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Hyperion is the name of several characters that appear in publications published by Marvel Comics. The first character debuted in The Avengers #69 (Oct. 1969), with four versions to date - two supervillains belonging to the team Squadron Sinister (from Earth-616) and two heroes from alternate universes.
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Character Stats
- character name:Hyperion
- alter ego: Villain - Zhib-Ran, Hero - Mark Milton
- publisher:Marvel Comics
- debut:Villain: , Avengers #69 (Oct. 1969), Hero: , Avengers #85 (Feb. 1971)
- creators:Roy Thomas and John Buscema
- species: Eternal (Mark Milton), artificial lifeform ("Zhib-Ran")
- alliances:("Zhib-Ran"), Squadron Sinister, (Mark Milton), Squadron Supreme
- aliases: Mr. Kant
- powers:(All), Superhuman strength, speed, stamina and durability, Multiple extrasensory and vision powers, Freezing breath, Regenerative healing factor, Flight.
Publication history
Original Hyperion : Zhib-Ran (villain)
The first Hyperion in Marvel Comics debuted in the title the Avengers*Avengers #69 (Oct. 1969)* This story arc introduced the supervillain team the Squadron Sinister, whose four members were loosely based on heroes in DC Comics' Justice League of America, with Hyperion based on Superman.*Interview with Roy Thomas and Jerry Bails in The Justice League Companion (2003) pp. 72–73*
The Squadron Sinister are assembled by the cosmic entity the Grandmaster to battle the champions of the time-traveling Kang - the superhero team the Avengers. The Avengers defeat the Squadron and thwart the Grandmaster, with the Thunder God Thor minaturizing Hyperion and trapping him in a glass sphere.*Avengers #69 - 71 (Oct. - Dec. 1969)* The Squadron reappear in the title Defenders, reunited by the alien Nebulon. The villains receive greater power in exchange for the planet Earth, and create a giant laser cannon in the Arctic to melt the polar ice caps, thereby covering the entirety of the Earth's surface in water. The superhero team the Defenders prevent the scheme and defeat the villains (and Nebulon), with the Hulk overpowering Hyperion
- Defenders #13 - 14 (May - July 1974)* (Nighthawk allies with the Defenders and joins the team the following issue*Defenders #15 (Sep. 1974)*).
After this defeat Hyperion and his two remaining team mates are teleported off world by Nebulon, and later return to Earth. Acquiring an energy-draining weapon, the villains plan to threaten the Earth once again but are defeated by the Defenders and the Avenger Yellowjacket.*Giant-Size Defenders #4 (1974)*
Hyperion has another brief encounter with several members of the Avengers, seek a way to separate the Power Prism of Doctor Spectrum from fellow Avenger the Wasp.*Avengers Annual #8 (1978)* The character battles Thor once again and encounters the Earth-712 version of Hyperion from the Squadron Supreme. *Thor #280 (Feb. 1979)* Hyperion is also involved with the warrior woman Thundra, with the relationship ending when she discovers a means of returning to her own dimension.*Marvel Two-In-One #67 (Sep. 1980)* In the Earth-712 universe Hyperion is told by the villain Master Menace that he is an inorganic duplicate created by the Grandmaster modeled on the Hyperion from that universe. A bitter Hyperion then impersonates the Squadron Supreme's version of Hyperion for several weeks before dying in battle against the original.*Squadron Supreme #8 (Apr. 1986)* The Grandmaster briefly resurrects the character as part of the Legion of the Unliving, a group created to combat the Avengers.*Avengers Annual #16 (Dec. 1987)*
The Grandmaster reappears and reforms the Squadron Sinister: Hyperion is joined by a new Doctor Spectrum (Alice Nugent, former lab assistant of Henry Pym); the Whizzer (now called Speed Demon) and Nighthawk. Courtesy of a phenomenon known as the Wellspring of Power - an interdimensional source of superhuman abilities - the Grandmaster increases the Squadron Sinister's powers and they battle the New Thunderbolts. Thunderbolts team leader Baron Zemo defeats the Grandmaster, and in the ensuing chaos Hyperion and the members of the Squadron Sinister scatter and escape.*New Thunderbolts #15 - 16 (Jan. - Feb. 2006) & Thunderbolts #102 - 108 (July 2006 - Jan. 2007)*
Second Hyperion : Mark Milton (hero)
Thomas and penciller John Buscema also created an alternate universe team of heroes called the Squadron Supreme in the title Avengers,*Avengers #85 (Feb. 1971)* using characters that shared names with those of the Squadron Sinister (this caused confusion in Marvel's production department, as the covers of Avengers #85 and #141 (Nov. 1975) claimed the issues featured appearances by the Squadron Sinister, when in fact it was the Squadron Supreme that appeared in both issues). The last known Eternal left on Earth-712, the character is a founding member of the Squadron Supreme and has a civilian identity, Mark Milton.
