Blue Marvel |
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Portrayed by |
Statistics |
Full Name |
Adam Bernard Brashear |
Age |
55 (91) |
Height |
6'4" |
Build |
Bodybuilder |
Eyes |
Brown |
Hair |
Black w/ Grey |
Skin |
Dark Brown |
Factions |
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One of the earliest black superheroes. He was publicly unmasked during a battle with Anti-man. He's known for being the first superhero to be publicly and personally asked by a setting United States President to step down into retirement.
Reputation
A kind old retired superhero who still goes out into the frey every so often, but mostly keeps to his research. He's known to be kind, and helpful to a fault, with a dedication to those around him.
Biography
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, by two dirt poor parents, it becomes clear from the time he's old enough to talk that Adam is a prodigy.
Scraping together what little money they could his parents send him to Cornell University, where he becomes a fullback, and graduates magna cum laude, with Ph.D.s. in electrical engineering and theoretical physics.
While serving in the US Marine Corps during the Korean war Adam gains two Silver Stars, a purple heart and a Medal of Honor he would only receive 40 years later.
Brashear becomes project lead on a scientific attempt to harness anti-matter through a "Negative Reactor" which bridged the gap between the Negative Zone and the positive matter universe. Due to an unexpected accident and explosion in the reactor, Brashear was subjected to mutagenic radiation causing him to became a stable "antimatter reactor" and develop a set of superhuman abilities.
Donning a mask and costume Adam has a long and successful career as Blue Marvel! The mask completely hides his identity as an African American allowing him to work in broad daylight committing acts of heroism for years.
Following a brutal fight to the near death Adam's mask is completely shattered revealing his face for all the world, and cameras to see.
After the event Adam is granted the Presidential Medal of Freedom, only to be asked at the same ceremony to retire from his life of crime fighting. The world unready for a black superman.
Following the event he went his own way raised a family, did personal research into the process that made him who he was. The research was beyond cutting edge but there were very few who would give him the actual funding for the project. As such progress slowed to a near halt.
He becomes a tenured professor of physics at the University of Maryland. There he works at the position for several decades before eventually retiring from the position to focus his attention on his research.
Now he's an aged man who's seen the world pass him by long enough. Finally he's ready to step back out onto the world stage, but what consequences await him?
Character Details
Kind. Determined. Bullheaded. These are all words that could describe Adams personality. He's got the never give up never surrender attitude of a hero with golden age sensibilities. His killing days are behind him, long behind him, and now that his identity has gone public he does everything he can to avoid the nasty business.
Slowed Ageing |
Thanks to the experiment Adams natural aging process has been dramatically slown down, almost to a complete halt. This means that he can stay in fighting shape for much longer then those around him. |
Super-human Strength |
Adams strength clocks in at a 12 on the power scale allowing him to lift over 100 tonnes. |
Invulnerability |
Having survived the detonation of a hydrogen bomb in his hands it's clear that so long as Adam has power he's all but completely indestructible. |
Flight |
Thanks to his ability to manipulate not only gravitons, but magnetic fields, and his absolute molecular movement, in conjunction with his super speed Blue Marvel is able to fly at Hyper-sonic speeds. |
Superhuman Agility |
With an agility, natural balance and coordination skillset to surpass even the worlds finest athletes it's hard to top Blue Marvel in the agility sector. |
Superhuman Stamina |
Adam rarely if ever tires due to the composition of his muscular system not producing the toxins usually associated with fatigue. |
Healing Factor |
When damaged Adams body kicks into overdrive to repair the damages, his natural healing factor is far greater then that of the average human. |
Matter Manipulation |
Adam can manipulate material bonds as well as anti-material and energy, He's able to do this all the way from the molecular to particle level. This combined with his Anti-Matter Manipulation allows him the following potential advantages:
The ability to release anti-matter energy as a concussive force.
The ability to produce low-energy anti-matter bolts that functions as a long range stun-gun. Capable of rendering people unconscious.
The ability to dump all of his anti-matter energy into a single devastating pulse which can spread out further depending on how much energy he has stored at the given time.
