Wonder Man

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Character Biography

Simon Williams was born the son of a rich family, and inherited the family's company and fortune. Despite this, he embezzled money from the company and was caught. The supervillain Baron Zemo found the desperate Williams and offered him a chance to escape by transforming him into the ion-powered Wonder Man. Wonder Man joined the Avengers on Zemo's behalf, but ultimately turned on Zemo and was apparently killed in doing so. He actually remained in a deathlike state of suspended animation for years, during which time the android Ultron based the brain of an android of his own, the Vision, upon that of Wonder Man. Simon's brother, Eric, became the supervillain called the Grim Reaper, and the process that had empowered Simon was also used to empower the villain Count Nefaria, among others.

Related Topics:
Baron Zemo - Ion - Suspended animation - Android - Ultron - Vision - Grim Reaper - Count Nefaria

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Wonder Man was eventually revived and finally joined the Avengers full-time, becoming close friends with his teammate, the Beast. With his zest for life, he became an actor in addition to a superhero, and was one of the major members of the West Coast Avengers team. Wonder Man eventually came to accept the Vision as his "brother". However, the Vision was dismantled and rebuilt as an emotionless machine, and his marriage to Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, was annulled. Wonder Man later became romantically involved with the Witch. However, the West Coast Avengers soon disbanded, and Simon was subsequently disintegrated in battle with the alien Kree. The Scarlet Witch was eventually able to restore Simon to life with her chaos magic, and in the process brought back the Grim Reaper, who at the time had been a ghost. Simon and Wanda resumed their relationship, but eventually drifted apart.

Related Topics:
Beast - Actor - Scarlet Witch - Kree - Chaos magic - Ghost

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