Gilbert Vaughn (Earth-616)

Gilbert Vaughn was a divorced scientist and the father of Wendell Vaughn and his sister Gayle. Gilbert was one of the scientists working for Tony Stark investigating the quantum bands for SHIELD. Gilbert's son took the quantum bands when SHIELD came under attack by AIM. Gilbert's son Wendell became the hero Quasar and spent 4 years in space traveling to Uranus. When Quasar returned he told his father about meeting Eon and that he was now Protector of the Universe. Gilbert and Quasar's cosmic mentor Eon became friends.

Avengers Support Crew members
Stark Industries members
No Dual Identity
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Male Characters
Earth-616 Characters
Americans
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Blue Eyes
Blond Hair
Mark Gruenwald/Creator
Paul Ryan/Creator
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1989 Character Debuts
Vaughn Family

After Gilbert's death Eon spent weeks reanimating Gilbert's corpse to fool Quasar into thinking his father was still alive.

Trivia

Unlike most relatives of super heroes Gilbert knew about his son's career as Quasar from the very beginning and was often taken into his son's confidence.