Javelin was one of the assembled African heroes who responded to Parhelion's call for help when a cadre of humanoid dinosaurs stormed Johannesburg while most members of Africa Force were in Europe.  Jean-Philippe Bax had waited his entire life to become a super hero and had been prepared for nearly a year before Parhelion's call.  He was a successful athlete and had competed in the youth championships in javelin, easily becoming the national champion in Mauritius as well as a finalist in the African Games despite being only eighteen.

After helping Parhelion, Javelin was invited back to the Africa Force headquarters in Botswana where his rather mundane arsenal of javelins was supplemented with several high tech additions.  However, Africa Force was not ready to extend an invitation for Javelin to join the team and so he returned to Mauritius where he continued to fight crime as best he could.  His activities are currently limited to opposing street-level criminals but he is always on the look out to make it into the big league again.

Possessing the unbreakable spirit of a true hero, Javelin is fully aware of his responsibilities and is more than willing to put his own life on the line to protect innocent bystanders.  He is cheerful and enthusiastic, and spends a lot of time in his costume fighting crime and making public appearances to assist charities.  If truth be known, though, Javelin is hungry for a full-time superhero career.  He continues to practice his athletics and is studying his final year at school, but his heart is not in it anymore.  He doesn't feel like he is using his abilities for the benefit of others and there just doesn't seem to be much competition in his field of expertise.

He is generally naive when it comes to the affect he has on the world around him.  His opinion of his actions doesn't always match up with the public.  Where he considers himself to be a powerful and innovative hero on par with the heroes of Africa Force, even his own home town sees him as something more like a policeman in a colourful costume.  They are amazed with his daring but wouldn't really want to be depending on him to stop any major uberhuman threat.

There is one other person who is as impressed with Javelin's abilities as he is, and that is Francoise Gautier, a girl from his school who has seriously fallen for his swashbuckling attitude and public popularity.  She started off being quite forward but after Jean-Philippe asked her out on a date, things have become quite serious, bordering on obsession.  Francoise wants to be around him all the time and has taken to moving into his apartment and even handcuffing herself to him (twice).  Jean-Philippe has started to get worried about his biggest fan but hasn't managed to shake her loose, despite her nearly being killed several times.  The near-death experience only serves to reinforce her obsession, particularly when Javelin inevitably manages to rescue her.

"I don't fly and I don't shoot beams of energy from my eyes, but see these pointy sticks?  In my hands, they do the job just the same."

Javelin is a talented athlete with many years experience in national and international competitions, particularly in the javelin.  Originally he used a single javelin to oppose the dinosaur invasion in Johannesburg, but he has since expanded his arsenal to include smaller lightweight weapons, some with explosive tips and others with a stunning charge or a swingline.  He is an excellent marksman with any missile weapon, although he has not strayed beyond using his javelins so far in his career.

Javelin is eighteen years old and still full of youthful energy and a sense of invulnerability.  He is an athletic young man with rather thick and unruly black hair.  His costume consists of a black armoured bodysuit provided by Africa Force, over which he wears a loose-fitting red tunic, loose black trousers and a padded rugby guard over his chest with the word 'Javelin' inscribed in white.  He has red guards on his legs which also house specialist javelins, and a red band around his left leg with more javelins.  He has leather wrist bands and wears a red leather glove on his right hand.  His main javelins are stored in a special quiver on his back.