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Revision as of 15:32, 28 June 2005 by Bedford (talk | contribs) (→Character biography)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Justice, real name Vance Astrovik, is a fictional character, a mutant superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He possesses the superhuman power of telekinesis. He has been affiliated with the New Warriors and The Avengers, and had previously used the codename of Marvel Boy.
Character biography
Vance Astrovik was visited as a teenager by his time traveling 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. 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 telekinesis in his time in NASA, the younger Astrovik now had the opportunity to hone his power. Astrovik soon became the costumed crimefighter Marvel Boy.
Marvel Boy applied for membership in the Avengers, but was rejected. Dejected, he jumped at the chance to help found a team of minor teenage superheroes, the New Warriors, led by the new hero Night Thrasher. In the Warriors, Marvel Boy became romantically involved with his teammate Firestar. However, Vance's father was an abusive alcoholic who beat and threatened both Vance and his mother regularly. Lashing out in anger with his powers, Vance murdered his own father, and was arrested and convicted of manslaughter. He ultimately earned his freedom and adopted the new codename of Justice. As Justice, he led the New Warriors and eventually proposed marriage to Firestar, although they learned that her microwave-based powers had a high chance of rendering her infertile. The pair later joined the Avengers, becoming the forty-eighth and forty-ninth members of that group, although they eventually left the team and have occasionally resurfaced alongside the New Warriors.
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