Hyper-Über-Proto Gerosha

Hyper-Über-Proto Gerosha is one of many narrative universes that comprise the Gerosha multiverse in Dozerfleet Comics. It is said to be the primordial predecessor of all currently-understood Gerosha continuity, having pre-existed the term "Gerosha" itself. It also goes by such nicknames as the Initial Gray Champion Fanfic Standalone Universe, the Dozerfleet Hawthorne Fanfic Universe, and the Gray Champion Proto-Universe. It first existed in September of 2001, and was succeeded by Über-Proto Gerosha in October of 2002.

Development
In September of 2001, American Literature Studies class at Holt Lutheran High School kicked into high gear. The then-current teacher, Traci Backus, wanted her class to become familiar with the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Therefore, The Scarlet Letter was made required reading for class. But before embarking on reading it, she whet the class' appetite for Hawthorne with his short story "The Gray Champion."

It centered around comic book-style reinterpretations of the works of Hawthorne, per assignments for American literature class at Holt Lutheran High School. While Replox: Abstract Foundations was not included, it set the precedent for world-building. A superhero action story reinterpreting the Gray Champion was planned, dubbed The Gray Champion: Modern Legend. It would later form the basis for The Gray Champion: Freedom's Apparition.

The Gray Champion Returns was a fanfic written in class for an assignment, though the Gray Champion that featured in that work was not identified as being John Domeck. Included in this universe were elements of The Scarlet Letter and its mythos, also reinterpreted. Most essentially, the Marlquaan, Marlquaanites, and Hester's locket were first defined. There were originally going to be Red, White, and Blue Champions joining Gray in his quest.