In support of "NFL Super Bowl XLIX" between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, Sneak Peek Marvel Comics' 12-issue "NFL SuperPro", produced in collaboration with the National Football League, featuring 'Phil Grayfield', an ex-NFL-American football player turned superhero:
"...'Phil Grayfield', once an aspiring football player, had his career come to an end when he saved a child from falling and suffered a knee injury.
"Becoming a desk-bound sports reporter, Phil interviewed an eccentric football superfan, who happened also to be a scientist. This scientist designed a new, almost indestructible football uniform.
"Suddenly interrupting the interview, thieves raid the eccentric's house, overwhelm the two of them, steal a van load of NFL merchandise and torch the building. Grayfield, who is tied up, knocks over experimental chemicals, which — in combination with the fire turns him into a near-invincible superhero.
"Grayfield puts on the eccentric's football uniform and brings the villains to justice, dedicating his life to fighting crime and dubbing himself 'SuperPro'..."
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