Respect the Sandman: Marvel 616

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The story of Sandman’s childhood is muddled from many retellings, but whatever the case, he began as a youth named William Baker who took to calling himself Flint Marko once he began his criminal life. This was so that family wouldn’t know about his criminal activities. Eventually, he ran into a nuclear waste site. The irradiated sand fused with his body, and Flint became the powerful Sandman. He took to easy crime, but eventually joined many villainous teams, the Sinister Six and Frightful Four among them. He took on a costume which let him add chemicals to his sand, but this was temporary and he later lost it. Eventually, he reformed and joined Silver Sable’s Wild Pack. However, this heroic stint was ended by the Wizard meddling with Flint’s mind, turning him malicious again.

Sandman then ran into a girl he took to be an adopted daughter, named Keemia. However, it turned out that he had accidentally killed her parents. Sandman since then has been tipping back and forth on the evil and heroic axis quite often.

Sandman is generally one of the Spider-Man and Fantastic Four rogues considered to be the best morally, and he has reformed many times. But he has never managed to make it stick, usually due to outside influences.

Durability

Sandman is known for letting attacks go through him, but he also has some raw durability too

Sand Manipulation

Sandman’s powers all derive from his ability to manipulate sand, but he can do more than make himself strong or durable with them. So long as a queen grain of sand is intact, he can control himself perfectly.

Strength

Sandman has great power behind his blows and can further enhance this through sand weapons

Speed

Sandman isn’t very fast, but the way he extends his sand is quick enough to sometimes get smacks into things.

Posted May 15, 2016, 1:16 AM UTC · edited

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