Gravity (character)
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Gravity is a
Publication history
He first appeared in Gravity #1 (Aug. 2005) and was created by Sean McKeever and Mike Norton.[2]
Gravity's first appearance was in his own limited series: Gravity #1-5 (2005), later released as a digest-formatted graphic novel as part of the Marvel Next imprint aimed at younger readers. In the same year, Gravity was featured in Marvel Holiday Special (2005) in a minor role.
The character's next appearance was in the crossover storyline
A solo storyline in Age of Heroes #2 (2010) provided the prologue to Gravity's next appearance as a member of the Young Allies in Young Allies #1-6 (2010–2011) then later in Onslaught Unleashed #1-4 (2011). Gravity was prominently featured in the "Fear Itself" tie-in series Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #1-6 (2011).
Fictional character biography
Greg Willis was born and raised in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. During the summer after his high school graduation, while on board his family's yacht, Greg is sucked into a mysterious black hole. He is found hours later by his parents, unharmed. After the incident, Greg finds that he is able to manipulate the gravitational force around his body and nearby objects.[3] Looking to take advantage of his new powers, Greg moves east to New York City to study licensing and merchandising at New York University, and becomes a marketable member of the superhero community known as Gravity.[4]
On his first outing, Gravity encounters a battle between
Beyond
After defeating a villain called Brushfire, Gravity stumbles upon a mysterious structure in
Return and Initiative
When Gravity's grave is desecrated and his body is stolen,
Gravity later joins the
The Heavy Hitters are one of the few teams not to be infiltrated by the
Young Allies
With the fall of Osborn's Initiative, and the abolishment of the
Returning to his studies at New York University, Gravity finds himself with his friends Lauren and Frog once more. The return of Warhead and the Bastards of Evil, an anarchist group claiming to be the estranged children of supervillains, brings Gravity together with fellow hero and university student Firestar. However, their team-up isn't enough to stop Warhead from detonating his powers, killing himself and many others around him at
Fear Itself
When
Spider-Island
During the Spider-Island storyline, the Young Allies are seen defending New York. On the Hudson River bridge, Gravity fights against the Spider-King. Venom arrived and fought the Spider-King, spotting Gravity and threw him in the air. Spider-King approached him and threatened to kill him if he did not step aside. Gravity fell down on the spider-beast and knocked him out.[18] Working with the other Avengers, they are able to save New York.[19] Gravity was among the many heroes attacked by Carrion who posed as the Superior Spider-Man (Otto Octavius's mind in Spider-Man's body).[20]
Young Avengers
Gravity was among the group of young heroes who arrived when the Young Avengers called "Avengers Assemble". They were nicknamed Thin Spandex Line.[21] Together they battled Mother, a dangerous inter-dimensional parasite.[22]
Powers and abilities
After being sucked into a mysterious
Other versions
Marvel Zombies: Dead Days
Gravity has a minor cameo appearance in Marvel Zombies: Dead Days (2007). He is seen attempting to eat Nova who manages to evade him.
Marvel Apes
A primate version of Gravity appears in the Marvel Apes titles Marvel Apes: Evolution Starts Here #1 (2009) and Marvel Apes: Speedball Special #1 (2009).
What If?
Various alternative versions of Gravity appear in the What If? storylines What If? Secret Wars #1 (2009), What If? House of M #1 (2009), What If? Spider-Man of House of M #1 (2009), and What If? Secret Invasion #1 (2010) in minor and cameo roles.
League of Losers
Gravity appeared in
In other media
Television
- Gravity has a non-voiced cameo appearance in Taskmaster.
Reception
IGN praised the Gravity comics, comparing the comics favorably to the classic Spider-Man comics.[citation needed] The character of Gravity was awarded Best New Comic Character for 2005 by IGN.[citation needed]
Collected editions
Title | Material collected | Published date | ISBN |
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Gravity: Big-City Super Hero | Gravity #1-5 | December 2005 | 978-0785117988 |
References
- ^ "How to create your own original superhero from scratch".
- ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
- ^ Gravity #5 (2005)
- ^ Gravity #1 (2005)
- ^ Gravity #1-5 (2005)
- ^ a b Beyond! #1 (2006)
- ^ Beyond! #1-6 (2006)
- ^ Fantastic Four #545-546 (2007)
- ^ Fantastic Four #550 (2007)
- ^ "Christos Gage (author) Comments". Newsarama.com forums. Retrieved 2008-05-23.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Avengers: The Initiative Special #1 (2009)
- ^ Avengers: The Initiative #17-19 (2008-2009)
- ^ Avengers: The Initiative #25 (2009)
- ^ Age of Heroes #2 (2010)
- ^ Young Allies #1-6 (2010-2011)
- ^ Onslaught Unleashed #1-4 (2011)
- ^ Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #1-6 (2011)
- ^ Venom vol. 2 #6 (2011)
- ^ The Amazing Spider-Man #671-673 (2011-12)
- ^ Superior Spider-Man Team Up #1 (2013)
- ^ Young Avengers vol. 2 #11 (2013)
- ^ Young Avengers vol. 2 #12-14 (2014)
- ^ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 #4 (September 2008)
- ^ Marvel Team-Up #15 (2006)
- ^ Marvel Team-Up #16-18 (2006)
External links
- Gravity at Marvel.com