Wonder Man
Simon Williams
was an inventor, a business man, and an industrialist.
Unfortunately for him his company was up against the best- Stark
Industries. As Williams Innovations was going under Simon began
to extort money from the company. It was after his trial that
Simon Williams met the man who would change his life- Baron Zemo.
Zemo put Simon through a process that turned him into an ionic
dynamo. Williams was to defeat the entire Avengers team by
himself, but repented at the last moment and paid with his life.
But a little thing like death isn’t enough to stop a man of
ions, and so back from the dead (and not only once) we have our
hero Wonder Man.
Wonder Man #25- flashback- Simon sits on his
mother's lap as Eric tortures the cat. Eric's father is supposed
to be the one to discipline Eric, but he just sits watching
television. Martha says that Eric was born bad. Simon's mother
would lavish love on Simon for doing something good, but cut the
love off when he was bad, so Simon became the "good
boy". Eric hated Simon for it because his father only
ignored him leaving him to his "born bad" status.
Wonder Man #25- flashback- One day Simon told
his mother that he hated his brother. Martha tells Simon to be
the "good boy" and to watch his brother Eric. She said
that Eric would one day destroy the family. She was too weak, and
his father was useless, so if Eric did something bad it would be
Simon's fault.
Wonder Man #25- flashback- One day while
playing with some chemicals in the garage Eric accidentally
starts a fire. Simon and Eric get out, but their parents and the
house burn to the ground. Simon feels responsible because he was
supposed to control Eric, and since then Simon felt responsible
for Eric's trouble.
Avengers vol. 3 #23- flashback-
West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #2- flashback- Simon
sits under a tree reading a book and expanding his mind while
Eric plays football and pushes his body to the limits.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2
#2- flashback- Simon and Eric both cower from their father as he
holds his belt in his hand.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2
#2- flashback- Eric keeps pressuring Simon to join him in his
crimes, but Simon resists.
Avengers West Coast #65- flashback-
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West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #2- flashback- Simon
takes over the family business and works hard, but as Stark
Industries passes him Simon takes the failures personally and as
an insult to his pride.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2
#2- flashback- Simon is seen being taken away by the police.
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Avengers #58- flashback-
West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #2- flashback- The
Avengers carry Simon’s casket.
Avengers #66- behind the scenes-
Wonder Man #1- flashback-
Avengers #102- The Grim Reaper meets with the
Vision. He wants the Vision to join him against the Avengers.
Reaper shows Vision Wonder Man’s dormant body encased in a
preserving tube. The tube is inside a meat locker. Reaper says
that he wants to use Vision’s mind (which was based on
Simon’s brain patterns) to put into Wonder Man’s body
and let his brother live again. Vision says no, but Reaper tells
him to think about it, and gives him an amulet with which Vision
can summon Reaper.
Avengers #106- behind the scenes- Vision
remains behind wallowing in self pity that he cannot feel love as
the other Avengers go out to fight. So depression he feels, but
love he doesn’t. Avengers are captured by Reaper and Space
Phantom.
Avengers #107- Vision
declines Reaper’s offer again. Reaper takes Vision back
down. Reaper asks Vision what he would say if he told him that
Simon’s body was really dead and he couldn’t merge his
mind with the body. Vision starts yelling at Reaper. Reaper says
he does desire humanity. Reaper says however that it is not
Simon’s body he offers him, but that of Captain America.
Vision agrees.
Avengers #108- Reaper
celebrates Vision’s joining him in front of his dead
brother’s body. Vision only agreed because he saw Captain
America sneaking up behind Reaper. The Avengers defeat Reaper and
Phantom.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #2- flashback-
Avengers #151-As the Avengers announce their
new line up to the press a box in the background explodes. A
zombie Wonder Man raises his hand to point at Vision. He
struggles to say that Vision is the one that stole his mind.
Avengers #152- Wonder Man
keeps repeating that Vision stole his mind over and over. Finally
Wonder Man falls over. Captain America picks him up and takes him
inside the mansion. Yellowjacket and Beast find that Wonder Man
is alive. Beast says that Wonder Man breathes, has a heartbeat,
and all the basics. But nobody is home. He only repeats that one
thing about Vision stealing his mind. Suddenly Wonder Man
elaborates about a silver shadow and a reaching hand. He trails
off. Vision says that he is guilty of possessing Simon
Williams’ mind. Scarlet Witch goes to the crate Wonder Man
arrived in. She finds some dirt and uses her magic to determine
that it came from New Orleans. They load Wonder Man into a
quinjet and take off for New Orleans. They find a man that was
involved with the ceremony that brought Wonder Man back.
Wanda’s powers cause the man to reveal that the ceremony
took place in Le Mort Bayou, or the Dead Swamp. Wonder Man starts
to move and speak. Beast puts Simon down. Simon says to his
master that he is coming. They follow him to a fire. People are
dancing around it. The Black Talon sees Wonder Man has returned.
Talon says that Wonder Man’s mission was in New York. Talon
tells Wonder Man to enter the fire for failing. The Scarlet Witch
defeats The Black Talon, but Talon has no information about where
Simon came from.
Avengers #153- Vision carries the body of
Wonder Man in through the back door of the Avengers mansion. They
take him to a lab and lay him out. Vision notes that Simon’s
heartbeat keeps getting stronger and stronger. The Whizzer visits
the Avengers, but suddenly goes nuts. After the Avengers knock
him out they take him down to the lab only to find that the lab
is destroyed and that Wonder Man is gone. Wonder Man walked out
of the mansion, and is spotted by all the tourists that came to
see the Avengers. Everyone starts crowding around him. Like an
animal Simon strikes out at the crowd. When they all run from him
Wonder Man runs down an alley. There he finds a bright light. The
Living Laser stands with the Serpent Crown on his head. He is the
one that drove Whizzer nuts and brought Simon to him. Laser tells
Wonder Man that he is to seek out the Avengers and destroy them.
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Avengers #154- The
quinjet lands at Avengers mansion. Wonder Man emerges from the
quinjet holding an unconscious Whizzer. He says that it is odd
being in New York with his memories ten years out of date. He
says the Avengers mansion was just a construction site when he
died. Wonder Man says that he knows how Cap must have felt. Cap
says, “Do you Wonder Man?” Whizzer starts receiving
medical attention. Beast remarks to Cap how odd it is that Wonder
Man regained his memory when Living Laser hit him with a light
beam. Wonder Man stays with Whizzer when Attuma’s man Tyrak
defeats the Avengers.
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Avengers #155- In New York Wonder Man rides
with Bob Frank, the Whizzer, as Beast flies the quinjet. Whizzer
is talking about how nice it is to be back in action. Wonder Man
says how nice it is not to be dead anymore. They’re tracking
the other Avengers who are under Attuma’s control and have
been captured by Dr. Doom. Attuma and his troops attack
Hydro-Base. As soon as they break in they are accosted by
Whizzer, Beast, and Wonder Man. Attuma hits Beast with the staff
part of his trident. Wonder Man hits Attuma and demands to know
where his friends are. They fight over Attuma’s trident.
Wonder Man pushes Attuma through a wall. Beast and Whizzer defeat
Attuma’s horde. They all converge on Attuma. Attuma sees
that Namor is flying towards them. Attuma shouts instructions to
the Avengers as if they were allies. Namor quickly attacks them.
Whizzer and Beast are quickly stunned. Wonder Man attacks Namor.
Namor tells Wonder Man that he is strong, but that Namor himself
is stronger. Wonder Man says that Namor is wrong and he blasts
him out to sea with a punch. Namor flies back and kicks Wonder
Man. Whizzer rejoins the fight as Beast takes after Attuma who
runs off with a machine. Namor grabs Whizzer and realizes who he
is. Wonder Man pulls up a support beam. Wonder Man rams it into
Namor. Whizzer tries to tell him to stop, but Wonder Man knocks
Namor out with a punch. Whizzer tells Wonder Man that Namor was
realizing what was happening. Wonder Man says that he still may
have killed Whizzer, and this way at least they can be the ones
to apologize.
Avengers #156- Namor wakes up
and says that it seems he and the Whizzer once again have a
common enemy. Wonder Man introduces himself and tries to
apologize. Namor says Wonder Man’s strength will be an asset
and shakes his hand. They board the quinjet where Beast is trying
to contact them from Attuma’s ship. He tells them that they
are headed back to Attuma’s home base. When Beast is knocked
out by Attuma’s men he stops answering Wonder Man and the
others. Subby dives in ahead as Wonder Man puts on a breathing
apparatus. Wonder Man sees Tyrak pounding Namor. Wonder Man spots
the machine Attuma stole that seems to be powering Tyrak up.
