Sell the Fizzle, Not the Fake

At the hight of the cold war, there was a secret government laboratory experimenting with genetic modification of human beings, the goal being to create an society of supermen. One department would concentrate on developing physically superior soldiers, another mental geniuses, another super-moms.

One particularly strange attempt was the Super-Salesman, who's aim was to sell the idea of capitalism throughout the world.

A secret formula was created for this purpose, and a young, slovenly, socially inept dweeb by the name of Charles "Spaz" Rodgers was recruited to test the effectiveness of the treatment

As it turned out, the experiment was a success, and Rodgers became...

Unfortunately, the parallel experiment with the super soldier had gone horribly wrong (or perhaps worked all too well...), and the newly created Super-Soldier went on a wild spree of death and destruction. Ironically, the only survivor of this tragedy was Rodgers, who used his super-affability to talk his way out of the compound before it and everybody in it were blown to bits.

Due to the tragic results of this expriment, the government deemed the program a failure, and closed it down. Rodgers was the first and last of the scientifically created super-beings. He eventually changed his name to "Wink" and became a game show host.