SUNTURION

 

SUNTURION

Real Name: Arthur Dearborn

First Appearance: The Invincible Iron Man (Vol. 1) #143, February 1981

Powers: Dr. Arthur Dearborn was a Roxxon scientist who conceived and designed Star Well 1, a space station which stored energy and beamed it back to Earth as microwaves, providing heat and electricity. When his employers threatened to cease funding the project, he volunteered for an experimental procedure which converted his body into microwave energy, turning him into a self-sustaining energy being called Sunturion.

Despite his armored appearance, Sunturion is not technologically supported. Both his human appearance and his Sunturion identity are deliberate projections of his energy form. Sunturion absorbs various forms of energy for personal sustenance, including solar energy and different kinds of background radiation. He can fly and survive unaided in vacuum and has only minimal desire for food or oxygen. Arthur can transform completely into energy, beaming himself at the speed of light from one point to another. He can shift into intangible energy and has only minimal reaction to physical assaults even when solid. Sunturion can project microwave discharges of various intensity, cast microwave shields for defense, or shape energy into holographic projections.

Dr. Arthur Dearborn is an expert radiologist with Ph.D’s in physics and mechanical engineering.