User blog comment:M(G)P/Alternate Universe Challenge No 3/@comment-4652104-20130202173603

ASTEROID (Bill Hutchins) History: Nothing of interest. Bill was a fool and a crook even before he received his powers from a mysterious meteor, which fell in his parents fields one day. After burning his own farm a nearby town he tried to rob a bank in a larger city, where he was taken down by Moonstone, who was offended by him using the name Meteor. Since then he changed it to Asteroid. He mostly works for other, smarter villains, only occasionally attempting to realize some half-baked plan of his own.

Powers: He's superhumanly strong and made of rock (kinda like the Thing but slightly weaker). He can also set himself aflame, which allows him to fly and shoot fireballs (he lacks the imagination for anything else). This power is rather weak.

Looks: Asteroid looks a lot like the Thing, but seems to be burning from the inside (a bit like Angrir - http://www.rapsheet.co.uk/Images/Characters/Angrir.jpg, minus the squid things). He cannot resume human form.