Namor is down. Wonder Man tells Whizzer that he is afraid. Not
for his health, but afraid that he will blow it. Whizzer tells
Simon that the Avengers and Dr. Doom have arrived. They all start
fighting. Wonder Man seems frozen in fear until he realizes that
the Avengers need him. He decks the giant Tyrak. All the Avengers
start to pile on. Wonder Man and Vision hit him together and
knock Tyrak out. Doom tries to grab the machine Attuma had, but
Vision destroys it. Afterward Scarlet Witch tries to talk to
Vision, but he says he wishes to be alone. Scarlet Witch says she
seems to make him feel worse. Simon says that a beautiful woman
like her could never do that.
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Defenders #47- Hellcat heads back to Avengers
mansion. All is quiet, as Jarvis must have the day off. Hellcat
is unaware that Wonder Man recently joined the team so when she
spots him checking some dials she yells out to identify himself.
Simon spins startled and accidentally tears apart the machine he
was adjusting. Hellcat isn’t impressed. Simon says that he
wasn’t trying to impress her she just startled him. Hellcat
wants to know what Wonder Man has done with the Avengers. Simon
says that there must be some mistake, and says that he
doesn’t want to hurt her. Hellcat won’t listen so Simon
grabs the cables from her claw grappling hook. The cables
don’t break and Simon pulls a machine down on himself. He
smashes the machine, but the pulling causes the whole wall to
fall over. Simon catches the wall and tells Hellcat to hurry and
move. He says that he can’t hold the wall up much longer,
and then suddenly the wall falls over. After a while Simon
manages to get the wall off of them, but Hellcat won’t
respond to him. Valkyrie, Moon Knight, and Jack Norris are
arriving when they hear the noise of the wall rising off them.
Val runs in to find Simon standing over an unconscious Hellcat.
Simon says that he wants to explain, but Valkyrie hits him. Simon
says that is enough. He says that the Avengers entrusted him with
protecting the mansion, but he has done a lousy job so far. Moon
Knight says he doesn’t believe him. Simon asks who cares
what he believes because they are the intruders. Moon Knight says
that his files don’t show that Wonder Man is an Avenger.
Wonder Man says that he isn’t an Avenger and that he just
returned to life, but doesn’t expect much as nobody has
listened to him at all so far. Moon Knight punches Wonder Man,
but only hurts his hand. Simon grabs Moon Knight and throws him
into Valkyrie. Simon is gonna finish them off when Hellcat wakes
up. She stops the fight and shows Simon she was an Avenger.
Suddenly Nick Fury’s face comes up on the screen. Fury says
that he is putting out a priority alert on Jack Norris, but that
they only want information.
Defenders #48- As Hellcat and
Val talk with Jack about the info stored in his subconscious Moon
Knight asks Wonder Man what is the matter. Simon says that he is
a little concerned about what the Avengers will say when they see
the destruction caused during the fight. Scorpio’s brother
poses as Fury and arrests Norriss. Simon says that he would ask
them to stay and get aquatinted, but he sees that they have
something to do. Moon Knight just disappears. Simon goes to get
Hellcat for Valkyrie.
Avengers #157
Avengers #158- As Wonder Man helps the woozy Scarlet
Witch Vision looks down at the statue of the Black Knight that
was alive with the spirit of the former Black Knight. Vision
realizes that he is like the statue. A non-living thing animated
by the spirit of Simon Williams. Vision is mocked by Wonder Man's
kind words towards his wife. Vision hits Wonder Man, and then
blasts him with a solar flare. Vision remarks that even though he
is less than human he is also better than humans. Wonder Man gets
back up saying that his strength is finally returning. He tackles
Vision, but in mid-air Vision turns intangible. Vision hardens to
a diamond, but Wonder Man hits the ground, knocking Vision off
balance, and then launches Vision with his next hit. Wonder Man
says that he is as dense as Vision, and hits harder. Vision
phases his hand into Wonder Man's chest, but while it hurts Simon
it by no means knocks him out. Simon smacks Vision. Scarlet Witch
asks the other Avengers to stop them, but Iron Man says they
should just let them work it out themselves. Wonder Man notices
how Vision seems to be getting weaker, but Vision blasts Simon
with a solar blast. Wonder Man blasts Vision into a machine. Iron
Man steps in and reminds Simon he is a guest, and tells Vision to
act like a man not a child. Jarvis enters and says he has
received a distress call. Later the Avengers burst through the
wall into Graviton's quarters. Graviton blasts them all back out.
Captain America goes to throw his shield, but Graviton causes it
to get incredibly heavy and traps Cap beneath it. Wonder Man
can't get it off him. After all the others are downed Beast and
Wonder Man charge Graviton, but are downed by rubble from the
city.
Avengers #159- Graviton lifts the Avengers into
the sky out of the rubble. He flies his island over New York and
demands world control or he will fly his island around destroying
every major city in the world. Thor arrives with Black Panther.
Iron Man uses his repulsors to blast off the slab, and while he
and Thor are losing to Graviton Panther frees Wonder Man and the
others with a field disruptor. The entire team is encased in
another field. When Graviton notices that his unrequited love
Judy has leaped from the island he blames the Avengers. His
powers go nuts and the island collapses on him like a black hole.
The Avengers just get free. The island becomes a super dense ball
weighing millions of tons. Wonder Man, Thor, Iron Man, and Vision
catch it before it causes an earthquake. They throw it into the
river, and return to the mansion. They find that Jarvis saved
Judy as she fell.
Avengers #160- Simon stands next to Wanda and
the others while Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, and Whizzer fly
away. Wonder Man’s face is bitter as Scarlet Witch and
Vision are making kissy faces at each other. Beast runs down to
his lab to clean it up, but he is blasted back out. Wonder Man
catches the unconscious Beast. Grim Reaper reveals himself. Simon
recognizes his voice. Reaper unmasks himself. Simon says he
didn’t recognize Eric behind the mask. Vision tells Reaper
that he knows Vision was created with his brain patterns, but
that nobody had the heart to tell him about his demented brother.
Vision says that the feud with the Avengers must be over because
his brother Simon is now alive. Reaper says that he will be the
judge of that. Beast tries to attack again, but Reaper smacks him
down. Vision says that they have to take him down, but Simon says
that he can’t fight his brother. Reaper takes down Scarlet
Witch and Vision. Reaper says that perhaps Wonder Man is his
brother, but until he knows for certain he must treat him as a
hostile. Reaper apologizes as he blasts him unconscious. When
Simon wakes up he, Vision, Wanda, Black Panther, and Beast are
all seated around the Avengers meeting table, but in manacles.
Reaper says that court is now in session. Reaper says that two
men cannot both be his brother and that one of them must die.
Reaper appoints Panther counselor to the accused. Vision tells
his origin and that he isn’t the true Simon Williams. Reaper
calls Wonder Man. Wonder Man says that this is unnecessary, but
that he will play along. Simon tells his story. Reaper says that
he believes Simon is telling the truth. For some reason Black
Panther says that Wonder Man could not be the true Simon. Wonder
Man takes off his goggles and reveals his ionic eyes. Reaper is
stunned. Vision says to destroy him already. Vision says that he
and Wonder Man are closer to brothers since neither is human.
Reaper says he will not be replaced and shocks everyone through
their manacles. They lay out and Reaper says he will slay the
android. Wonder Man wasn’t affected by the manacles and he
hits Eric. Reaper tells him to back off. Simon punches a piece of
a tower at Reaper. Reaper shreds it with his scythe. He blasts
Simon with some energy. He says that he was the one that paid
Black Talon to use Simon’s body to get revenge on the
Avengers. Simon is unhurt by the blast. Reaper tries to cut
Simon, but his blade shatters on his skin. Simon knocks Eric out
and apologizes. He revives the other Avengers, but asks for a
moment alone.
Avengers #161- Scarlet Witch
says she likes Wonder Man’s new outfit (a sure sign of love
as the suit is atrocious). Wonder Man says that the Beast
designed it for him. Suddenly the team is accosted by an Ant-Man
that still seems to think that the Avengers are as they were in
Avengers #1. He sends swarms of ants. Ant-Man gets under
Simon’s foot and flips him. They have no way of fighting
back until Wasp shows up and zaps him down. Wonder Man quickly
catches him before he hits the ground. Jan regrows Ant-Man in
Wonder Man’s arms. Wasp tells the others that Hank’s
mind seems to have cracked. Wonder Man says that Pym’s eyes
look dazed like his did when he came out of his
“death”. Beast takes Wasp home and she finds Ultron.
