First Appearance: Avengers #85Origin Issue: Squadron Supreme #1
HYPERION
First Appearance: Avengers #85
Origin Issue: Squadron Supreme #1
Real Name: Zhib-Ran
Aliases: (former) Mark Milton
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 460lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Red
Distinguishing Features: none
Occupation: Adventurer, (former)
government agent, cartoonist
Citizenship: United States of "Other-Earth"
Place of Creation/Birth: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: none
Known Allies: The Squadron Supreme (notably Dr
Spectrum, Whizzer, Power Princess, Lady Lark, Arcanna)
Known Enemies: Master Menace, the Scarlet Centurion,
Lamprey, Over-Mind, Hyperion II
Intelligence: Above normal
Strength: Superhuman Class 100
Flight Speed: Supersonic
Stamina: Metahuman
Durability: Metahuman
Agility: Superhuman
Reflexes: Superhuman
Fighting Skills: Moderate knowledge of hand-to-hand combat
Special Skills/Abilities: unrevealed
Superhuman physical powers: Besides his physical
attributes listed above, Hyperion possesses the ability to use cosmic energy to augment
his life force granting him great longevity and regenerative abilities, the projection of
infra-red heat through his eyes, and the ability to levitate by harnessing anti-gravitons
Superhuman Mental Powers: none
Special Limitations: Apparently Hyperion's powers and
vitality are diminished when he is exposed to argonite radiation. Whether this
substance actually interferes with his body's innate ability to metabolize cosmic energy
or if this is some psychosomatic reaction is as yet unrevealed. No other known
Eternal is similarly affected
Source of Superhuman Powers: Specialized development of
certain attributes of the race of human offshoots known as Eternals, of which he is the
sole survivor on the Squadron's Earth
Personal Weaponry: none
Origin: Zhib-Ran was born of the cross-dimensional world of Yttrium, a trans-quantum realm of non-Einsteinian physics sub-atomically accessible to Earth. A space explorer by profession, Zhib-Ran was offworld when a dimensional rift close to his home planet was bombarded by the extradimensional energy of the first atom split by an Earth-made cyclotron. The rift was over the surface of the planet and the intersecting beam caused Yttrium to explode. Bathed in the strange energy of his explding planet, Zhib-Ran was endowed withvast physical powers far beyond that of his kind. Drifting helplessly in the void, Zhib-Ran wad discovered by the Grandmaster, one of the Elders of the Universe. The Grandmaster brought him into Earth's dimension (where he was given the relative stature of an Earthman) to be used as a pawn in one of the cosmic gamesman's tournaments. The Grandmaster named him Hyperion (after the Titan in Greek mythology), gave him a distinctive uniform, and introduced him to his fellow players, the Squadron Sinister. At the game's end, the Grandmaster granted his pawns their freedom, and the Squadron elected to remain together for a time to further their common goals. Hyperion blamed the Earth for the destruction of his homeworld and swore vengeance. After a number of defeats by the Defenders and Avengers, the Squadron disbanded (Nighthawk had left earlier to join the Defenders). Hyperion was eventually contacted by representatives of the Roxxon Oil Company, wh owished to enlist his serviecs. Rosson's Dimensional Research Division demonstrated to Hyperion that while his dimensional world had indeed been destroyed, identitcal divergent counterparts to it still existed. If he worked for them for a short period of time, they would send him back home. He agreed and his first assignment was to fetch the Amazonian super-woman Thundra, also a Roxxon agent for a brief time. Thundra had been offered the same bargain as Hyperion. Getting to know the Amazonian, Hyperion fell in love with her and chose to accompany her to her homeworld rather than return to his own.
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