Real Name/Secret Identity:
Howard Payne

Universe/Franchise:
Speed

First Appearance:
Speed (1994)

Abilities:
Blows things up real good

Occupation:
Terrorist

Base of Operations:
Los Angeles, CA

Dirty Details Done Dirt Cheap:
Howard Payne is a former member of the Atlanta Bomb Squad - now retired, he's gone quite insane and feels like he's been betrayed by the "system." Payne takes out his frustrations with seemingly random terrorist acts involving the explosives with which he's so intimately familiar. Enraged that LAPD officer Jack Traven foiled his latest scheme involving holding office workers hostage for ransom, Payne seeks revenge by planting a bomb on a commuter bus - if the vehicle goes under 55 miles per hour, it will trigger the explosive. Jack and Payne eventually face off in the LA subway system, where the villain is decapitated by a tunnel light. Ouch!