Marvel Universe
Series 5

ELECTRO is living lightning. Electricity crackles between his fingers, and dances across his eyes. he can generate lightning bolts powerful enough to shatter concrete or detonate gas tanks. For years, his ambition has been to surpass his humble roots and join the ranks of the world's master criminals. Unfortunately for him, his enemies' superior understanding of how electricity actually works continues to stand in his way.

When James Hudson invented the power suit that would eventually turn him into GUARDIAN, he was thinking only of saving the lives of miners who worked deep beneath the surface. The suit proved too tempting as a weapon for his employers, however, so he stole it. Clad now in battle armor replicating the flag of his homeland, he dedicated himself to helping the helpless, and formed Canada's first super team - ALPHA FLIGHT - to help him on his mission.

Multi-billionare industrialist Tony Stark has lived a double life as the hero IRON MAN for years. He is an engineering genius; the best weapons designer on the planet. He personally builds every iteration of the IRON MAN armor, trusting no one but himself with the powerful technology he harnesses. He has used his dual role both for personal gain, and the glory of mankind, as a solo adventurer, and a founding member of the AVENGERS.

NAMOR the SUB-MARINER has been seen as many things over the years - hero, conqueror, villain, pariah - but every role he has played has been for the good of his people. Hunted, marginalized and shunned by land-dwellers, the Kingdom of Atlantis has long turned its back on the surface world. The SUB-MARINER acts on the surface only to protect his people, and ensure their survival.

When he was 14 years old, Peter Parker was bitten by a spider that had been irradiated in a nuclear experiment. Something in the spider's venom changed him, over night, from the nerdy kid he'd been to something else entirely. Given incredible strength, speed and stamina, he reveled in his power. The tragic death of his uncle threw Peter's good fortune into fierce perspective, giving him direction. From that day on, he vowed to battle evil wherever he could find it as The Amazing SPIDER-MAN.