KIM

Real Name: Kim ??

Identity/Class: Human mutate (Vietnamese citizen)

Occupation: Student & kite-maker

Group Membership: A group of students (Joker Ho, Lam Dalat, Little Chi, Smiling Tien, Tough-Boy Houng)

Affiliations: Force Works (Moonraker, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Woman (Carpenter), U.S. Agent), Fisher Todd

Enemies: Apocryphus, "greenshirt" Anachronauts, Immortus (posing as Kang), a Priest of Pama (possibly a Space Phantom)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Dong Nai province in Vietnam

First Appearance: Force Works#17 (November, 1995)

Powers/Abilities: After his transformation Kim possessed wings that enabled him to fly. It is also likely that he possessed superhuman strength and durability. Before his transformation Kim was a very talented kite-maker.

(Force Works#17) - For Kim's friends he was the best kite-maker in the world. One day Kim and his friends rode around on their bicycles and again Kim impressed with his kite and the way he let it sail. Suddenly a Priest of Pama appeared out of nowhere and ran right through Kim. A second later Kim and the priest had disappeared. Erased from time not even Kim's friends could remember him and only wondered who the creator of that fine kite was that they found.

  Lost in a strange forest Kim suddenly began to feel an agonizing pain. He was found by Anachronauts, whose instruments showed that they boy was changing because he was another anomaly.

(Force Works#18) - A guard stayed with Kim when the other Anachronauts left to fight members of Force Works. Fisher Todd found the boy and was attacked by the guard, when Kim suddenly transformed into a monstrous, winged being. Fisher knocked out the dark and then saw Kim flying towards him.

(Force Works#19) - Fisher brought Kim with Spider-Woman's help to the temple of Agaphaur. There Moonraker explained to the others that Kim was a hyper-evolved human changed by chronographic effect because Kim is one of the few people, who ware metabolically suited for this. Normally such beings would be recruited for the Anachronauts. When Force Works left Moonraker told them to leave Kim behind because they could return later for him.

Comments: Created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Jim Cheung & Rey Garcia.

Profile by Markus Raymond.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Kim should not be confused with:

• Colonel Kim, Punisher character @ Marvel Graphic Novel: Punisher: Intruder
• Kim, of the Daily Bugle @ Amazing Spider-Man I#349
• Kim, Code: Blue character @ Thunderstrike#7
• Kim, from District X @ Madrox#2
• Sgt. Helen Kim, partner of Marvel Knights @ Marvel Knights II#1
• or to any other character with that or a similar name

images: (without ads)
Force Works#19, p15-16, pan1 (Kim mutated)
Force Works#17, p1, pan2 (original form)

Appearances:
Force Works#17 (November, 1995) - Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Jim Cheung (pencils), Rey Garcia (inks), Nel Yomtov (editor)
Force Works#18 (December, 1995) - Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Yancey Labat (pencils), Rey Garcia (inks), Nel Yomtov (editor)
Force Works#19 (January, 1996) - Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Hector Oliveira (pencils), Glass Hous Graphic & Rey Garcia (inks), Nel Yomtov (editor)

Last updated: 01/18/04