Anna Daniels
Simon Williams starts his life in the comics in 1964’s Avengers #9 as a man thrust into the family business after his father’s death. Still young and inexperienced, Simon isn’t as adept at running Williams Innovations as his father was, and it doesn’t take long for the company to get into trouble. Things go from bad to worse when Simon takes his brother Eric’s advice and steals money from the company to invest in illegal enterprises. Simon escapes a jail sentence only because of the intervention of the Masters of Evil, and he agrees to undergo experiments that give him his incredible abilities.
As a result of the experiments, Simon is infused with ionic energy. Initially his main powers are super strength and invulnerability, though later, he gains the ability to fly. In more recent comics, his ionic energy has proven much more versatile. He’s been able to use it to teleport, to change his size and physical shape, and to quickly heal himself.
Wonder Man was a staple of the Avengers comics for years. He was one of the founding members of the West Coast Avengers and Force Works. He was also an early addition to the Avengers Unity Division (aka the Uncanny Avengers), a team comprised of half-mutants and half-non-mutants in the wake of the 2012 event Avengers vs. X-Men.
Written by: Looper