Beast staggers into the mansion. He says that “he” has
Jan. Hank seems to snap to. Suddenly Ultron comes crashing
through the roof. Vision rushes Ultron, but Ultron floors him
with the “agony of death”. Iron Man tells Wonder Man to
get up front and try to take the brunt of the next blast. Wonder
Man thinks how Iron Man must consider him an Avenger to count on
him the way he did. Ultron is amazed that it took a full two
seconds to knock Wonder Man out with his encephalo ray. Ultron
eventually triumphs, takes Ant-Man and leaves. Jarvis returns to
the mansion to find all the Avengers unconscious on the floor.
Avengers #162- Thor arrives
as it seems that Cap, Wanda, and Beast were killed by
Ultron’s ray. Wonder Man stands inside as they recharge Iron
Man. Wonder Man says that he left a message for Hawkeye. Thor
tries to call, but can’t reach Hawkeye either. Wonder Man
asks if Hawkeye is even worth it. Thor says that when Wonder Man
has proved himself a thousand times over he may question Hawkeye.
Later Wonder Man hits a machine frustrated with waiting. Thor
tells him to save his strength. Suddenly a swarm of ants spell
out “STARKLI”. Iron Man figures out it means the Stark
building in Long Island. As they take off Wonder Man hears Thor
say that they will fight to the death. Simon thinks that he
didn’t even consider that, but then recalls that Ultron has
already killed four Avengers. They crash into the building.
Ultron says that his ray is only a coma inducing one unless they
are left unrevived. Ultron is manipulating the sick Henry Pym to
create a mate for him out of Wasp. Wonder Man says it feels
surreal fighting for his life. He thinks how Thor doesn’t
seem scared. Thor and Wonder Man charge Ultron, but Ultron knocks
them aside. Wonder Man hits Ultron again, but realizes that he is
afraid of dying again. Ultron senses Wonder Man’s fear and
charges him. Thor comes up behind and they hold Ultron together.
Iron Man bluffs to destroy Jocasta. Ultron tells him how to stop
the transfer so he won’t hurt Jocasta. Ultron takes off.
Wonder Man starts to confess to Thor he was scared, but Thor
interrupts him saying that they will talk later. The group
realizes it must have been Jocasta that sent the ants for aid.
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Avengers #164- Wonder Man sits in a special
chair as Tony Stark, Hank Pym, Black Panther, the Beast, and a
lady bio-chemist, that Stark brought with him, examine him. Simon
asks if he is alive. Stark says that he isn’t. Not in any
sense of the word they know. Alice says that Simon’s cells
are like miniature fusion reactors. Black Panther wonders if Zemo
knew that he was creating a new form of life when he made Wonder
Man. Simon asks why he is suddenly “alive”. Alice says
that it seems that Simon didn’t really die, but entered a
cocoon state to undergo a transformation. Simon asks how he is
supposed to know if he is breathing or if he is just simulating
breathing. They start tests. The next day as they sit at the
meeting table Wonder Man says that he wishes he had been with the
Avengers yesterday, instead of at the Mets game, and maybe Power
Man, Whirlwind, and Living Laser wouldn’t have gotten away.
Beast arrives a suddenly a car smashes through the mansion wall.
Captain America tells everyone to wait until they make sure Wasp
is okay. Power Man calls them cowards and tells them to fight.
Wonder Man freaks and charges ahead. Wonder Man says that Captain
America told him who he was, and how he got his powers. Simon
says that Power Man didn’t have to die though and so he
can’t be as strong as him. Power Man, who received an
immense power boost from Count Nefaria’s scientists, smashes
him. Suddenly Wonder Man freezes in fear. The fight abruptly ends
when Power Man, Whirlwind, and Living Laser all lose their
powers. Wonder Man says he should have had Power Man down, and
wonders what kind of hero he is. Wonder Man says at least they
sort of won. Suddenly the ground starts to ripple, and the newly
powered Count Nefaria emerges.
Avengers #165- Wonder Man
joins in against Nefaria. Yellowjacket hopes Wonder Man
doesn’t freeze up the way he did against Power Man. Wonder
Man lays into Nefaria. He says that he once laid Thor out. He
isn’t used to putting his life on the line and that scares
him because he knows what it is like to be dead. Count Nefaria
gets up. He says that he, like Wonder Man, is new at this, and
that he wasn’t ready for Wonder Man’s strength, but
that he will be now. Wonder Man says he won’t back down.
Nefaria says that Wonder Man might be the strongest man there
ever was…next to him. Wonder Man punches Nefaria in the
stomach, but Nefaria doesn’t even flinch. Nefaria knocks
Wonder Man through a wall into the mansion. Jarvis helps Simon
up. Wonder Man says to get them help if he can, and to check if
the power was knocked out. The fight continues until Nefaria tips
over a forty-story building onto them. Wonder Man catches it, but
can’t hold it long as the building collapses. Later Iron Man
finds the m under the building. Simon was holding the rubble
right above them up so that they wouldn’t get crushed.
Nefaria returns for Thor. Wonder Man stands afraid as Nefaria
tears through them. Wonder Man finally finds his courage, but
Nefaria still knocks him out and into Captain America. Thor
arrives.
Avengers #166- Wonder Man
wakes up just after Professor Sturdy tells Nefaria that he is
going to die since he killed him. Sturdy says he installed
measures so that Nefaria would need him. Captain America still
can’t stand. Cap gives his shield to Wonder Man to counter
Nefaria’s eye beams. Vision hits Nefaria to the ground.
Wonder Man charges in and hits Nefaria. Nefaria tries to blast
him, but Wonder Man uses the shield to block. The entire team
joins in. Vision knocks Nefaria out when he drops from the sky as
heavy as a mountain.
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Avengers #167- Wonder Man
sits in a midtown diner with Thor. Simon discusses that Thor
hasn’t disappeared like he did when they fought Graviton and
Ultron. Thor doesn’t know what mysterious force keeps
bringing him to the Avengers side. Simon starts to tell Thor that
he feels that he is not man enough to be a superman, but his
beeper goes off signaling that the Avenges need them. They arrive
at Avengers mansion. The SHIELD space station is about to be
crashed into by a giant space station. The Avengers take off to
lend assistance. In space Wonder Man gets dressed in a space suit
despite the fact that he could probably survive without it. They
board the approaching station. Inside the station they find the
Guardians of the Galaxy. Wonder Man is kinda stunned since he has
never met any aliens before. The Guardians are chasing after
Korvac. Vance Astro, leader of the Guardians, figures that Korvac
came back in time to kill Astro as a young Vance Astrovik so that
he can never grow up to oppose him. Vance says that whatever they
do to oppose Korvac can’t involve him. Elsewhere Korvac gets
Carina Walters to come with him.
Avengers #168- The
Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy (less Vance Astro) head
to Avengers mansion. They can’t raise communication with
Jarvis. When they get back the alarms are going off. They find
Henry Gyrich waiting for them. Jarvis is tied up. Gyrich informs
them that the Avengers enjoy special privileges by the
government, and that the only two people who can revoke those
privileges are he and the president. Gyrich says that he easily
walked into Avengers mansion and had access to tons of United
States government secrets. He points out that the Avengers have
brought in people (and even Wonder Man) doesn’t have the
security clearance to have access to the government files. Gyrich
leaves. Cap starts arguing with Iron Man about his lackluster
leadership. Scarlet Witch yells at them both. Korvac messes with
Starhawk’s ability to perceive him.
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Avengers #170- Wonder Man
and Vision sit playing a game of chess. Jarvis notes to Scarlet
Witch that Vision and Simon have become friendly. Wanda says that
they have a lot in common. Wasp and Hank arrive. Hank tells Simon
to watch it because if Wasp spots him in his civvies she might go
design him another suit. Simon says that he just isn’t the
type. Wonder Man watches as Hank’s moving guy brings Jocasta
into the mansion. Jocasta comes to life. Wonder Man and the
others chase after her, but Jocasta activates a special alloy
door that Simon can’t break. Wanda almost has a hex ready,
but Simon just gets mad and blasts a hole in it with his fist.
Finally Simon, Beast, and Scarlet Witch catch up. Jocasta eye
blasts Beast unconscious. Simon says that he has had it, but
Jocasta erects a force field before he can hit her. She eye
blasts Simon. Iron Man and Cap tell them to let her go. Wonder
Man starts shouting. Iron Man says if he will shut up he will
tell him that his armor can track Jocasta right to Ultron.
Avengers #171- Wonder Man
says that they should have grabbed the robot when they had the
chance. The crowd is prohibiting them from following it well.
With directions from some of the crowd they trail the robot. A
bum says that he thought the robot was with the penguin. Ms.
Marvel offers the Avengers her help. Iron Man finds car tracks
where Jocasta and a nun drove away. Wonder Man spots Yellowjacket
and Wasp in a ship. Those that cannot fly ride in the ship to
follow Iron Man on the robot’s trail. Wonder Man asks Ms.