The Earth-712 Hyperion appears on every occasion with the Squadron Supreme, and the group first encounter beings from the Earth-616 universe when four Avengers - the Vision; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver and the second Goliath - accidentally arrive. The Avengers first battle and then assist the Squadron Supreme against the global threat posed by the mutant Brain-Child, before returning to their own universe.*Avengers #85 - 86 (Feb. - Mar. 1971)*
Hyperion and the Squadron Supreme fall under control of the artifact the Serpent Crown and battle the Avengers in the Earth-616 universe before being freed;*Avengers #141 -144 (Nov. 1975 - Feb. 1976)* encounter Thor when he battles the evil Hyperion and enlists the aid of the Defenders against the the villain the Overmind and his ally Null, the Living Darkness when they threaten the Earth-712 universe.*Defenders #112 - 115 (Oct. 1982 - Jan. 1983)*
Hyperion and other Squadron members then resolve - against the advice of Nighthawk - to assume control of the government of the United States on Earth-712. Hyperion helps establish the behavior modification program;*Squadron Supreme #2 (Oct. 1985)* defeats and brainwashes the Institute of Evil; *Squadron Supreme #5 - 6 (Jan. - Feb. 1986)* and is trapped in an inter-dimensional zone by the evil (Zhib-Ran) Hyperion. Forced to ally himself with Master Menace to escape, Hyperion battles Zhib-Ran to death and while victorious is blinded. After a battle to the death with Nighthawk and the Redeemers, a team formed to stop the domineering Squadron, Hyperion relents and relinquishes power.*Squadron Supreme #12 (Aug. 1986)*
The character and the surviving members of the Squadron Supreme travel into space to protect their planet from the expanding Nth Man, and are exiled to the Earth-616 universe.*Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe (June 1989)* The team encounter the hero Quasar, and take up residence at the government facility Project Pegasus.*Quasar #13 (Aug. 1990)* Hyperion regains his eyesight, and with Quasar and the Eternal Makkari rescue the Squadron when captured by the cosmic entity the Stranger.*Quasar #14 - 16 (Sep. - Nov. 1990)* Aided by team mates the Whizzer and Doctor Spectrum, the character battles the entity Deathurge,*Quasar #25* with the entire Squadron then assisting the Avengers against the villain Imus Champion before finding the means to return to their universe.*Avengers vol. 3, #5 - 6 (June - July 1998) & Annual 1998* The team then disband but are reunited by Hyperion once learning a corrupt government has filled the power vacuum left by the Squadron.*Squadron Supreme: New World Order (Sep. 1998)* With the aid of inter-dimensional adventurers the Exiles, Hyperion and the Squadron expose the government to a global audience.*Exiles #77 - 78 (Apr. - May 2006)*
Third Hyperion: Mark Milton (Earth-31916)
The mature-audience Marvel MAX imprint showcases the adventures of the Earth-31916 version of the Squadron Supreme.
Powers and abilities
All versions of Hyperion possess superhuman strength, stamina, speed, and durability. Each also has greatly enhanced sensory perceptions, which extends to being able to perceive the entire electromagnetic spectrum and "atomic vision" - the equivalent of heat vision. The heroic Earth-712 version of Hyperion also possesses the ability to use cosmic energy to augment his life force granting him great longevity and regenerative abilities, courtesy of his Eternal heritage. The character is also capable of the projection of infrared heat via his eyes, and the ability to levitate. The Earth-712 Hyperion's powers and vitality are diminished when he is exposed to argonite radiation. The Earth-712 Hyperion also has a college degree in journalism.
Other versions
Paradise X
In the Earth-9997 universe, a version of Hyperion is recruited by the robot X-51 for his squadron of inter-dimensional heralds. This Hyperion kills the master villain Kulan Gath who is responsible for the deaths of many of Earth's heroes.*Paradise X #0 - 12 (Apr. - 2002 - Aug. 2003)*
Exiles
The alternate universe title Exiles features a version of Hyperion referred to as "King Hyperion", who is a member of a team known as Weapon X. Although initially aiding the team to travel between dimensions to repair the time/space continuum, the character is revealed to be psychopathic and commits mass genocide on several worlds before finally being stopped and banished to his original dimension.*Exiles #38 - 40 (Feb. - Apr. 2004) & 63 - 65 (June - Aug. 2005)*
