Omnifarious
19 years ago - Ed Young is born in Dakota City. His father Edwin Alva pays off his mother Denise Young, not involving himself with his son.
11 years ago - 8-year-old Ed Young's mother Denise dies unexpectedly. His father Edwin Alva becomes his legal guardian, sending him to boarding school.
5 years ago - 14-year-old Ed Alva Jr is kicked out of boarding school and returns to Dakota City to live with his father Edwin Alva and attend public high school.
3 years ago - 16-year-old Ed Alva Jr steals several experimental single-use doses of Alva Technologies mutagenic compound, allowing him to change his shape and adapt powers at will, fighting Static before Alva Technologies captures him.
2 years ago - 17-year-old Ed Alva Jr is unveiled by Alva Technologies as Omnifarious, their new branded superhero, but he soon loses control and goes on a rampage across Dakota City before he is stopped by Static, his powers rendering him comatose.
Our Omnifarious StoryOf the many characters that were invented specifically for the Static Shock animated series, Edwin Alva Jr is actually one of the few that hasn't been translated in one way or another back into the comics. This might just be because he's built out of the cartoon's take on his father Edwin Alva, which is inherently different in the comics. Still, we think he's a great character to include; both as the ultimate evolution of Alva Technologies development of weaponized mutagenic compounds, and because his relationship with his father is so intensely, dramatically problematic. We do imagine that he could undergo a big redesign of his look that really pushes just how dangerously unpredictable he can be as his body morphs to give him different powers.
For our timeline, we've actually made the big battle between Static and a now Alva-Industries-Approved version of Omnifarious is the big climactic battle of that story, leading to the downfall of both Alvas. |