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Quote1 That thing in your palm makes you a walking doomsday machine. You're the world's biggest hammer. But a hammer can be used to crack a skull or build a home. I was in a similar situation once. And someone like me now came to talk to me. Talked me down. What's coming is going to be rough. Don't get me wrong. I'm not offering you the easy option. But if you hold it together and use the Starbrand for what it's for--for defending people and building things--you're going to help bring about a new world. Quote2
Ken Connell's future self[src]

History

Ken Connell lived in Optima Down, Oklahoma, dating sheriff's daughter Madeline Felix despite her father's disapproval. After a night out, the couple fell asleep on a hillside. In the early hours of March 2nd, 2006, while they slept, a White Event took place.[1]

Earth-555 from Newuniversal Vol 1 1 002

Getting the Starbrand from the White Event

Ken woke to find Maddie dead beside him, burnt and almost unrecognizable. The Starbrand symbol had been scorched into the hillside around them. Later, in the sheriff’s office, Madeline’s father assaulted Connell, drawing a gun, intending to kill the man he considers responsible for his daughter's death.[1] As the sheriff fired, the Starbrand manifested on Connell's hand and saved his life - he was able to stop (and reverse) bullets, project energy and easily killed the terrified police officers who shot at him. Razing the station while being seemingly unaware of what he is doing, he escaped and then flew high into the sky.[2]

Kenneth Connell (Earth-555) from Newuniversal Vol 1 2 004

Connell retreated to a secluded mountain, and was approached by three people bearing similar brands at various places on their body. The three were all future or alternate Starbrands, projecting "ahead" to warn Ken that he must save his world from himself. One of them, an elderly man, was revealed to be Ken Connell himself from fifty years in the future; he was using the power of his Starbrand to warn Connell of its power and the potential for misuse - "a hammer can be used to crack a skull or build a home." Ken is told that he is now the planetary self-defense system, and that "there's a reason it needs defending."[3]

Upon being attacked by the US military, Connell was rescued by a Nightmask, Izanami Randall, who returned him to her apartment in San Francisco. Connell, overwhelmed by recent events and Maddie's death, became virtually catatonic.[4]

Kenneth Connell (Earth-555) and Izanami Randall (Earth-555) from Newuniversal Shockfront Vol 1 1 001

With Izzy

Ken stayed in Izzy's apartment for two weeks when she came back one day with news that her store got bombed. The pair went outside to investigate and discovered other superhumans out there.[5]

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Ken possesses little control over his abilities when he's awake, and no control when he's unconscious

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