Marvel if she likes danger since she could have easily avoided
this fight. Ms. Marvel says she acts as if she has no fear to do
what must be done. They trace Jocasta to a convent. The nun lets
them in, but once inside a flash later the nun and Wanda are
missing. The Avengers find Ultron. Wonder Man realizes that he
should be in the front of the group because of his
invulnerability, and not hiding like a coward in the back. As
Ultron starts to attack the Avengers Wonder Man rushes up and
hits Ultron. Wonder Man lifts Ultron and hits him into a wall. He
thinks that he can’t stop to think about what he is doing.
Once all the Avengers are close enough Ultron encases them in a
force sphere. Jocasta rebels against Ultron. Ms. Marvel finds
Wanda, and Wanda’s hexes cause Ultron’s circuits and
molecular rearranger to malfunction. Thor sucks out Ultrons power
and dispels it. Simon finally starts to feel like an Avenger.
Jocasta and Cap disappear.
Avengers #172- The Avenger
return to the mansion to investigate Cap’s disappearance.
Inside they find Hawkeye back, and Gyrich tied up by security
measures. Gyrich revokes their priority status. They can’t
use their aircraft, monitors, or security clearances. Crystal
reports that Quicksilver is missing too. Tyrak is attacking the
harbor. Iron Man sends Wonder Man, Hawkeye, Wanda, Ms. Marvel,
and Vision to deal with Tyrak. Wanda rides on Wondy’s back.
He drops her off and flies in to fight. Tyrak knocks out Vision
at his heaviest weight. Wonder Man holds him up, but his jet
packs quickly burn out. When Wondy sees Ms. Marvel attacking
Tyrak he rushes to her aide. He pushes her aside to keep her from
harm’s way. Tyrak grabs them both. Wanda blasts Tyrak.
Vision then puts Tyrak down with his solar energy dehydrating
him. They want to call for a special cell for Tyrak, but without
their government clearance they are forced to set Tyrak free so
he doesn’t die of dehydration. Wondy asks Ms. Marvel if she
is coming with them. She says no thanks, but she would like to
come back and teach him a bit about liberated women. Simon says
someone will have to explain it to him. Suddenly Vision
disappears.
Avengers #173- Wonder Man is
eating in the kitchen when Thor enters. Simon asks Thor if he
would like to pull up a chair and have half of his sandwich. Thor
says he is unaccustomed to being addressed in such a familiar
manner by a stranger. Simon asks Thor what he is talking about.
He asks what about their battles against Graviton and Count
Nefaria. Thor says he knows of no such battles or of Wonder Man.
Wonder Man, Yellowjacket, and Wanda all disappear. Iron Man asks
Vance Astro if he can tell where these disappearances are being
caused from. Vance tells them he managed to trace it to an
orbiting construct. Vance then teleports the only Avengers left,
Thor, Hawkeye, Iron Man, and Wasp, to the location. There they
find that the one taking the Avengers is the Collector.
Avengers # 174- Wonder Man is
kept trapped as Thor, Hawkeye, Wasp, and Iron Man confront
Collector. Hawkeye is the last one standing and he defeats the
Collector. The Collector is explaining to the Avengers that he is
a prophet. He saw the coming of Thanos and started to collect
things he loved to protect them from his coming destruction.
Collector says that he would have stopped collecting with
Thanos’ death, but then he saw another threat coming, and
this time he decided to do something about it. Collector sent his
own daughter to spy upon the new threat. Just as Collector is
about to reveal the threat’s name he explodes from
existence.
Avengers #175- Wonder Man
suggests that they get out of there before whoever killed
Collector offs them too. Iron Man says that they would probably
be dead if that were going to happen. He says that they should
look around. Iron Man looks for information on Collector’s
“threat”, but when he finds it the information is dust
just like the Collector. Iron Man finds a time machine. They send
the Two-Gun Kid back to his right time. Iron Man reveals how
Collector kept bringing Thor to them with the time machine when
they needed him, and then would put him back with his memory
wiped. Vision finds the teleporter Collector used to bring them.
Simon is put back on Earth right in front of a moving bus. The
bus breaks apart and Simon has to tell the driver that Tony Stark
will pay for it. Later Wonder Man sits in on a meeting to discuss
what should be done about their unknown opponent. Ms. Marvel
returns having sensed their need for her. While Iron Man and
others try to discover their opponent’s identity Iron Man
tells everyone else to relax and prepare to fight. Ms. Marvel
tries to lift a magnetic barbell that is designed for advanced
weight lifting. The setting is for Thor and she can’t move
it. Wonder Man nearly gets it up, but needs for her to turn it
off. Marvel doesn’t know how and Iron Man has to do it.
Avengers #176- As the
Avengers with extra sensory powers scour for information about
“The Enemy” Wonder Man wonders how everyone can be
taking this so calmly. Black Panther says that until they have a
foe to fight there is little else to do. Later Moondragon has
Iron Man punch in the tiny fragments that each Avenger has found
out. With all the information added the computer pinpoints one
house. Because their clearances have been revoked the Avengers
are forced to commandeer a bus. The drive to the neighborhood and
get out. They walk right up to the house and knock. A man named
Michael answers the door. They ask if they can come in, and
Michael agrees. As the Avengers enter nobody notices that
Starhawk looks puzzled. The Avengers ask to look around for
something that threatens the universe. When they find nothing
Iron Man tells the Avengers with extra sensory powers to try.
They all come up with nothing. Starhawk interrupts and says that
he doesn’t know what their game is, but that they have all
been talking to someone that isn’t there. The Avengers all
realize that Starhawk cannot see the one called Michael, and that
they only way that is possible is if Michael is the being of
immense power. Wonder Man wonders if they might talk him into
surrendering. Michael admits it, but says that they will be sorry
they found him. Michael grows and turns purple with power. He
says that they brought this on themselves.
Avengers #177- Korvac says he
has no choice but to kill them. Moondragon mentally contacts the
Guardians of the Galaxy. Korvac goes on a rampage. He kills all
the Guardians (save Starhawk) and most of the Avengers. The other
Avengers are knocked out. After Korvac kills Captain America,
Wonder Man recovers and attacks Korvac. He says that he heard how
Korvac had commended Captain Marvel about not fearing death.
Wonder Man says that he died once and it was no fun. He says that
the thought of dying scares him, and that he figured that there
must be some purpose for his resurrection. Simon says that this
is it, and that with everything riding on him he won’t fail.
Simon shouts that he is not afraid anymore, but as he leaps at
Korvac, Korvac kills him with a blast. Thor, Iron Man, Starhawk,
and Vision. When Korvac looks to Carina for love, and finds that
she hesitates he dies having lost the reason to live. Carina
freaks out and forces Thor to kill her. She collapses with her
hand reaching out for Korvac’s. Moondragon says that she
entered Korvac’s mind and that he was not evil or even
sought to rule them. He just wanted to free them from Eternity.
Moondragon reveals that the Avengers and Guardians still live as
Korvac reached out before he died to cure them.
Korvac Saga-
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Avengers #201- Wonder Man, Beast, and Captain
America see Jarvis off as he goes to take a day off.
Thor #271
Avengers #178- While walking home from a club
where he was forced to physically handle a bigot Beast encounters
a man that claims to suffer the physical pain of the Beast’s
emotional scars. The man disappears when he is hit by lightning
and Beast runs to Avengers mansion. There he relates the story to
Wonder Man and Wasp. Simon asks if there is anything on the
Avengers files about this race of empaths. When Wasp says that
there isn’t Simon asks about the effects of alcohol on blue
furry mutants.
Marvel Team-Up #78- Wonder Man is enjoying a
quiet day reading a book when he hears a crash in the other room.
He runs in to find Griffin standing there. Griffin demands to
know where the Beast and the Avengers are because he wants
revenge. Simon says that right now he is the Avengers. Simon hits
Griffin. Simon feels it when Griffin hits back. He decides that
he better take him out fast. Simon realizes that Griffin’s
horrific appearance is not a mask. Griffin laughs and hits Simon.
Griffin says that Wonder Man stinks of fear. Spider-Man arrives
and keeps Griffin busy until Griffin is struck by some kind of
attack. Griffin calls some birds to occupy Simon and Spider-Man
while he gets away. Simon thanks Spidey for saving his bacon.
Spidey says that it was he and the Beast who last defeated
Griffin. Spidey tells Simon Griffin’s story as he was
transformed by the Secret Empire. Spider-Man says that Griffin is
speaking stranger than before, and that he is more powerful.
