Percy van Norton (Earth-616)

Percy van Norton took a serum which made him into a "perfect human" with a range of superhuman abilities. But although he started out fighting crime, something went wrong, and he turned bad, ending up fighting as a Nazi as a member of the Battle-Axis, against the Invaders. At the end of the battle van Norton, along with the other Battle-Axis members, was defeated and captured.^[1]

Van Norton's current status and post-war history remain unknown.

Attributes

Powers

Artificially Enhanced Physiology: Percy van Norton's powers are derived from a drug that he took to become a superhuman.

Superhuman Strength: Strongman was able to hurt Namor with the power of his blows.^[2]
Superhuman Dexterity
Superhuman Stamina
Superhuman Durability: Strongman was far more resistant to physical damage than a normal human. He surived Namor's blows with only some discomfort and was hurt although undamaged by a surprise attack from Miss America.^[2]

Weaknesses

Stupidity: The drug that gave him his powers seems to have decreased his intellect.^[3]

Notes

This character is based on the Public Domain character Strongman that first appeared in Crash Comic Adventures #1 (May 1940) as a wartime hero. As a Marvel character, however, he is a retcon addition, not having appeared in a Timely book. The character had fallen into the public domain and was used by Marvel as a villainous member of the Battle-Axis for their 1990s mini-series Invaders

Links and References

References

[Invaders_Vol_2_1-4-1] Invaders (Vol. 2) #1–4

[Invaders_Vol_2_1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Invaders (Vol. 2) #1

[Invaders_Vol_2_3-3] Invaders (Vol. 2) #3

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