Origin of Mercury

Life, Career

1929
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Lab explosion gives rise to the hero Mercury


Seeking to improve / create a new "clean efficient" fuel, scientist Roger McCormik is caught in an explosion in his lab in St Louis that coats him in his test batch of serum. Combined with the heat of the detonation, the components form an aggressive metabolic enhancement serum that alters Roger's body permanently, radically slowing his ability to age and allowing him the ability to run at beyond hypersonic speeds.

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