Wonder Man

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Simon Williams was the younger of two sons born to Sanford Williams (an industrialist who...

Wonder Man (Simon Williams) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, he first appeared in The Avengers #9 (October 1964). In 2012, Wonder Man was ranked 38th in IGN's list of "The Top 50 Avengers".

Simon Williams was made into a being of pure ionic energy by Baron Zemo and became the impossibly powerful Wonder Man. Meant to aid the Masters of Evil in their campaign against the Avengers, Wonder Man instead found himself sympathizing with the heroes and joined their team instead. He has remained an Avengers mainstay ever since, despite his constant insecurities and battles with his own mortality.

Simon Williams

One of the great Marvel characters who gets no respect is Simon WIlliams, Wonder Man. Once a villain, his brainwaves were used as the basis of The Vision's personality and he was later resurrected and became a stunt man in Hollywood - seriously one of the coolest uses of super powers this side of NFL SuperPro.

It's just Fillion's face on a number of movie posters, but he's finally made it into the MCU as a name-brand superhero.