Mumphrey hasn't really reacted positively to it. One of his earliest enemies, Captain Black (ancestor of Tom Black), not only seduced and betrayed Mumph's sister and drove her to suicide but returned in the modern era to torture Mumph's daughter and son-in-law (Samantha Featherstone's parents) to death. Mumph dropped the guy in a black hole. During world war II Mumph was comprehensively tortured by Nazi specialist Herr Wertham and it was clear that it wasn't a new experience. Herr Wertham was eventualy aged around a hundred thousand years and his dust scattered.







James Bond stories require a set of "buy-ins" from the reader, of which his ability to function as a spy in the manner he does is only one. And yet Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, did work for British Military Intelligence in the 40s so perhaps he knew something we didn't.







It's probably fair to assume that many of the combat-based heroes regularly train to hone their abilities, e.g. Dark Knight, Messenger etc. There are others who probably skimp on it such as ManMan and spiffy.




Or she unexpectedly discovers a new passion for something or someone and it's the best thing in her life.







Funny you should say that because they have a part to play in the plot.