- —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]
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]
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]
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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Notes
- Based on a character originally created by Jim Shooter and John Romita Jr.
See Also
- 7 appearance(s) of Kenneth Connell (Earth-555)
- 1 mention(s) of Kenneth Connell (Earth-555)
- 17 image(s) of Kenneth Connell (Earth-555)
- 1 quotation(s) by or about Kenneth Connell (Earth-555)