Spider-Man tells Simon to find the other Avengers while he finds
Griffin. Simon can’t find any of the Avengers, but realizes
that he should be out there helping Spider-Man. He says that he
isn’t afraid of dying anymore. Spidey realizes that Griffin
gets stronger the more people battle him. Griffin pounds
Spider-Man. Simon flies in on a new ship built by Stark. Simon
fires on Griffin. Griffin becomes even stronger and more bestial.
Griffin pulls Simon from the ship, and the ship crashes against
the ground. Spider-Man pulls Griffin’s face back with
webbing. Simon goes to see if the guns on the ship still work.
Spidey sets Griffin up, and Simon blasts him. Griffin picks the
ship up. He has now gone completely bestial. He no longer
remembers wanting to fight Spidey and Simon. Griffin is scared by
the fire on the ship. He accidentally drops the ship on himself.
Simon assures Spider-Man that it is horrible when your fear
death.
Avengers #179- The Avengers are appearing at a
museum to help fundraising. Bloodhawk attacks claiming that the
totem that was stolen from his homeland Maura needs to be
returned or the land will be destroyed. The Avengers defeat him
and take him back to the mansion. After Bloodhawk wakes up, the
Avengers vote on whether to release the totem to them. Simon and
Vision vote with the majority to help them. Simon remains behind
as some of the others fly to the museum. Suddenly the Stinger
:::sighs::: attacks. He has made himself invisible and stung
Yellowjacket. Wanda is stung next. Somehow Stinger’s very
lame weapon, his vibratory “shock”, stuns Simon.
Stinger also manages to sting Jarvis before he can alert the
other Avengers. In Bloodhawk’s land the altar where the
totem stood turns out to be the head of a giant rock monster.
Avengers #180- As the others
battle the giant rock back at the mansion Stinger defeats Iron
Man. Beast puts the totem back on the rock guy, and Thor
teleports him away. Back at Avengers mansion Stinger has Wonder
Man, Scarlet Witch, Yellowjacket, Wasp, Black Panther, and Iron
Man mounted to some kind of white board. In addition to his
“fabulous” weapons Stinger has a terribly interesting
motive: money. He plans to auction the Avengers off for a minimum
of one million dollars apiece. The other Avengers return to the
mansion with Bloodhawk. Vision phases through the wall and is the
first to fall to the apparently all-powerful sting. The Beast
follows. Thor is the only one left. Stinger sets his weapon to
its highest setting. Stinger is about to sting Thor when
Bloodhawk dives in front. The others get free because Beast
quickly recovered and let them off the also very powerful white
wall. Thor makes it rain inside the mansion causing the invisible
Stinger to be seen. The Avengers take him down, but Bloodhawk
dies from his sacrifice.
Iron Man #114- Wonder Man stands by as Iron Man
brings in the Unicorn to Hank Pym to be cured. Wonder Man remarks
that Avengers mansion is becoming a nursing home for super
villains. First it was the Eternity Man, then Count Nerfaria, and
now the Unicorn. They’re going to expose Unicorn to some
radiation so they leave him be. While they’re outside and
talking about how Unicorn fell ill when the Unicorn is revived
and crashes through the wall. As Unicorn runs through the mansion
he accidentally allows access to a giant robot called Arsenal.
Arsenal knocks Vision out before he can increase his density and
gasses the Beast. Only Wonder Man and Iron Man are still
standing. Wonder Man takes a punch and lands in some machinery.
Simon has to duck as Iron Man is soon hurtling over his head.
Simon says that he is sick of being on the defensive in their own
mansion. He runs right up to Arsenal, but takes the point blank
range shot of the pulse cannon on Arsenal’s chest. Wonder
Man is out cold. Iron Man defeats Arsenal.
Iron Man #115- Wonder Man
watches with the others as the Beast lowers the now encased
Unicorn. Iron Man says that they have no idea who was controlling
Unicorn or Arsenal. They also don’t know where Arsenal went.
Iron Man sends Simon and the others out to search for some clue
for a third time.
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Marvel Two-In-One #51- The Thing, Nick Fury,
Beast, Ms. Marvel, Jarvis, and Wonder Man all gather for a poker
game at Avengers mansion. Thing says that nobody is allowed to
wear “cheaters”. He tells Simon to take off his
sunglasses. Simon does so, but his red eyes glow. Thing says that
they can make an exception in his case. Ms. Marvel wins a big
hand with a full house. Nick Fury gets a communication that there
is a break in at Arsenal Six. When Fury gets another message that
the helicarrier is being attacked by the stolen item the poker
game is broken up. Thing flies everyone to the helicarrier in the
Fantasticar. The helicarrier is being attacked by the Yellow
Claw’s Sky Dragon, but the attackers are US paratroopers.
Ms. Marvel and Wonder Man fly off to confront the ship while
Beast leaps off to fight. The window smashes in as Simon says
that he thought he had this section secured. They see one guy and
rush in, but Wonder Man knocks them all back. The bad guy Pollock
grabs the final component for the Ultimate Annihilator and runs
with it. Simon sees some of the troops retreating. He reaches out
to grab them, but a cable wraps around his wrist and blasts him
with millions of amperes of energy. Simon shakes the ship as he
frees himself. Pollock sees Ms. Marvel on his ship, and each new
door he runs to is blocked by a hero. After SHIELD takes Pollock
everyone heads back to Avenges mansion. He goes to make some
coffee so they can continue playing, but everyone is already
asleep when he walks in with it.
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Avengers #186- behind the scenes- Quicksilver
puts in a call from Transia, near Wundagore Mountain, to the
Avengers telling them that Scarlet Witch is in trouble.
Avengers #187- As the quinjet
flies over Transia a third engine blows out. Captain America
apologizes to Wonder Man for getting him involved in this, but
with Iron Man on forced leave they needed him Simon says that he
is glad to help out, and that it sounds like they will need
muscle. The quinjet is about to crash and Cap orders everyone
off. Beast wants to stay on board to make sure the quinjet
doesn’t land on anyone. Cap says no, but Simon tells Cap
that he is nearly invulnerable. He straps his flying belt on
Beast and throws him off the quinjet. Simon manages to pull the
quinjet up to avoid hitting the ground and instead crashes into a
mountain. Simon gets up from the crash and sees a bright shining
light. He thinks to himself that the light looks like Wanda, but
“Wanda” says, “not anymore”. Suddenly Simon
is frozen and shunted off towards the other Avengers who are
likewise helpless before Chthon who now inhabits Scarlet
Witch’s body. The Avengers all hang upside down and
paralyzed by power. Chthon recalls its history, but then he looks
up to see what appears to be a Knight of Wundagore, but is
actually the Beast who landed from the quinjet near a deceased
New Man’s armor. He flies in at Chthon and the distraction
is enough to free the Avengers from Chthon’s hold. Wanda and
Pietro’s foster parent holds a doll made of wood that
contains Wanda’s soul. Quicksilver realizes that the wood
was exposed to the Uranium from the mountain. He realizes that
the power is in the wood. All the Avengers hold the doll and will
Wanda’s soul to re-enter her body, and for Chthon to enter
the doll. Quicksilver runs with the doll and throws it near the
mountain. Wanda quickly hexes up an avalanche that buries the
doll. The Avengers go home.
Avengers #188
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Avengers #189- After battling Arsenal Wonder
Man stands talking with Captain America inside Avengers mansion.
Simon says that it was fun playing Wonder Man again, but he had
better be getting back to his off broadway play, and his young
starlet that he is keeping waiting. Beast says that was his boy
that said that.
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- Simon barges into a staff meeting that is closed to
the public. He says that he has spent the last three days waiting
to speak to the director and he has had enough. The voice of the
director comes over the intercom and says that she does not wish
to speak to him and that he has no authority to make such a
demand. Simon says that he oversaw the construction of the
building when it was the Brooklyn branch of “Williams
Innovations”. The Director tells him to leave and they will
overlook his illegal entrance. Outside as they drive Simon back
to the main gate Simon realizes that his suspicions were correct
and that something is rotten in Denmark. He leaps out of the cart
and onto a building. His escorts notify security. Simon climbs
onto the roof and rips a lock off the door. He drops into the
building. Simon accidentally sets off a pressurized alarm. The
walls close in and start spraying a gas. Simon punches his way
through the wall. The guards are there and offer to show him out
again. Wonder Man knows now that his old factory is being
controlled by the Maggia. Wonder Man takes a cab to Avengers
mansion. He does some research and finds his old vice president
of the Brooklyn division and goes to talk to him about what
happened while he was dead. He finds the man is running a novelty
shop. Maddy tells Simon that after he died the newcomers starting
replacing workers with underworld types. When he protested he was
fired and blacklisted. His wife and kids left him soon after.
