This Hyperion was the interplanetary explorer Zhib-ran, invested with superpowers during the explosion of his homeworld.
The Grandmaster modeled Zhib-ran’s powers and appearance after the real Hyerion, Mark Milton.
On Earth-712, Mark is the last surviving member of the space-faring Eternals.
He was raised by Earth parents with strong moral values and desire to protect the weak.
(Sound familiar?)
This version of Hyperion died along with the rest of the Earth-712 reality in 2016.
Yet a third version of Hyperion was introduced in 2013 during Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers run.
He is the sole survivor of the Earth-13034 reality, which was destroyed when it collided during another dimension.
He was pulled into Earth-616 by A.I.M and became an integral part of the multiverse Avengers.
The Eternals are an immortal superhero team created when the Celestials tampered with the genes of proto-humans on Earth.
(This genetic tampering is also the reason Earth has so many super beings.)
As an Eternal, Hyperion absorbs cosmic radiation.
He also destroyed the city of Atlantis by picking it up and dropping it from the sky.
Hyperion does have two major weaknesses though: magic and Argonite Radiation.
Considering Argon is right above Krypton on the periodic table, this is rather clever satire.
When the Avengers remind General Thunderbolt Ross that they are Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (i.e.
They were then programmed by an offshoot of Hydra called the Power Elite.
All of them were also given the desire to protect America,quite violently if necessary.
(Get it?).
Also, the Earth-13034 Hyperion is still out there somewhere.
It will be interesting to see if he has a clash with his counterpart.
So there you have it: the complete history of Hyperion.
The most DC-esque thing about this DC parody may be that he has undergone a DC level of retcons.
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