#335 – Simon Williams

Capes and Japes

Today we talk about Simon Williams, who got ionic energy powers to become Wonder Man, almost died, woke up to find his brain was imprinted on an android, died, came back as pure energy, had a crisis, but he's okay now we think.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Avengers (1963) #9, 58, 131-132, 151-182, 187-189, 192-211, 231, 239, 250, 253-255, 302-308, 313-314, 329, 332-333, 345, 347, 675-690
-Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #3
-Avengers Annual (1967) #6, 8-10, 15-16, 18-19, 21
-Defenders (1972) #47-48, 98, 104
-Captain Marvel (1968) #54
-Ms. Marvel (1977) #18
-Iron Man (1968) #114-115, 226, 229, 231, 263, 284, 288, 313
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #78, 136
-Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #51, 78, 92, 96
-Marvel Premiere (1972) #55
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #278-279, 316, 320-323, 380
-Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982) #3
-Thing (1983) #5-6
-West Coast Avengers (1984)
-Iron Man Annual (1976) #7
-Beauty and the Beast (1985) #1
-West Coast Avengers (1985)
-Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1985) #2, 12
-Wonder Man (1986) #1
-Fantastic Four (1961) #293-294, 304, 315, 322, 333, 367-370, 556, 562
-West Coast Avengers Annual (1986)
-Solo Avengers (1987) #1, 8, 12-13
-Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #22
-Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #38-45, 119
-Avengers Spotlight (1989) #28-30, 32, 38
-Quasar (1989) #11-12, 28-29, 32-33, 38-39
-Marvel Super Heroes (1990) #4, 9
-Excalibur (1988) #37-39
-Damage Control (1991) #3-4
-Wonder Man (1991)
-Thor (1966) #445-446
-Infinity War (1992)
-Cage (1992) #6-8
-Infinity Crusade (1993)
-Silver Surfer (1987) #85
-Scarlet Witch (1994) #1, 4
-Force Works (1994) #1, 4
-Tales of the Marvels: Wonder Years (1995) (tpb)
-Avengers (1998) #2-59, 501-503
-Cable (1993) #66-68
-Thunderbolts (1997) #25, 34, 42-44, 55-57, 65, 107, 125
-Avengers Forever (1998) #8, 11-12
-Galactus the Devourer (1999)
-Avengers Two: Wonder Man and Beast (2000) (reprint)
-Avengers: The Ultron Imperative (2001) #1
-The Order (2002) #3, 5-6
-Marvel Universe: The End (2003) #5
-Avengers Finale (2004) #1
-House of M (2005) #1-2, 8
-The Thing (2005) #1, 6, 8
-Civil War (2006) #3-4, 6-7
-Civil War: Front Line (2006) #4-8
-Ms. Marvel (2006) #6-8, 12-17, 21-25, 27
-New Avengers (2004) #24, 28-30, 34-36, 38, 40-41, 51, Annual 3
-Wonder Man (2006)
-Ms. Marvel Special (2007) #1
-The Mighty Avengers (2007) #1-9, 11, 14, 20
-Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #1-4, Annual 1, 8, 11-12
-Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America (2007) #2, 5
-World War Hulk (2007) #1-2, 5
-Giant Size Avengers (2007) #1
-Incredible Hercules (2008) #113-114
-Avengers Classic (2007) #9
-World War Hulk: Aftersmash! - Damage Control (2008) #2
-Secret Invasion (2008) #1-2, 4, 6-8
-Avengers/Invaders (2008) #2, 4-8, 12
-Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? (2008) #1
-Dark Reign: Lethal Legion (2009)
-War Machine (2008) #8-10
-Avengers (2010) #1-2, 7, 25, 31-32, 34
-Avengers: The Children's Crusade (2010) #3-9
-New Avengers Annual (2011) #1
-Avengers Annual (2012) #1
-Hulk Smash Avengers (2011) #4-5
-Uncanny Avengers (2012) #5, 7, 9-13, Annual 1, 21, 23
-A+X (2012) #12
-Avengers Assemble (2012) #20
-Vision (2015) #&, 11
-Uncanny Avengers (2015) #22-23, 27-28, 30
-Secret Empire (2017) #1-2, 5, 7
-Secret Empire: Brave New World (2017) #2
-Occupy Avengers (2016) #8
-Secret Warriors (2017) #5
-Avengers (2016) #675-690
-War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery (2019)
-Tony Stark: Iron Man (2018) #15-19
-Empyre: Avengers (2020)
-Invincible Iron Man (2022) #6
-Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #55-57
-X-Force (2019) #49-50

-Incredible Hercules Complete Collection Vol. 1
-Absolute Power (June/July titles)

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