Simon thanks him and says that he is off to get physical
evidence. Maddy gets Simon to agree to let him get even with the
guys that did this to him. Later, Simon rips up the electrified
fence. They go back to the building from before to find out what
they are storing there. Simon knocks out a guard and grabs his
keys. Simon discovers that the Maggia is storing illegal weapons
there. Maddy accidentally sets off a rocket launcher. Maddy uses
the weapons to hold off the guards while Simon breaks into his
old office to get files for proof. Inside the director sicks a
dreadnought on Wonder Man. Simon defeats the thing, but the
Director blows up the building to hide the evidence. Maddy dies.
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Avengers #195- Wonder Man wants to bust out of
the elevator when it breaks down. He says he is kind of
claustrophobic after being dead. Iron Man says that they are over
budget for repairs already, but quickly gets it working again.
Jarvis tells Beast that Ms. Zimmerman called for him. Beast tells
Wonder Man that he told him he would set him up. Simon says that
they should talk about this. Later at the meeting Captain America
announces that Iron Man is stepping down as chairman. The meeting
ends and Beast tells Simon to get ready for their double date.
Simon says that he hasn’t had much luck with blind dates.
Later Simon meets Candy Brown. Candy is a knockout, but Simon
finds out that she has a kid named Chauncey who is also there.
She says her sister cancelled on her at the last minute. Chauncey
jumps onto Simon and wants a ride. Simon mutters that when he
gets Beast back to the mansion…
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Avengers #197
Avengers #198- After the disasterous blind date
Simon and Beaast went back out to a pub. They stagger home
singing with their arms on each other’s shoulders. Beast
says that he is really sorry about the date, and that to make it
up to him he is taking him to see the sunrise over Manhattan.
Simon asks why they are on the west side then. Simon says that it
is the thought that counts anyway. He says that they have a great
view of the Hudson River, the Jersey Coast, and the giant red
robot. They do a double take for the giant red robot. They start
to run so they can call the other Avengers, but two giant metal
grapplers descend and lift them into the quinjet. Captain America
tells them that the robot is Red Ronin, and was built by SHIELD
to battle Godzilla (not Marvel’s property). Beast makes
himself an Alka-Seltzer while Simon gets into his uniform. While
some of the others try to attack the head Simon and some others
attack at the feet. Wonder Man can’t even dent the foot as
he punches it. Beast spots a door, and says that it might be
weaker than the rest. It is and Wonder Man punches the door in,
but he is then zapped by an energy field. Simon is knocked out.
Beast doesn’t want to leave him alone, but Jocasta convinces
Beast that he must. The other Avengers defeat Red Ronin with
SHIELD’s help.
Tales of the Marvels: Wonder Years
#1-flashback-
Avengers #198
Avengers #199
Avengers #200
Avengers #201- Wonder Man, Iron Man, and Thor
carry out huge dumpsters of debris from the mansion to the trucks
outside. Wonder Man and Iron Man both feel Ms. Marvel made a
mistake leaving them to “mother” Marcus Immortus, but
Thor feels that it was a noble act full of compassion. Wonder Man
asks if anyone knows what time it is. He realizes that he has to
rush to the cable studio to do his show. After Simon gets changed
he starts to leave. Beast says that he would like to go with him,
but Simon says that his director doesn’t allow any guests.
Beast convinces him to let him tag along. Later at the studio
Simon appears on the Uncle Elmer show as Mr. Muscles. Beast says
that this is going to be rich, and Simon thanks him for his
support. Uncle Elmer tells Simon that his job is hanging by a
thread. Simon does a “whirl-a-round” which is basically
a few rings that Simon holds up while children ride it like a
merry go round. While trying to snag a golden ring a little girl
pulls off Uncle Elmer’s wig. Uncle Elmer fires Simon and
insults Beast.
Avengers #202- behind the
scenes- Jocasta is trying to locate Beast and Wonder Man to warn
them that Ultron may be about, but her sensors seem to jammed
from afar.
Avengers #203-
Simon walks along the misty streets with the Beast
complaining about how he lost his television job. Beast points
out to Simon that they seem to be lost. Hank says that he
doesn’t recognize anything. He goes to ask some guys on the
corner for direections. The guys hit Beast with clubs saying that
he and Beast are crawlers. As Beast and Simon talk to each other
as they fight the guys come to realize their error, and that they
are fighting Wonder Man and Beast. They apologize and tell them
about the stealing crawlers. They walk away, and a girl named
Juanita Lopez asks Beast and Simon to help her get her brother
Hugo back from the crawlers. She tells them that she was always
close to her brother, but that he started playing by himself
recently, and that was when the crawlers started to appear and
break into stores. Juanita’s mother shows up and smacks her
for talking to strangers, but they fade into the fog. Simon says
that he doesn’t like this. Beast points out a manhole cover,
and says that he is going to hatewhat he has in mind then. They
go down into the sewers and find a trail. Suddenly creepers jump
onto them, but Hugo tells them to let them go. Hugo recognizes
them as Avengers and welcomes them in to show them around. They
tell him that his sister is worried for him. Hugo tells them
about how some scientist were trying to create a being that
didn’t need air, but when they failed they poured their
experiment down the drain. He explains that they are peaceful,
and know they don’t belong above. Suddenly the guys that
attacked Beast earlier rush in to attack the crawlers. The
crawlers go beserk and Simon and Beast take Hugo out of their for
his own safety. They walk Hugo home where his father punishs him,
and his mother hits him. She tells them to get lost and slams the
door. As they walk away Juanita runs up to them and says that
Hugo ran away again. They find him back with the crawlers and
Hugo tells Juanita to stay with them. The idiots from before
return “to the rescue” with dynamite. Beast tries to
stop them, but the crawlers are washes away in an explosion. Hugo
goes with them. Back on the surface Juanita’s mother is
furious. Beast says that he is going to hit her if she
doesn’t let go of Juanita. Juanita asks them not to step in.
Beast and Simon struggle to find where they are. They finally
find their way out of the mist, and try to tell the police about
the explosion in the sewers. The police say that there have been
no explosions. Simon and Beast return to the mansion and fall
asleep in the lounge.
Avengers #204- The Avengers
say goodbye to Hawkeye before starting their meeting. Cap sees a
letter marked “life or death”. He opens it up and reads
a letter from a man in Hong Kong who has been getting
transmissions from a Shu Han, a woman that has won both in the
Olympics and the Nobel Prize, that she is the prisoner of the
Yellow Claw. The fly there in the quinjet. Vision and Wasp go
ahead to scout around while the others fly the quinjet to the
other side of the island. As they cross the island they encounter
several of Claw’s traps; a giant mechanically controlled
squid and several devices. When the Avengers finally arrive there
Yellow Claw welcomes them and asks why they have come. They tel
him about Shu Han. He is shocked, but produces Shu Han saying
that she is not his prisoner. He merely wants an heir before he
dies. He tells her to get out, and that there are plenty others
who want to do the job. The Avengers leave with the subdued
Vision, whom Yellow Claw has hooked up to his machines, and the
still hiding Wasp. They have no recourse but to leave since Claw
seems to be doing nothing wrong.
Avengers #205- Back at the mansion Simon
listens to Wasp’s scouting report about the Yellow Claw
again to try and find Claw’s real agenda. Suddenly Jarvis
announces that a Dr. William Liu, Claw’s top scientist, is
there to see them. Simon checks the scanners, and when he sees
that the man is unarmed he says to let him in. The doctor tries
to warn them about the horrible things he knows, but Yellow Claw
destroys him by a remote control explosive he had in Liu’s
body. Liu tells them to go to Australia and save the children.
They all fly to Australia, except the Vision who notices
Liu’s robotic interior and goes his own way. The Avengers
are discovered by Claw’s men, and Vision finds Claw himself.
Vision however is trapped in a sort of stasis field. Claw plans
to release a gas sterilizing the entire world except those inside
his base. Then his children will populate the world. Wasp throws
dirt into one of Claw’s men’s armor. It slows him just
enough to allow Simon to paste him. The three remaining armored
followers of Claw join hands. They explode, but Wanda protected
them with a hex sphere. Vision and Claw blast off in the ship
that will spray the vapor. Simon and Iron Man try to stop it, but
bounce off the force field. Vision increases his weight to
unreached levels and crashes the ship. Yellow Claw’s body is
not found.
Avengers #206- As Simon and
the others Avengers are sitting around drinking tea and coffee
the Beast comes in to show them a fire on television. They say it
looks like a regular enough fire to them. Beast rattles off
something in French, but Simon asks him if he could stick to
English. Beast says that he thinks the fire is alive. They all
see the face inside the fire and fly out to help. Iron Man flies
alongside Simon. He says that if a fire this size explodes it
might take all of New Jersey with it. Iron Man’s armor
protects him and the Vision goes intangible, but Simon catches
fire. Iron Man seems concerned for some reason. Simon says that
he isn’t chickening out, but Iron Man repulsor rays him out
of the fire. Two firemen try to catch Simon, but he falls right
through the net. Beast gives Simon a hand getting up. Simon gets
into asbestos suits with the others and walks into the fire.
