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Hi, this is Galaxie, and I'm Joe.
Watch Marvel make us a hero.
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My name is Joe Worley.
I was a Navy corpsman with 2/1 Marines out of Camp Pendleton,
and now I work for America's Vet Dogs
in development, raising money so that more
veterans like myself can have amazing service
dogs like Galaxie.
When I got hurt, you know, I had a true, 100% identity crisis.
I was no longer the caregiver.
I was no longer the big, strong Navy
corpsman that was there for these Marines
in their time of need.
I think that's why it's so important to have help.
Galaxie, here, has been a game-changer for me.
This is something that I can never
repay America Vet Dogs for.
Galaxie is trained for walking and mobility,
he's trained for retrieval, and he's
trained for bracing, which allows
me to get in and out of the floor if I need help,
if I fall down.
I feel a sense of responsibility for him in the same way
that I do for America's Vet Dogs.
He's done so much in my life that I want to make sure
that I'm doing right by him.
Galaxie is my hero.
I grew up reading comics.
And when I first started working,
I started making money, and I was
able to start buying comics.
And it just so happened to tie-in with the end of New
Mutants right into X-Force one.
I got issue 1 X-Force, and that was my jam.
I Fell in love with Shatterstar.
He's sort of an odd favorite character for some.
But I guess being a redhead who was always
obsessed with swords, maybe it wasn't so much of a stretch
after all.
I think just the idea that they knew that they could
get things done in a way that the Avengers
or X-Men couldn't do.
They were under scrutiny.
X-Force was like, hey, nobody is paying attention to us.
We can get stuff done.
Let's do things.
My powers, when I was a kid, definitely
would have been resiliency.
And it's even more impressive when you have someone that
is intrinsically human without those mutant powers,
like Daredevil or The Punisher, that,
not necessarily thrive, but become more dangerous
the more hurt they are.
And I think that that was something that I always
looked at and was impressed by.
And then also to be able to know people's intentions,
to be able to read people a little bit,
I think being good at that saves you a lot of time.
And I've always like gray, the deeper
gray colors, and everything else just being sort of an accent.
I like the concept of a bladed spear or sword.
Swords because, you know, with Shatterstar
I grew up loving swords.
I grew up with high-fantasy, reading The Wheel of Time ,
and comics, and things like that.
I like the fighting style that comes
along with that type of weapon.
A prosthetic could be a weapon.
It's also a mechanism for mobility.
And I guess in a world where you have people like Tony Stark
out there, I mean that leg could be anything.
Really the brightest thing is Galaxie, his fur sort
of turning iridescent almost and it becoming
almost like an armor for him.
I want my and Galaxie's superhero
to be somebody who shows up when things get really rough to give
somebody breathing room, to take a hit,
to be there to fight back the horrible things of the world.
Oh, OK, that's awesome.
The coloring is perfect.
I love the gray.
I love the white and red elements in it.
The blade is awesome.
Galaxie looks like he can take a hit.
Look at how big and strong and muscular you are, buddy.
Yeah, see the armor, it looks like it
has like the Kevlar on the sides and things like that.
It's plate in the middle.
It looks like he could move in it.
I love the blade, and the prosthetic is perfect.
I bet he could like launch off of it or something like that
and just tear into somebody.
It's quite a pair.
I wouldn't want to tangle with those guys.
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Thanks, Marvel, for making me and Galaxie a hero.
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