The ability to form a highly concentrated beam of energy from his hands capable of melting through anything weaker then adamantine. |
Human Reactor |
Adam is a human reactor fueled by anti-matter from the Negative Zone, capable of absorbing Anti-matter energy. He's highly efficient at utilizing this anti-matter energy and it's the source of all of his powers. |
Retirement Pay |
Having served through the Korean war, and retired from the marines after the early onset of the Vietnam War Brashear receives a healthy paycheck from the united states military every month making him able to pursue his dreams and personal research into Anti-matter. |
The Lab |
Blue Marvel's Undersea Fortress (Kadesh) located deep within the depths of the southern ocean serves as Adams home from home and the center of all his research. From here he can watch over the world looking for crime to fight or monitoring the stability of the planet itself. All of his research is kept inside these hollowed halls. |
The Ensemble |
All of Adams clothing has been specifically crafted to withstand the kind of abuse he's expected to take on a regular basis. It's strong as him and able to stop a good deal of damage. |
Education |
Adam is the top man in his field filled with several lifetimes worth of time to study the effects and reactions of anti-matter. He's well educated with multiple doctorates, and willing to push his understanding to the brink to better humanity through his research. |
Tenure |
Adam was a well known teacher at a local university. His time there has earned him a good degree of tenure and solidified his position. Though he no longer works for the university he still holds many of the connections from those early days, and has a small network of scientists and graduates he can call on for information. |
Neutronium |
This substance found in the same negative zone which gives Blue Marvel his powers is capable of completely stripping him of his abilities while in its presence. Prolonged contact with the substance renders him nothing more then a human with none of his powers, and can eventually potentially cause severe damage or even death. |
Magic |
Items enchanted with magic can still to an extent effect Blue Marvel. Though the effect is lessened from what it would have on a normal creature it can still effect him. This goes for any such enchanted device, including magical bullets. |
Unmasked |
There are entire books written about Adam Brashear, and what he did as a masked man. Even a failed comic book line. The mans identity is fully public knowledge that anyone can have access to with a little bit of research and has been since he was unmasked.
This has not only opened his family up to the dangers of what he did, and does, but has opened him up for all manner of lawsuits any time he goes out to fight crime.
The only secret he still has is the location of his lab. Even that has been guessed at far too closely for comfort in various research papers. With his entire life put on display it's only a matter of time before all of his dirty laundry is exposed to the world. |
Family |
The most important thing in the world to Adam is his family. While his children have long since left home to live their own lives his wife still remains by his side. She, along with his children, are his weak link, the ones he couldn't, and wouldn't want to live without. |
Code Of Honor |
After the war, Adam was done killing. His bloodiest days are behind him. He'd sooner let a criminal get away then risk killing them. He'd rather pull his punches and risk being overpowered then give his full strength and risk the deaths of anyone innocent or guilty. |
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Relationships
RP Logs & Journals
November 02, 2017: Dimensional Weirdness
Kara Zor-El finally arrives to Earth after being sent to protect her baby cousin, Kal-El, decades ago. She is discovered by the Blue Marvel, a Green Lantern and later joined by Power Girl. She discovered a new term: dimensional weirdness. She's not sure what's more alarming or confusing at this point, but she does know that nothing went according to plan.
(permalink: log:6436 | tags: blue_marvel glh hal_jordan power_girl starfire supergirl | posted: 04 Nov 2017 06:03)
November 01, 2017: A Message in Red
A Red Lantern sets foot on Earth and assaults Symkaria. The V-Battalion and Justice League along with Blue Marvel respond.
(permalink: log:6441 | tags: blue_marvel doctor_strange eot glh jla symkaria wonder_woman | posted: 04 Nov 2017 20:30)
October 18, 2017: Is this... War?
A pursuit of Red Lanterns follows Starfire in a form of payback that brings in unexpected allies, as well as a new revelation for the Green Lanterns.
(permalink: log:6364 | tags: bleezspace blue_marvel eot glh green_lantern_rayner jla lanterns starfire superman wonder_woman | posted: 20 Oct 2017 05:00)
October 11, 2017: Swing for the Bleachers
Black Canary bites off more than she can chew. Blue Marvel comes to the rescue.
(permalink: log:6321 | tags: black_canary blue_marvel | posted: 11 Oct 2017 22:25)
October 10, 2017: That Crazy Kid!
Trouble in Manhattan!
(permalink: log:6317 | tags: blue_marvel darce rogue superman | posted: 11 Oct 2017 03:46)
September 01, 2017: College Blues
Lorna asks for her college work, because something is troubling her and she has to go 'home'.
(permalink: log:6342 | tags: blue_marvel polaris | posted: 16 Oct 2017 22:03)
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