Eric Williams (Earth-1010)

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 * Image                  = Grim Reaper.png
 * ImageSize              = 250px
 * RealName               = Eric Williams
 * CurrentAlias           = Grim Reaper
 * Aliases                =
 * Identity               = Public
 * Alignment              = Bad
 * Affiliation            = member of Hydra, member of the Maggia
 * Relatives              = Sanford (father, deceased), Martha (mother),  Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (brother)
 * Universe               = Earth-1010
 * BaseOfOperations       = Mobile


 * Gender                 = Male
 * Height                 = 6'4"
 * Weight                 = 225 lbs
 * Eyes                   = Blue
 * Hair                   = Grey
 * Hair2                  = (formerly blond)
 * UnusualFeatures        = Prosthetic scythe in place of a right hand
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 * Citizenship            = American
 * MaritalStatus          = Single
 * Occupation             = Professional criminal
 * Education              =


 * Origin                 =
 * PlaceOfBirth           = Paterson, New Jersey
 * PlaceOfDeath           =
 * Creators               = Roy Thomas; John Buscema
 * First                  = To Kill A Mockingbird


 * HistoryText            =

Early Years
Eric Williams, the brother of Simon Williams (also known as Wonder Man), was born in Paterson, New Jersey. Eric was always the black sheep of his family. His mother would tell him that he was 'born bad', while heaping affection on Simon. Eric's father was charged with disciplining him, but was abusive and uncaring. He even preferred to watch TV lazily, while Eric was torturing the family cat. At the same time, their mother Martha was loving and attentive to Simon, making Eric bitter and jealous.

One day Eric was playing with chemicals in the garage, and caused a fire which burned down their house. Simon felt guilty for having not stopped Eric, and resolved to be responsible for Eric from there on. As they grew older, Simon grew studious while Eric was an athlete. Eric also became more rebellious, and tried to get Simon to join him in his petty thefts. Eventually Eric joined the Maggia and moved to Las Vegas. Meanwhile Simon took over the family business, Williams Innovations.

Partly due to competition with Stark Industries, Williams Innovations began to fail. Desperate, Simon turned to Eric and his mob ties for help. Simon embezzled money from the company to invest with Eric, but Simon was caught and jailed. Simon was freed from jail by Baron Zemo, induced by an offer of revenge on Tony Stark by defeating Iron Man and the Avengers. Simon was transformed into Wonder Man, in order to infiltrate the Avengers. Zemo's empowering process also poisoned Simon, ensuring his loyalty in exchange for the antidote. Simon's better nature won out though, and he "died" saving the Avengers from Zemo's trap.

Learning of Simon's "death", Eric was inflamed with guilt and anger. Through his Maggia contacts, he contacted the Tinkerer who provided him with his scythe weapon.


 * Powers                 = Originally, the Grim Reaper was a purely technological-based villain with no innate super-human abilities. The techno-scythe he used as his trademark weapon had the ability to make the blade spin at rapid speed, making the weapon usable as a buzz-saw, missile shield, and an improvised helicopter. It could also fire energy blasts and gas pellets, and dispense electric stun shocks on touch.

The Grim Reaper later gained some magic-related abilities: he can re-animate the souls and bodies of the dead, either through voodoo training received from Black Talon or powers bestowed upon him by Lloigoroth. The Grim Reaper has also performed various magically-based feats including but not limited to: teleporting himself and others, summoning demons, creating illusions & clairvoyant viewing.


 * Abilities              =
 * Strength               = The Reaper's physical strength is supernaturally heightened slightly beyond the natural limitations of the human body.
 * Weaknesses             =


 * Equipment              =
 * Transportation         = Jet-Equipped Platform
 * Weapons                = Grim Reaper's Scythe. His right hand has been amputated and replaced with an apparently magical scythe. The scythe is magically sharp and is capable of energy blasts (much like the original), but has also been used to drain energy.

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 * Wikipedia              = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grim_Reaper_%28comics%29
 * Links                  = * http://www.leaderslair.com/marvelvillains/reaper.html