Malcolm King (Wildstorm Universe)

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Real Name	Malcolm King
Main Alias	Belleraphon
Other Aliases	Strafe
Relatives	Isaiah King (Despot, father, deceased), Mary King (mother), Jackson King (brother), Christine Trelane (Synergy, sister-in-law)
Affiliation	The Monarchy, Stormwatch Prime
Base Of Operations	Skywatch, The Throne
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Stormwatch Operative, Covert Operative
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5' 11"
Weight	165 lbs (75 kg)
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Wildstorm Universe
Creators	Jim Lee · Brandon Choi
First Appearance	StormWatch #1 (March, 1993)

Formerly a member of StormWatch, Malcolm King later betrayed them and later still, became a member of his brother's new team, The Monarchy.

History

Malcolm King, was a latent superhuman (or "Seedling") who had never been activated until, while at a funeral, of all places, he and his brother Jackson King (better known as Battalion) were attacked by a terrorist group. Synergy, his brother's teammate with the power to imbue other beings with superhuman abilities, activated his latent superpowers. Afterwards he joined Stormwatch under the codename Strafe.

However later he was manipulated by his father, who was still alive and now called Despot, and his evil team the WarGuard and betrayed StormWatch. He spent time in a United Nations prison, disgraced, until later still when he was used by The Changers, a superhero team led by The High, to try and get useful information about Stormwatch. Eventually his brother Battalion used his potent psychic abilities to place Strafe into a coma.

Years later he was released by Agent Morrow, who was trying to track down his missing brother. As it turned out both were vital parts of The Monarchy's plan, and Morrow didn't even know it till now.

Now known as Bellerophon, Malcolm had merged with a Kheran Dream Machine -- an alien device capable of turning dreams and thoughts into reality.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Energy Manipulation: ability to generate, and channel energy for a variety of purposes from blasts of energy and flight.
  • Flight
  • Energy Projection

• Reality Alteration(Formerly): This is a massive step up from his original powers, which amounted to little more than energy manipulation. One can only speculate whether or not he retained these original powers as well. However, as the Dream Machine can make dreams a reality, even if not, he could possibly replicate them anyway.

Trivia

Malcolm has appeared in the following non-WildStorm publications: Overstreet's Fan #2

Related

• 29 Appearances of Malcolm King (Wildstorm Universe)
• 1 Images featuring Malcolm King (Wildstorm Universe)
• 1 Quotations by or about Malcolm King (Wildstorm Universe)
• Character Gallery: Malcolm King (Wildstorm Universe)

External Links

• Malcolm's profile at the Image Comics Database
• Malcolm's profile at the Hey Kids Comics! Wiki

Footnotes

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