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Missile Man was a member of the Paladins.

Missile Man accidentally discovered his powers while he was trying to jump a train and slipped, in which he flew like a human missile. He also found his body to be very resistant and durable. Like many early superhumans of his time, Missile Man decided to use his powers to become a superhero. During his early career, Missile Man fought criminals and later spies and saboteurs. After the United States entered World War II after the Pearl Harbor attack, Missile Man joined the war effort and fought against the Nazis, clashing against the Black Panzer among others. By V-E Day, Missile Man and other Allied superheroes were awarded medals for their contributions. Although the war still waged on against Japan, Missile Man and some of the other superheroes were not dispatched to the Pacific Theater. At the time Missile Man was unaware that the U.S. government was concerned and fearful of the growing number of superhumans, including superheroes.[1]

One day, Missile Man was sent to the Nevada desert to investigate the crash landing of an alleged airship. Instead, he discovered a crashed Daemonite spaceship, in which its crew were trying to inform their race that they lost their war against the Kherubim. The United States Army claimed the spaceship and reverse-engineered its technology to form the Number of the Beast program, a virtual holding cell for superhumans. Missile Man was duped by his government into capturing super-criminals into the N.O.T.B. program.[2] Eventually on orders from Miles Craven, Missile Man was instructed to capture superheroes as well. He reluctantly agreed to this until he was ordered to capture the heroine Ingenue, his old flame. Missile Man then decided to disobey orders and run away with Ingenue to Mexico. Unfortunately, Ingenue learned that the government was after her and decided to commit suicide.[3]

Anguished over Ingenue's death, Missile Man confronted Craven about the purpose of Number of the Beast. Craven told him that it was necessary to keep the world safe from dangerous post-humans, in which Missile Man was unsatisfied with Craven's answer before attempting to bring down Craven and the N.O.T.B. program. But Missile Man was incapacitated by the telepath Gabriel Newman and was then imprisoned in the N.O.T.B. program for over sixty years until he woke up during Armageddon.[4]

After the end of the world came to pass, Missile Man became a wino living in the ruins of Delaware. One night, he was approached by a representative of the Paladins who offered him to join the group and to have the chance to go after a still-alive Miles Craven and others behind the N.O.T.B. program. Missile Man eagerly accepted his offer.[4] After joining the Paladins, Missile Man was one of many heroes who fought in the war against the Knights of Khera.[5]

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