Vision greets them and tells them to follow him. They find Pyron,
the evil mind behind the controlled spreading of the strange
fire. As Wonder Man and Beast attack Pyron their suits begin to
smolder and burn. Jocasta eye blasts them, but exposes herself
through the holes. Wonder Man carries her out. Outside Wonder Man
tells the others about Pyron. The president of Liquigas Company
starts yelling at Simon, but Simon grabs him saying that Pyron
mentioned that he was working for Liquigas as an industrial
arsonist, but that they double crossed him and the preset bomb
went off prematurely changing him. Wasp beats Pyron with a foam
pellet.
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Avengers #207- In Italy, Simon is acting in a
cowboy movie as Black Bart. He walks out of a saloon and is
blasted by a cannonball. The director yells cut, and says that it
is the worst death scene he has ever seen. Simon apologizes
saying it is hard to act hurt when he barely feels the
cannonballs. The director says that he hired him because he was
supposed to know how to act. The director calls out for lunch.
Beast says that he though t he fell down well. Simon says that he
is just hoping somebody important will see this spaghetti western
and be impressed with his ability. Simon thanks Beast for coming.
Beast says that he enjoys practicing his Italian. Simon greets
his press agent Rachael Palmer. She tells Simon that he hopes
this works out for him. Simon says that she just wants to ride
his coat tails to the top if he succeeds. Beast says that Simon
came down pretty hard on her, and adds that Simon ought to act
with a little more confidence. Inside Simon’s trailer the
Avengers emergency alarm is going off. Captain America says that
an island city just popped up off the shore of Majorca, and he
wants them to go check it out. Wonder Man laments that he will
never get to be a star at this rate. Rachael overhears the
dilemma. As Simon and Beast arrive at the scene they see that
there is an aircraft carrier lifted out of the water onto a small
island. They tell Simon and Beast that a strong wind from the
risen city blew them there. Simon manages to fly into the city
with Beast on his back. They see a man there, but with a wave of
his hand he blows the back out of the city. Simon spots Rachael
trying to steel a boat inside the city. She is likewise thrown
off by rising waterspouts. Rachael lands before the
stranger’s feet. Simon tries to fly in, but is ambushed by
waves. The Avengers grab Simon from the quinjet. The Shadow Lord
tells Rachael he is from an ancient land, and has been watching
for the Beserker to be freed from earth, and that it is right
now. The needless fight scene begins. Beast realizes that his
power lies in the city itself. They destroy the city and Shadow
Lord dies. Rachael tells them that Shadow Lord stood against the
real threat the Beserker.
Avengers #208- The Avengers
make a grave for the Shadow Lord. Simon slams a giant headstone
into place. After Rachael shows them the Beserker’s origin.
The Shadow Land disappears. Rachael whines because she can’t
further her career because the evidence sank. Simon says that at
least she still has a job. Simon apologizes to Rachael, and she
invites him out to dinner. Back at Avengers mansion, Simon gets a
letter from his agent Sid Sterling saying that he was fired off
his movie, and that he should get a new agent. They find
Beserker. He grabs his flying chariot. Beserker scoops up
Rachael, and leaves the Avengers trapped in a dome of
impenetrable fire. The fire dies down, and they go after Beserker
again. Beserker takes the jewels off Rachael that the Shadow Lord
gave her as a symbol of the death of his greatest enemy. The
Avengers find him again and the battle starts again. Simon
realizes that the jewelry is a key to Shadow World. He tries to
connect them, but when it doesn’t work Beserker hits him.
Simon goes down. All the Avengers go down but Wasp. Suddenly
Simon is back up. Beserker grabs Simon and starts to sap his
strength. Simon manages to break free. He brings the jewelry
together just at sundown. As Beserker starts to move into Shadow
World Wasp blasts the jewel key making sure he cannot get back.
Simon says that he was only acting unconscious, and that it is
too bad his director missed it.
Avengers #209- On April 10,
1981 at 2:17pm Simon meets Hank’s girl Vera for the first
time. He tells Vera that Hank has been talking about her for the
last few weeks. Vera says that Beast talks about them too, but
Simon says not to listen because they’re really very nice.
Beast says that Simon didn’t even have a sense of humor
before meeting him. Jarvis brings Vera some tea. Beast recalls
that it is Jarvis’ day off. Vera falls over dead from
poisoned tea. Jarvis turns out to be a Skrull that says that if
they want to see Vera alive again that they will listen to him.
He says that he can bring her back to life if they get him the
Resurrection Stone. Once they hear his story Simon knocks out the
Skrull. Beast says that he will do anything to bring her back.
Later Reed Richards sends Simon, Beast, Vision, and Scarlet Witch
back in time to the time of the Bubonic Plague to find the stone.
The locals see them and start yelling that they are demons of
Devlunn. Wanda plays along and says that they are greater than
Devlunn and does some magic. One of the locals leads them to
Devlunn. Devlunn turns out to be a ten year old boy. They shatter
the tower he stands on and Devlunn falls. Devlunn stops falling
and then summons the dead to fight for him. Devlunn’s half
only resurrects the body. Beast manages to grab the stone during
the fight. Suddenly they are transported to Germany in 1945. They
find Dachau. Slain Jewish people seem to be getting up from the
dead. One of the prisoners has the stone and is using it to put
the souls back into his dead wife and daughters’ bodies.
Beast causes the man to see that his wife and children are gone
(though I’m not sure why he didn’t just cure them since
he had the other half of the stone). They are back in the present
and heading towards the Skrull’s ship. Beast is teleported
to the ship, but he decides destroy the gem rather than give it
to the Skrull. The others get aboard the ship and quickly find
the Skrull and Vera. Beast stomps the Skrull. Back on Earth Reed
tells Beast that Vera isn’t dead though she is dying. Reed
says that he placed Vera into suspended animation until he can
find a cure.
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Marvel Two-In-One #78- The
Thing watches a crappy show called Monster Man. Monster Man is
Simon Williams in a costume. The show is a hit, but seems to
border on defamation of character for the Thing. He flies out
there to confront his old poker buddy. Simon is working out with
a two-ton weight as he talks with Silverberg, the show’s
director. The Thing brushes off all the security guards as he
barrels through. Thing says that he is going to sue them. Simon
sees Thing and asks if he has come to watch them shoot. Thing
says only if Simon is the target. Thing crunches up a camera and
throws it at Simon and walks out. Simon catches it, but drops it
as he runs after the Thing. The next day Simon is at Avengers
mansion working out on a gigantic punching machine. Simon is
talking with Beast. He says that while he really needs the
experience acting, but says that it isn’t worth the price of
a friendship or his self-respect. Simon demolishes the machine
and says that he feels much better after a little exercise. The
next day Wonder Man tells Silverberg that he is quitting.
Silverberg threatens to have Simon thrown in jail because he has
a contract (?). Simon agrees to finish his episodes, but then he
is quitting. Silverberg contacts Monster Man’s true creator
Amos Moses to tell him Simon is leaving. Moses is really Xemnu
the alien who is hypnotizing people through the television. As
Simon is getting some make up put on Xemnu hypnotizes him to
stay. The Thing notices the hypnotizing effect the show is having
and goes to investigate. He finds a device inside the camera, but
then comes face to face with a hypnotized Wonder Man. Simon decks
Thing. Thing says that he may have been out of line yesterday,
but that is no reason to hit him. Xemnu reveals that Simon is
under his control. Simon advances on Thing, but Thing pulls the
ground out from under Simon’s feet. While Thing is fighting
giant vegetables Simon recovers and tackles him. Simon is
manhandling Thing because Ben is trying not to hurt Simon. Thing
sees another camera that has been hypnotizing people. He throws
Simon into it breaking it. Simon is freed. Xemnu gets away, but
Simon joins Thing for root beer and aspirins.
Avengers #210- Cap calls the Avengers together
to witness all the horrific weather around the world. Thor shows
up confirming that the weather is unnatural. Cap sends Wasp and
Wonder Man to Antarctica to investigate the heat wave. He sends
the others to different extreme locations. Each of the teams of
Avengers is blasted by a Weatherman. Wasp and Simon are attacked
by the heat Weatherman. Simon throws a chunk of ice at him, but
he melts it and it returns as boiling rain towards the ground.
Jocasta, who was accidentally left behind, flies into space to
the Samarobyrn the weather satellite. She finds that the five-man
crew that is supposed to be there are missing. She determines
that they are the weathermen, but then the satellite speaks to
her saying that they serve him. As Jocasta fights the satellite
the Weathermen weaken. Thor realizes the truth and disables the
sentient part of the satellite with lightning. Later when they
realize that Jocasta was left behind Captain America decides that
it is time to change the roster.
