Eric Skipper

Eric Skipper was the original Copper, the sidekick of Red Ryder, after his rumored death, he took on the vigilante persona of Prism.

Appearance
Eric is 16 years old, he is average height, skinny with short, brown hair

Copper
At the beginning of season 2, David Young encountered the youngster in the street, he was originally a young acrobat in the circus, but he had to leave when it went out of buisiness, at around the same time, a new villain called Split had been wreaking havoc on the city. David took in Eric as an apprentice, however, after a short amount of time living in the mansion, Eric accidently found a secret entrance to The Lab and realised that David was Red Ryder and requested that the 2 of them fight crime as partners, but David refused, not wanting to put Eric in danger. When Red Ryder saved a party from an attack by Split, Ryder ended up getting trapped under a pile of rubble, but he was saved by Eric (Wearing his old acrobat costume and a mask with a black towel as a cape) was able to save him. When David continued to refuse to allow Eric to be his partner, Eric appeared to run away, taking his costume with him. When Ryder tracks Split's location, Eric reappears wearing a modified version of the costume, with a hooded cape, taking on the alias of 'Copper', and David finally agreed to allow Eric to help him out. The duo worked together and were able to beat Split.

After defeating Split, the duo proceeded to defeat several new enemies, such as Thorne, Shriek, Zorra the Magnificent, Vixen and Bug-Eye.

After defeating the new villains, 15 of Red Ryder's enemies escaped from prison and teamed up into three teams to commit seperate crimes, first, the duo fought Mudball, who was planning on stealing a key from the Ambrose City Bank, inspite the duo defeating Mudball, the key was still stolen by The Puzzler, who left them a clue to his plan.

Next, the crime fighting duo wound up fighting Bone Cold, who was attempting to retrieve a freeze ray from his old hideout. Inspite the duo defeating Bone Cold, the freeze ray was stolen once again by The Puzzler, who left them another clue.