As told in Captain Teddy #1 - the Amazing Captain Teddy

Benjamin Bear was a mild mannered teddy who lived in the thriving - and crime filled - city of Teddytropolis. One day when he was on his way to his job at Splokker's Deli he saw a teddy lady being robbed. Without stopping to think he chased after the thief and got her purse back. After the police had hauled the thief away the Teddy lady insisted on rewarding him, despite his telling her she didn't need to. She gave him small piece of crystal that she took out of her purse and told him it was the most valuable substance on the planet. Before he could find out more from her she disappeared. Benjamin thought it was odd, but he hurried on to work and soon forgot all about the piece of crystal that he'd placed in his pocket.

The Beginning:
Later that day three masked robbers came into the delicatessen and took Benjamin and Mr. Splokker hostage. The bad guys tied them both up to chairs in the back room and left them while they went to go empty out the cash registers. Benjamin Bear wished he could do something to stop the robbery – but not just this one, all of the robberies and crime happening in Teddytropolis. Suddenly the crystal in his pocket started to heat up and he was filled with super strength. He broke the ropes holding him and after untying Mr. Splokker he rounded up the three crooks and tied them up!

That night the teddy lady he'd helped came to his apartment in Teddy Towers and told him that she'd read about his exploits at the Deli in the evening newspaper. She told him he needed to be more careful or else the Evil Dr. Freeze would find out that he had the Crystal and come looking for him. When he asked her what it was all about she decided she'd better explain it all to him.

The Crystal's Secret:
The small piece of Crystal was really a substance called Piryl and came from deep, deep in the earth by her old colleague Dr. Freeze. That was the only piece that had ever been found and no one knew how or why it had formed. Piryl is a very powerful substance that gives anyone who has it on them super powers including super strength, super senses and the ability to fly. AT first Dr. Freeze used the Piryl for good, but slowly the power began to corrupt him, and one night the Teddy lady, Prunehilda, stole the crystal and fled to Teddytropolis where she thought she could disappear. When Benjamin had helped her she'd realized that she should give him the crystal because he would use its power for good. Only he had to keep his possession of the crystal a secret to protect both himself and now Prunehilda from being harmed.

Captain Teddy is Born:
And so a super hero was born! He got Prunehilda an apartment across the hallway from his and as a thank you she made him a superhero suit and sewed the crystal under the big patch on the chest of the outfit so that he would have the Piryl on him whenever he needed to use his super powers. She also made him a super hero mask so that the other bears would not recognize him. IN his new super hero gear he began cleaning up the streets of Teddytropolis, always leaving the bad guys tied up neatly by the time the police arrived.

The Evil Dr. Freeze:
As told in Captain Teddy #8 - Captain Teddy Meets the Evil Dr. Freeze
Peace once again reigned in Teddytropolis, but it was not to last forever. The Evil Dr. Freeze might not have they Piryl anymore, but he had created a lot of high-tech weaponry and he decided that he may have lost both the Crystal and his assistant so he would rule the world instead. Dr. Freeze began a campaign of world dominance, using his latest invention; a freeze ray gun. When Prunehilda heard about city's mysteriously being frozen she knew right away who was behind it and hurried to tell Captain Teddy. When he heard the news he leapt into action and hurried off to fight the menacing villain. It was a long, hard battle and he almost lost twice, but in the end Captain Teddy was victorious and from that moment on Dr. Freeze became his arch nemesis.

The Captain Teddy saga has continued for more than 1400 comic books, over 50 movies, and even a video game. Use the links on the left for more in-depth information.