Underdog fan fiction. “Disclaimer: I wrote a lot of this stuff while I was on some very heavy medication for my bowel disease. Some of it is very heavy. Please be warned.”
The author of these heavy tales even gives Underdog a real name. (He was just known as Shoeshine Boy on the old cartoon.) The name: Jonathan Weissman. Who knew Underdog was Jewish?
Among the tales: “One: A snapshot of the darkest period of Jonathan’s life. Contains extreme profanity.” And “Dark Shadows of the Future: Years after ending his superhero ‘career,’ Jonathan Weissman isn’t doing that well — mentally. But a government project forces him to face his fears of the past and present.”
Of course, this Underdog renaming business has the capacity to freak out other Jonathan Weissmans.