Bob took part in Project Sentry, an operation by O.X.E. designed to create the ultimate superhero. Bob has bipolarity, resulting in him having mood swings that vary wildly between extreme highs and lows - his highs providing delusions of grandeur and his lows making him useless and self-loathing. He desires to be useful and has a good heart, but his mind makes him feel hopeless; when he tries to help and it ends up a disaster, he laments.