


However, Grim Reaper's plan to kill the Avengers came to a halt unfulfilled when he discovered that the synthezoid Avenger known as the Vision had actually been created in part through the use of Simon Williams' 'Engram,' a record of his memories and personality, which was used to provide Vision's human qualities by his creator Ultron. Sadly, in the end, Williams' betrayal of Zemo meant that his condition couldn't be reversed, and he died among the Avengers as a celebrated hero.īut this being comics - and this being Wonder Man, especially - death was only the beginning of Simon Williams' story. When the time comes to pull the trigger on Zemo's scheme and take down the Avengers, Wonder Man can't bring himself to betray the heroes who tried so hard to help him and instead turns on Zemo to help the Avengers defeat him. Though their efforts ultimately fail, the Avengers try everything they can think of, down to Thor's magic and Iron Man and Hank Pym's super-science to save him, but the deterioration caused by Zemo's 'Ionic Ray' treatments can't be reversed without Zemo's own tech. Once among the Avengers, Williams tells the team of his deadly condition, though not of his secret allegiance to Zemo. This story takes place during Infinity War #2 and Infinity War #3.Taking on the outwardly heroic identity of Wonder Man, Williams enacted Zemo's scheme to infiltrate the Avengers, winning a place among the team after a staged battle with the Masters of Evil. After returning to Four Freedoms Plaza, Wonder Man discusses the current events with Thing and Human Torch. Thor and Hercules cause the doppelganger to flee. Finding them unconscious, he is then attacked by his own doppelganger. After confronting Wolverine, Wonder Man goes in search of Hawkeye and Spider-Man. A bomb suddenly explodes, then Magus appears and escapes with the doppelgangers of Iron Man and Mr. Enraged, Wonder Man voices some anti-mutant feelings. Four Freedoms Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New YorkĪ superhero brawl erupts at Four Freedoms Plaza.Wonder Man doppelganger (First appearance).the biggest, baddest bunch of heroes this boy's ever seen! - Wonder Man Appearing in "Into Infinity" Because tackling two cosmic bruisers on their home turf means being at my peak.
