Bill Foster (Marvel)
Bill Foster is a male comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
William Barrett Foster
Whilst in college, he and Claire Temple fell in love with the two getting married young. However, the pair came to quickly suffer from marital strife as both were too wrapped up in pursuing their own respective careers leading to them not showing any understanding to the other. This led to arguments between them that progressed to being fights and eventually a trial separation before divorcing each other. (Power Man v1 #24)
He came to work for Stark Industries where he operated as a bio-chemist at the Baltimore plant at the Plans and Research Division. Dr. Foster was asked by Tony Stark to assist Hank Pym to help him return to his original height after he was trapped in giant-form with his physiology unable to transform back to its normal height. Bill travelled to the laboratory where he and Hank worked regularly in finding a solution to the problem. During one moment, he was travelling to the lab when he was confronted by members of the Sons of the Serpent who beat him to near death. Goliath arrived at the scene to help Dr. Foster where he decided to halt research on their experiments and instead had the Avengers look into stopping the criminal activities of the Sons of the Serpents. (Avengers v1 #32)
Black Goliath
Struggling on becoming a superhero, he decided to use the Black Goliath identity to stop a series of thefts in the city where a supervillain named Atom-Smasher was targeting laboratories to steal radioactive materials. (Black Goliath v1 #1)
Dr. Foster later came to join the staff of Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. that was a U.S> government's energy research facility. (Marvel Two-in-One v1 #54)
Legacy
After his death, his nephew Tom Foster came to blame the superhero community for his death during the Civil War. This was to such an extent that during World War Hulk he was keen to see the returned Hulk kill those heroes partly responsible for Bill Foster's death. (Incredible Hulk v2 #107)
Afterwards, Hank continued work on the virtual reality program that he and Bill had been building that allowed one to upload their consciousness in order to live after death. The grieving Pym uploaded Foster's mind into the program thus creating a virtual utopia for his friend. (Ant-Man & Wasp v1 #1) A.I.M. attempted to hijack the program with Hank working alongside Eric O'Grady to stop them. During this time, O'Grady entered into the virtual world where he briefly met Foster with Bill mistaking him for Hank and urging him to stop pushing his loved ones away. (Ant-Man & Wasp v1 #3)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He later came to take the name of Black Goliath. (Power Man v1 #24)
At one point, he had fallen in love and married Claire Temple but the two separated as they pursued different career paths with the resultant marital strife resulting in their eventual divorce. (Power Man v1 #24)
Assisting him were a group of three researchers called the Whiz Kids that were three of the world's infest inventive minds. Among them included doctors Herbert Bell, Dale West and Talia Kruma. (Black Goliath v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
As part of his background, Dr. Foster was noted for being a skilled bio-chemist. (Avengers v1 #32)
Notes
- Bill Foster was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck where he made his first appearance in Avengers v1 #32 (September, 1966).
- Tony Isabella and George Tuska later had the character become Black Goliath in Luke Cage, Power Man v1 #24 (April, 1975).
- The character appeared as Giant-Man in Marvel Two-in-One v1 #55 (September, 1979) and then as Goliath in The Thing v1 #1 (January, 2006).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Films
- In Ant-Man and the Wasp, Bill Foster appeared in the live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where he was portrayed by actor Laurence Fishburne. He was a scientist who worked for S.H.I.E.L.D. and came to work alongside Hank Pym on Project Goliath where they attempted to use Pym Particles to grow subjects to great heights. Foster took part in the program where he managed to grow giant sized for a short period of time. He came to have a tense relationship with Pym who he believed had a big ego and could not tolerate anyone being his equal. In time, he left the project where he claimed he left under his own will whilst Hank stated he fired Foster for not being competent. Around this time, Foster learnt that a former colleague named Elias Starr who had been disgraced and fired by Hank Pym was conducting his own quantum research in secret but his project suffered an accident that killed him along with his wife. Elias's daughter Ava Starr was the only survivor but the experiment resulted in her body suffering molecular instability leaving her nearly intangible and in constant pain. Bill was called in as an expert to help her where he became her surrogate father to help her with her powers and to cope with the pain whilst he attempted to find a cure for her.
Video games
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Bill Foster as Goliath appeared in the setting of the video game where he was voiced by actor Emerson Brooks.
Appearances
- Avengers v1: (1966)
- Luke Cage, Power Man v1: (1975)
- Black Goliath v1:
- Civil War v1:
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