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Simon Williams was the son of an industrialist who founded Williams Innovations, a highly successful munitions factory. While his brother Eric refused to go into the family business, Simon on the other hand inherited the firm following his father's death. Under Simon's control, Williams Innovations was unable to compete with rival firms such as Stark Industries and in desperation Simon turned to his brother who helped him embezzle the company's money and invest in the Maggia. When Simon's actions were discovered he was looking at a prison sentence but was approached by Amora the Enchantress who freed him and brought him before the Masters of Evil.Turning the blame for Simon's business failure to Tony Stark, the Masters of Evil convinced him to undergo Baron Zemo's iTraining alongside Zemo, the Enchantress and the Executioner, Wonder Man honed his powers and strength and in the process found himself the object of the Enchantress' affections which made the Executioner jealous and resentful of Wonder Man.
The Masters of Evil then lured the Avengers into a battle in New York where Wonder Man arrived and appeared to help the team battle the villains. Claiming a desire to join the Avengers, Wonder Man was welcomed onto the team but Captain America remained suspicious leading Wonder Man to have to confide in them about aspects of his origin. Telling the team of how Baron Zemo performed experiments on him that will kill him within a week, the Avengers began looking for a cure to help their new member.onic ray treatment to receive superhuman strength to destroy the Stark-funded Avengers. Becoming Wonder Man, Simon agreed to help the Masters of Evil defeat the Avengers, especially after Zemo revealed that unless he was given regular treatments that only he could provide then Simon would die.
Seeing the Avengers willing to offer him help out of the kindest of their hearts, Wonder Man began to regret having to ultimately betray them so that he could continue to live. Receiving a signal from Zemo, Wonder Man kidnapped the Wasp and delivered her to the Masters of Evil to use as bait to draw the rest of the team to them. When the Avengers arrived to save Wasp, they discovered Wonder Man's true allegiance when he quickly subdued Thor. With Wonder Man on their side, the Masters of Evil overpowered the rest of the Avengers as Wonder Man realized Zemo intended to murder the Avengers rather than simply serving them a humiliating defeat. Realizing his mistake, Wonder Man turned on the Masters of Evil, freed the captive Avengers and sided with them in a battle against the villains. As the Masters of Evil fled, Wonder Man collapsed to the floor apparently dying from his terminal condition. The Avengers gathered around as Wonder Man died shortly afterwards having made a noble sacrifice for the team.
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