There was massive controversy as the era of 1962 was too racist to accept a black superhero. As the Blue Marvel, Brashear wore a full-face helmet, but when it was damaged in a battle, his identity was revealed. Kennedy and on that same day the President asked him to retire, since it had been discovered by the public that he was an African American. In 1962, Adam received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President John F. While Sims' body dissolved into energy, Brashear became a stable "antimatter reactor" with superhuman abilities, which he used to fight crime under the superhero alias Blue Marvel. Due to the unexpected explosion of the reactor, both Brashear and Sims were subjected to mutagenic radiation generated by the destabilized event horizon. This reactor would be a source of unlimited clean energy by allowing devices to tap the stable event horizon balanced between the two universes. Brashear later became the project lead on a scientific attempt to harness anti-matter through the creation of a Negative Reactor which created a bridge between the Negative Zone and the positive matter universe. While in the Marine Corps he met Conner Sims, the friend he would later know as Anti-Man. Fictional character biography Īdam Brashear is a former fullback at Cornell University as well as a veteran of the Korean War, a member of the Marine Corps with two Silver Stars. In 2013, Blue Marvel appeared as part of Luke Cage's new team of superheroes during the Infinity crossover, in the Marvel NOW! relaunch of Mighty Avengers. A different version later appeared briefly in What If? Secret Invasion #1 (Feb. Īdam Brashear debuted in the five issue Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel mini-series created by Kevin Grevioux. 2008) and was created by actor/writer Kevin Grevioux, who originally conceived the character as a child. The Blue Marvel debuted in Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel #1 (Nov. Anti-matter manipulation, absorption and projectionīlue Marvel ( Adam Bernard Brashear) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Highly proficient engineer and physicist.Trained military and hand-to-hand combatant.Energy, manipulation, generation, absorption and projection.Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, reflexes, endurance, senses, durability, intelligence and longevity.King Hyperion fromĪdam: Legend of the Blue Marvel #1 (Nov.