Vance Astrovik
| Vance Astrovik | |
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Justice.
Art by Jim Cheung. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Giant-Size Defenders #5 (July, 1975) |
| Created by |
Don Heck (artist) Gerry Conway (writer) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Vance Astrovik |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations |
Counter Force The Initiative Avengers New Warriors Triune Understanding UCWF Avengers Academy |
| Notable aliases | Justice, Marvel Boy, Manglin' John Mahoney, Marvel Man, The Astounding Astrovik, Squire Justice, Super Tights |
| Abilities | Telekinesis High-speed flight |
Vance Astrovik, also known as Justice and formerly known as Marvel Boy, is a fictional mutant superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He possesses the superhuman power of telekinesis. Astrovik has been affiliated with the New Warriors and The Avengers. He first appeared in Giant-Size Defenders #5 (July, 1975) and was created by Don Heck and Gerry Conway
More than a decade after his creation, Vance appeared first as a mainstay in the New Warriors and later in the third volume of the Avengers titles. He usually appeared with Firestar, who was his girlfriend then later fiancee.
In 1994, he had his own four issue limited series, Justice: Four Balance and appeared in the I (heart) Marvel: Masked Intentions oneshot in 2006.
He was a major character in Avengers: The Initiative, early in the series.
Justice appeared as a supporting character in Avengers Academy from issue #1 (Aug 2010) through issue #20 (Dec 2011).
Vance Astrovik was born in Saugerties, New York. He was visited as a teenager by an alternate, time traveling version of his future self, Major Vance Astro of the Guardians of the Galaxy, an astronaut who had volunteered for an experimental space flight and consequently been lost in space in cryogenic suspension for a thousand years. The elder Vance Astro convinced his younger self to not become an astronaut, and in the process, sparked the premature emergence of the younger Vance's telekinetic powers. Due to the vagaries of time travel in the Marvel Universe, this did not create a paradox, but instead made the Guardians' future world into a parallel timeline, to which they later returned. Although Major Vance Astro had not had a chance to fully develop his psionic power in his time in NASA, the younger Astrovik now had the opportunity to hone his power. Astrovik soon became the costumed crime-fighter Marvel Boy.
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