Mettle (comics)
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Avengers Academy #1 (Jun. 2010) |
| Created by |
Christos Gage Mike McKone |
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| Alter ego | Ken Mack |
| Team affiliations | Avengers Academy |
| Notable aliases | Fortress |
| Abilities | Experienced surfer Iridium body grants: Superhuman strength and durability Virtual indestructibility |
Mettle (Ken Mack) is a fictional character from Marvel Comics. He was recruited into training at the Avengers Academy to become an Avenger.
Mettle first appeared in Avengers Academy #1 (June 2010) and was created by Christos Gage and Mike McKone. He appeared as a regular character in the series through its final issue, #39 (Jan 2013).
Mettle appeared briefly in Avengers Arena, the successor title to Avengers Academy, by Dennis Hopeless and Kev Walker.
Ken Mack was a sixteen-year-old Hawaiian surfer with a laid back and carefree attitude. While surfing, another surfer hit him with a surf board and ripped away part of his face, which revealed a red iridium skull at the point of impact. He was taken to Norman Osborn, where Dr. Baron Von Blitzschlag explained that the trauma accelerated his transformation that was already taking place. Norman Osborn accelerated the transformation, changing Ken's body to be completely iridium.
Mettle is recruited into the Avengers Academy along with five other students who have been affected by Osborn. In a sparring session with Reptil he is shown to withstand intense heat from a flame thrower with no effect. Noticing that they have been joined by Veil, he comments on her costume, but she becomes frightened by his appearance, changing into her gas form.
He is portrayed as a more responsible member of the new recruits, after discovering that they will all have a training session with Justice and Speedball. Striker complains in relation to the incident at Stamford stating that Speedball was stupid in his battle with Nitro. Mettle instead stated that he would be the perfect teacher, given their abilities one wrong move and any of one them could be a potential murderer. During their training session, Speedball increases the difficulty with Hazmat responding with a radiation blast. Justice suggests that he take a break. Then Finesse notices Speedball and Quicksilver arguing about keeping a secret from the cadets. By accessing secret computer files, the students realize that they are not the most powerful, nor the smartest or even the most highly trained kids that Osborn kidnapped. Instead they have been chosen for the academy because they have the greatest potential to go rogue and become dangerous villains.
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