Battalion (Wildstorm)

Battalion is a male comic superhero who features in Wildstorm Universe.

Biography

Jackson King was the son of Isaiah King, a former member of Team One . Isaiah King was exposed to the radiation of a special comet that passed close to Earth. Many who were exposed to this comet became superhuman and were known as "Comet Enhanciles" or "Seedlings". Isaiah and his team were on a satellite the moment the comet passed and therefore were closer to it and became stronger than any other comet-enhanciles. Isaiah's children, Jackson and Malcolm inherited his powers. The process slowly drove Isaiah and his team mad though and he took the name Despot with his team becoming the WarGuard. They were captured and Jackson spent most of his adult life trying to prove he was not like his father.

Jackson became part of the UN superhuman crisis team, Stormwatch Prime, operating from Skywatch, an orbital base and overseen by the Weatherman Henry Bendix . Jackson, under the codename Battalion, was one of the first recruits together with Nautika, Sunburst, and Flashpoint, all Comet-enhanciles like himself. They were trained by Backlash . Battalion and Backlash were the only ones to escape a failed mission during the Gulf War , thinking the others had died (in fact they had been captured). Battalion then gathered Stormwatch One to replace Stormwatch Prime.

Jackson became romantically involved with Stormwatch-member, Christine Trelane, codenamed Synergy. Trelane had the very rare ability to activate the usually dormant powers of comet-enhanciles and increase the powers of superhumans. She was therefore of great value to Stormwatch. Another Stormwatch-member was Malcolm King, Jackson's younger brother who often had arguments with his older brother. Because of her value and the limited use of her power on a battlefield, Christine soon replaced Bendix as the Weatherman of Stormwatch. The cybernetic implants in her head, that were required as a Weatherman, did put a bit of a strain on her relationship with Jackson.

During one of Stormwatch's missions, Jackson King was thought to be killed by the WildC.ATS -member Maul . In fact Maul was an imposter, sent to start a conflict between Stormwatch and the WildC.ATS Jackson, who had earlier been given a glimpse into the near future, had gone into hiding, where he trained himself in more skilled uses of his powers so he could face his father. He returned when Despot and his WarGuard escaped and defeated most of the Stormwatch team. Using his newly-honed skills, Jackson saved his team.

After Despot's defeat, Henry Bendix returned as Weatherman and Christine was restored to normal. Bendix reorganized Stormwatch into different teams and Jackson was demoted from being the team's leader to trainer. Jackson didn't like this new position, but Bendix argued that Jackson's romantic involvement with Trelane would be a liability in the field. Shortly afterwards, Bendix went insane and King took his place as Weatherman. During the Change or Die storyline, Jackson was almost killed by Changer Blind, who threw a poisoned dart at his back, giving Jackson a scar. He kept this position until a few months later a group of Aliens infiltrated Skywatch and killed most of Stormwatch. Stormwatch member Winterflew Skywatch into the Sun, destroying the base and killing the Aliens. Only Jackson, Trelane and Flint survived.

Stormwatch's funding was cut, leaving the world without a superhuman response team, and Jackson King and Christine Trelane were reduced to working as advisors for a superhuman intelligence office for the U.N. They were helpless when terrorist Kaizen Gamorra attacked Moscow, causing untold loss of life. Jenny Sparks appeared in their office and revealed that she'd turned Stormwatch Black into the Authority, taking the place of Stormwatch as the world's first defense against superhuman menaces. (The Authority v1 #1) Jackson King, Christine Trelane and Shinya Hoshino of the UN superhuman negotiation team contacted Gamorra asking him to explain his acts of terrorism. Gamorra still wanted revenge for Stormwatch killing a number of his countrymen when they were under the control of the insane Henry Bendix. He was not looking to negotiate, and made it clear that UN sanctions meant nothing to him. He carved the Gamorra trademark onto a geisha's face while explaining that his terror had no political ideology, but it was his lifeblood and what his nation stood for. (The Authority v1 #3) A creature calling itself God had created Earth as a retirement home, and was displeased after returning from a billion years trip around the universe to find native life infesting it. God planned to sterilize the planet, and Jackson told Christine he wished Stormwatch was still around, because they could have taken care of the situation. Christine just watched on as the Authority responded. (The Authority v1 #11)

Overview

Powers and abilities

King can direct his psionic force inward in order to strengthen his body for hand to hand combat. Even without his armor he was able to augment his strength to the point where he could easily knock out armored humans with a single blow. (Stormwatch v1 #14)

Notes

• Battalion was created by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi where he made his first appearance StormWatch v1 #1 (March, 1993).

Appearances

• StormWatch v1: (1993)

External Links

• DC Database Entry

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