Andrew Maguire (Earth-616)

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Name	Andrew Maguire
Current Alias	Alpha
Aliases	Nicknames: Andy
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Formerly Horizon Labs, partner of Spider-Man
Relatives	Grandparents: Mona Maguire (maternal grandmother) Parents: Alice Maguire (mother) Ray Maguire (father) Clones and Donors: Alpha-Males (clones, deceased)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′8″ (1.73 m)
Weight	150 lbs (68.04 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Blond
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human Mutate
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Student, superhero; former spokesman of Horizon Labs
Education	High School (enrolled)
Base of Operations	Pittsburgh
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos
First	Amazing Spider-Man #692 (August, 2012)
First	Amazing Spider-Man #692 (August, 2012)

History

Andy Maguire was a student at Midtown High School, the same school Peter Parker attended, but unlike Parker, he was not a good student, was completely ignored by everyone and his parents did not pay much attention to him, Maguire getting by as a C-average student as he was content simply not to fail rather than trying to actually succeed.

One day during a demonstration at Horizon Labs, presented by Peter Parker, an accident similar to Parker's granted Andrew the ability to create a hyper-kinetic form of energy tied to the forces of the universe. After being tested by many superhero scientists, Andy became the new spokesman to Horizon Labs, while he was trained by Peter Parker's alter-ego, Spider-Man.

The following days, Alpha continued his super heroic career with the help of Spider-Man, despite having a bad reception by the citizens. After observing Alpha, the Jackal kidnapped him and his parents, in order to create clones of him and build an army to control the world. Spider-Man managed to track Alpha to the Jackal's lair, where they learned Alpha's DNA wasn't affected by the accident, leading his newly formed clones to be powerless. After failing to absorb Alpha's power, the Jackal escaped, with Alpha destroying his own clones in a fit of rage. In the aftermath, Andy emancipated from his parents.

When Alpha was called by Spider-Man to help the Avengers to battle Terminus, Alpha used his powers without care, causing many aircraft to shut down, risking the lives of the passengers, and people on the ground. The Avengers managed to rescue everybody and Spider-Man saved his Aunt May and her husband from Jameson's malfunctioning private jet. Afterwards Peter decided that Alpha was too irresponsible to wield the powers he had. He used Terminus' energy lance's capability to deflect Alpha's energy with the intent to build an engine which took a huge portion of Andy's power, returning him to his normal life with his parents and school.

Six months later, living in Pittsburgh after his parents broke up, every couple of weeks Alpha went to Horizon Labs to be tested. After some tests, Peter, whose mind was being controlled by Otto Octavius, decided to give Alpha back his power little by little, hoping to take the power himself.

Repowered

Alpha then attempted to save a woman from a mugger, but accidentally crushed the man's skull. After admitting the mugger to the Pittsburgh University Medical Center, Alpha destroyed an elemental parasite, preventing it from demolishing a steel plant. He then, after saving his love interest, Susan "Soupcan" Rice, from a restaurant fire, realized the Parker Particles had enhanced his senses to the point that he could hear and see everything on Earth. He then visited the mugger, who awoke and vowed revenge, later mutating into a tumor-like beast name Zeta. After defeating an ex-Stark International engineer named The Miller with Thor's assistance, Alpha attempted to remove the rampaging Zeta from the hospital, but was alerted that his mother's home was burning down, at the behest of "Boss" Cohen, Pittsburgh's top crime boss. After saving his mother, he enlisted the Superior Spider-Man to help destroy Zeta, but failed to completely destroy all the cancerous tissue, allowing Zeta to escape. Then, after an attempt on Soupcan's life by one of Cohen's hitmen, Alpha threatened to kill Cohen, but was deterred by the fact that Cohen knew about the origins of Zeta. He then told Alpha to not prevent any of Cohen's crime, or he would release the information to the media, to which he reluctantly agreed. Andy then made his only non-superhuman friend, Duncan Kilgore, into his confidant, and attempted to make a name for himself as protector of Pittsburgh.

Attributes

Powers

The accident granted Andy with a different type of superpowers, of which he has only a small proportions and can use only one at a time. Alpha's power is currently at ten percent.

• Cosmic Energy Projection: Andy is able to project a powerful energy blast, bursts and beams from his hands. When under extreme emotional distress, He is able to immediate expel the cosmic energy within his body in a powerful explosion, capable of greatly damaging the area around him.
• Superhuman Strength: Andy possesses superhuman strength, enabling him to be able to lift at least 10 ton.
• Superhuman Speed: Andy can move at superhuman speed, approximately at 88 mph and react quickly to things.
• Force-Field Projection: Andy can create a force field around his body to protect himself from impacts. With enough concentration, He has learned to extend this force-field around others, or even a small area.
• Enhanced Sight: Andy can see objects on a sub-molecular level.
• Enhanced Hearing: Andy can hear things happening anywhere within his immediate vicinity.
• Matter Manipulation
• Telekinesis
• Flight

Weaknesses

Andy can use only one ability at a time. He only has limited access to his power, only capable of using it at 10 percent.

Notes

• Reed Richards revealed that Andy's power would increase with only a matter of time, and unlike the Hulk, Sentry and the Phoenix Force who are Omega-Level Threats, he would have become the first Alpha-Level threat if Peter Parker didn't depower him.

Trivia

• Andy's name is a reference to the actors Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire, who have both portrayed Spider-Man in film, in the reboot and original trilogy, respectively.
• If Andy were a fruit, he would be "one of those prickly pears".

See Also

• 11 appearance(s) of Andrew Maguire (Earth-616)
• 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Andrew Maguire (Earth-616)
• 3 minor appearance(s) of Andrew Maguire (Earth-616)
• 3 mention(s) of Andrew Maguire (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Andrew Maguire (Earth-616)
• 24 image(s) of Andrew Maguire (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Andrew Maguire (Earth-616)