan.
However that's a story for another day.
This story is a part of my own version of Handy man for my own projects and the Handy man originally created by Carl "Bunny" Schultze and info about the original comic strip can be found here and a decent chunk of his comic run can be found here in black and white.
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