William Nowlan (Earth-616)

Bedlam
Name	William Nowlan
Current Alias	Bedlam
Aliases	The Brain Blast
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Derangers
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Black
Unusual Features	Pink Skin
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutate
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Canadian
Base of Operations	Base in Canadian arctic
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Bill Mantlo, June Brigman
First	Alpha Flight #52 (August, 1987)
First	Alpha Flight #52 (August, 1987)

History

Bedlam was a prisoner in a Nova Scotia prison when James Hudson found him. Hudson could tell that that he had latent powers, and since he was being pressured to bring in more superhumans, he made a deal with Bedlam (whose real name has yet to be revealed). He would set Bedlam free and give him powers if he agreed to use those powers to work for the government. Bedlam agreed but had no intention of honoring the deal.

Once his powers were released, only Hudson and Wolverine, working together, could force him to seal himself into a cocoon. He was awoken years later by Gary Cody, who was looking for a means to control Alpha Flight. He promptly wiped Cody's mind, leaving him brain-dead as a reward for his help and then sought out Alpha Flight. He set up a base in the arctic and recruited a group of superhumans to his needs, called the Derangers. Using his powers to pit the two teams against one another, he decided that whoever won would live and help him create a new world.

With the help of Wolverine, and the Derangers, Alpha Flight was able to beat Bedlam. However, holding Vindicator II in a death grip, she was forced to kill him lest he wipe her mind out.

Alpha Flight took over Bedlam's base only to discover his artificial lifeforms, Bedlamites, infested it.

Attributes

Powers

Bedlam had several mental capabilities, some of which are:

• Telepathy: Bedlam has the ability to read minds and shoot powerful brain blasts.
  • Mind Control: Bedlam can control other people's actions.
• Telekinesis: Bedlam can manipulate matter with his mind.
  • Force Field: Bedlam can generate a powerful force field around his body that could repell missiles and protect him from Wolverine's Adamantium claws.
• Temperature Manipulation: Bedlam could control climate with his mind.

See Also

• 7 appearance(s) of William Nowlan (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of William Nowlan (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of William Nowlan (Earth-616)
• 3 mention(s) in handbook(s) of William Nowlan (Earth-616)
• 3 image(s) of William Nowlan (Earth-616)