Captain Proton, Spaceman First Class, was nicknamed "Protector of Earth" and "Scourge of Intergalactic Evil" for his many heroic feats against numerous interstellar threats, with the assistance of his sidekick Buster Kincaid and his secretary Constance Goodheart. (VOY episode: "Night"; et al) As a child, James Wainwright was an avid reader of the Captain Proton stories as well as those featuring Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. (TOS - Strange New Worlds III short story: "The Aliens Are Coming!"; TOS novel: From History's Shadow)