Avengers #211- Wasp says to Wonder Man that Cap
seems really serious about the roster change. Simon says that he
was never very good at the hero business anyway. Beast senses the
somber mood, and decides to do something about it. He bounds over
everyone and grabs Simon’s glasses off his face. Simon
starts chasing after Beast. Once outside Beast jumps into a tree.
Simon chops the tree down with one swoop of his hand. Beast falls
out of the tree, but Simon snatches him out of the air. Simon
takes his glasses back and then throws Beast into the air. Beast
fears for his life, but Simon catches him of course. Simon says
that he is going to miss hanging out with Beast. Beast asks why
he doesn’t think he’ll make the cut. Simon says that he
is leaving voluntarily. Simon says that he just doesn’t like
facing death all the time. As the meeting to decide who stays and
who goes begins a group of heroes (under the influence of
Moondragon) besiege the mansion to try out for membership.
Skirmishes break out until the realize that it was
Moondragon’s doing. Moondragon departs, but the heroes
remain behind. Simon tries to introduce himself to Hercules.
Hercules wonders why they call him Wonder Man, and Simon says
that he is nearly as strong as Thor. Hercules figures this means
it is time for a fight. Simon decks Hercules back, and Herc
concludes that Simon is nearly Thor’s equal in strength.
Herc says that Simon is a worthy Avenger. Simon explains that he
was going to leave to pursue his acting career. Hercules puts his
arm around Simon, and says that he has been hanging around that
crowd. Herc offers to introduce Simon to some directors and
producers.
Defenders #98- Dr. Strange and the Defenders
teleport back to Strange’s house. Wong gives Strange the
phone call from Captain America. Simon sits in the quinjet with
Cap as he explains that the president asked the Avengers to look
into something, but that is seems more like is in the
Defenders’ line. He says that they are flying over
Citrusville, but where the town used to be has been replaced with
a giant crater in the shape of a six-fingered hand. The Defenders
teleport to the Avengers’ location. Strange tells them to
give them an hour, and if they aren’t back to do whatever
they deem necessary.
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Defenders #104- Before Devil-Slayer became a
superhero he was a mercenary. Once he was suppose4d to kill Ian
Fate, but accidentally killed his wife and child with a car bomb.
Strange says that they need more muscle to save Devil-Slayer from
Ian Fate. The Beast suggests the ex-Avenger Wonder Man. Simon is
practicing his lines for an upcoming monster movie he is going to
be in when Dr. Strange’s astral form appears on his window.
Strange explains that Beast recommended him. Simon says that
Beast is his best friend so he will come, but asks Strange to use
the phone the next time he needs him. Wonder Man and the others
arrive just as Ian Fate leaves Devil-Slayer. Ian Fate showed
Devil-Slayer his wife being held captive in another dimension. He
wants Devil-Slayer to feel as helpless as he did when
Devil-Slayer killed his wife and child. Strange manages to find
where Cory, Devil-Slayer’s wife, is. Wonder Man thinks to
himself that Devil-Slayer and Strange are so grim that they make
the Vision seem like Bill Murray. The dimension is very close to
Dormammu’s, but they teleport there anyway. Simon starts to
fall as the ground that Strange wanted to teleport them to has
shifted. Beast catches Simon. They come face to face with Ian
Fate and the dimension locals. Beast, Slayer, and Simon fight the
locals while Strange fights Fate. Wonder Man and Beast work like
an well-oiled machine. Despite their best efforts Cory is stabbed
to death. A spell fades and Cory is revealed to be a junkie that
Slayer was trying to help. Fate says that he couldn’t kill
an innocent woman, but viewed the junkie as garbage. Slayer
prepares to kill Fate, but Simon stops him. He says that the
junkie Sunshine is dead because of Slayer’s past deeds and
that instead of killing Fate he should accept his own role in the
tragedy.
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Contest of Champions #1- Wonder Man tells Wanda
that he needs more weight. He says that he isn’t even
breaking a sweat. Wanda asks how much more he needs since he is
already pressing two tons. The Beast makes a challenge to all the
Avengers that if they can’t grab him in two minutes that
they have to come upstairs and party with him. Simon leaps for
him, but Beast bounces off his back. The Avengers close in, but
as they grab Beast they are all teleported away by an unseen
force. The Avengers find themselves in a giant room filled with
every hero on Earth. The Grandmaster and a hooded figure appear
before them saying that they have placed all of Earth in
suspended animation. They say that they are playing for the life
of the Collector. If Grandmaster wins Collector is restored to
life, if Grandmaster loses he joins Collector in death. The
Grandmaster and the hooded figure pick sides. Wonder Man
isn’t selected.
Contest of Champions #2-
behind the scenes- Wonder Man stands around with all the other
unchosen heroes as Grandmaster wins the first of four challenges.
The hooded figure’s team wins the second challenges.
Contest of Champions #3-
behind the scenes- Wonder Man stands around with all the other
unchosen heroes as Grandmaster wins the first of four challenges.
Grandmaster also wins the fourth challenge (despite the fact that
Shamrock was the Unknown’s pawn). The Unknown is revealed as
Death. Collector is restored to life, but Grandmaster dies in his
place. The Avengers are sent back to their workout. Beast says
that though he had nothing to do with it he evaded the Avengers
for the time. Beast says that he doubts he will want to play
anymore games for a while.
Marvel Two-In-One annual #7- The alien promoter Proja recruits Wonder Man among
Earth’s heroes to fight Champion. Simon finds himself in a
super powers gym with Thor, Sasquatch, Colossus, Banner Hulk, Doc
Samson, Thing, and Namor. Champion arrives and tells them all how
he travels the galaxy looking for noble competitors. They attack
Champion together, but are repelled by his Power Primordial.
Champion says that they will present him with suitable
competition or he will turn his attention to Earth itself. Simon
is assigned a trainer to help him prepare for the fight. Wonder
Man is riding an exercise bike. His trainer tells him to put some
heart in it, but Simon thinks to himself how he lacks the heart
which is why he is acting instead of being a superhero. The
fights begin. Thor is disqualified because he won’t lose the
hammer. Hulk is disqualified when he goes savage. Sasquatch and
Colossus are knocked out. Simon and the Thing watch Colossus
being carried out. Simon says that he and Thing are the only ones
left. Thing tells Simon to concentrate on winning the fight.
Simon goes next. Champion pounds Simon so hard that he bounces
off the force field surrounding the ring. Simon freaks. He says
that he is tired of fighting by Champion’s rules. He rips up
the ring and is disqualified. Later, Simon congratulates Thing
for making enough of a showing to spare the Earth.
Marvel Two-In-One #96- Thing is in the hospital
recovering from the beating the Champion gave him. All the heroes
are gathered there. They’re all called to fight off a giant
army of villains that have come gunning for Thing.
Vision & Scarlet Witch #3- Wonder Man is
riding the subway from Manhattan to New Jersey when the power
goes out. Simon tells the train workers that he has a friend in
the hospital and he can’t spend all day on the train. The
guy says that he can’t do anything until the train starts.
Wonder Man pries apart the doors with his bare hands, and then
pulls the train to his stop. Wonder Man takes a cab to the
hospital. He finds the Avengers there, and then sees the Vision
with his arm chopped off. The doctor says that he thinks the
Vision is in shock, and that he seems to have gone into the
synthezoid equivalent of a coma. The doctor says that he needs
Wonder Man’s help. The doctor is trying to hook Simon up to
a transfuser, but he can’t pierce Simon’s skin with his
needle. Thor helps the doctor get it in with his hammer. Simon
tells Vision that if he can come back from the dead then so can
Vision. Vision screams as his dream is tormenting him. Simon
starts to feel a little peaked when his energies start to flow
out. The doctor tells him that he can sleep if he wants. The Grim
Reaper arrives and starts attacking Vision. Vision is stuck in
some sort of dreamlike vision though he moves around. He cuts off
the source of Vision’s strength…Wonder Man’s
transfusion. Wonder Man wakes up because of it. Reaper hits
Wonder Man, and says that he hates him even more than he hates
Vision. After all at least Vision has the decency to look fake.
Reaper is smacking Simon around because of his depleted energy,
but Vision saves him. Reaper is about to blast them. Simon wakes
Vision from his walking coma, and Vision blasts Reaper’s
scythe out of his hand. Simon stands supported by Vision as the
Scarlet Witch comes to them.
Avengers #231- Simon attends the funeral of
Jocasta. Simon swallows hard remembering his own experience being
dead. Simon says goodbye to the Avengers after the service.
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