FORCE

 

 

FORCE

Real Name: Clayton Wilson
First Appearance: Sub-Mariner (Vol. 1) #66, July 1973 (Unnamed); Sub-Mariner (Vol. 1) #68, October 1973 (As Force)

Powers: A baseline human with no superhuman powers, Clayton Wilson was a graduate student at Empire State University working as an assistant to Dr. Damon Walthers, who developed a prototype force field projector. Sensing its potential for personal gain, Wilson stole the device, incorporated it into a battlesuit he developed and took on the professional criminal identity of “Force”.

Force's armor is composed of a high impact, lightweight, titanium steel alloy meshing with a high resistance to injury, corrosion, and heat. The armor amplifies his strength to superhuman levels, enabling him to lift 15 tons. The armor features an internal air supply lasting over two hours, and the armor can be sealed for travel through low oxygen or underwater environments and contains temperature insulators and regulators. The armor's computer system includes a sophisticated subspace/satellite radio communications array, which can also provide local radio signals, and world maps projected inside a sophisticated faceplate within the helmet. It is powered by nano-silicon wafer-thin solar power receptors deposited on all surfaces, which converts sunlight into electrical energy stored in high density cryogenic flat batteries.

The armor contains highly miniaturized generators that can create energy for a variety of effects including creating solid force fields for himself or others. Force can discharge pure force bolts that gain strength the further they travel. These can penetrate 2" thick steel at close range, and the discharge of the bolts can be adjusted to lower levels. Force can meld objects into steel by emitting a force pulse into the object itself, causing no damage to the object in the process. By surrounding his armored fists with force fields, Force can increase the amount of concussive force of his punches, enough to engage in hand-to-hand combat with superhumanly powerful beings such as Namor. Force can also project force fields strong enough to support up to 25 tons and able to resist concussive force of approximately up to 80,000 bs. per second. Force has been known to generate force fields at a size up to 20 feet in diameter. However, given a large enough power supply, Force can create a force field large enough to engulf an entire city.

Force can electrify any force field he creates, sufficient to disrupt the nervous system of a normal person, causing death. Force can discharge an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) that can shut down electronic devices within a 50-yard radius. The armor contains EMI (electromagnetic interference) shielding, which automatically protects the armor from the effects of an EMP discharge or attack. Each boot of the armor contains two miniature magnetically powered turbines, which compress air into thrust, enabling Force to fly at speeds of Mach 1.2 (960 mph) and for 4,500 miles without having to recharge.

Force's first armor discharged its energy from a projector on his helmet and was controlled by adjusting levels on his belt. It was powered by solar powered thermo-electric cells located in his belt. Force's second armor was composed of a high impact, lightweight, titanium steel alloy meshing with a body suit woven out of steel meshing. It contained high-intensity concussion grenades within its utility belt and had a slightly lower efficient weapons system. The armor possessed a Safelok that blocked outside communications; unless deactivated when it was removed, the weapon system power supply was released internally, electrocuting the wearer. Clayton Wilson is an expert in physics and engineering, specifically the generation of force fields.