WONDER MAN

Real Name: 
Simon Williams
Universe/Timeline: 
Marvel Universe
Status: 
Other
Category: 
Science-Based Mutate
Alias: 
Mr. Muscles, Hal Canutt.
Nationality: 
American
First Appearance: 
Avengers (1st series) #9
Powers & Abilities: 
ionic bombardment process grants him superhuman strength, speed, endurance, invulnerability, immortality, flight, and energy-based powers to produce light, heat, explosive force, and effectively teleportation by relaxing into pure energy
Affiliation: 
Avengers, Avengers West Coast, Avengers (Initiative), Avengers - Unity Division, Force Works, S.H.I.E.L.D., Operation: Lightning Storm, Lethal Legion, Legion of the Unliving, Revengers
Avengers Membership: 
First recruitment unspecified. Occasionally identified as an honorary member posthumously after his death in Avengers (1st series) #9. Became an in-house associate following his return in Avengers Annual #6, apparently given some sort of recognized status between #156-181 when he departed. Membership unequivocally official by his return in Avengers (1st series) #194.
Notes: 

Wonder Man was "dead" in an ionic chrysalis-like state between Avengers (1st series) #9 and #151. He frequently relied upon belt jets or a rocket pack for flight until developing the power of independent flight in Wonder Man #25.

Simon was killed again in an ionic bomb blast in Force Works #1. The Scarlet Witch inadvertently brought him back using her hex power in Avengers (3rd series) #2-3, first as an energy form, and later as a full human being with #11.

Wonder Man's powers and physical form were absorbed by Rogue in Uncanny Avengers (1st series) #21-23, leaving him trapped in her head. His mind was suppressed by a scientist working for the High Evolutionary in Uncanny Avengers (2nd series) #1, leaving him an unconscious and dormant presence in Rogue until she touched Deadpool in Uncanny Avengers (3rd series) #22-23. His healing factor severed the link between the two of them, once again manifesting Simon as an independent physical being.

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Last Updated: 
17th January 2023 by Monolith