Graviton

Real Name
Franklin Hall

Occupation
Criminal, former physicist 

Citizenship
Canada

Place of Birth 
Banff, Alberta, Canada 

Known Relatives
None 

Group Affiliation
A.I.M.; (formerly) Graviton's Forces, Spider-Framer, leader of the Sky Raiders, leader of a group consisting of Halflife, Quantum, and Zzzax

Education
Ph.D. in physics 

Height
6'1"

Weight 
200 lbs. 

Eyes 
Blue-Grey 

Hair 
Black with streaks of grey 

Powers 
Frank Hall has the superhuman ability to control gravitation. His power is so great as to nearly be immeasurable. He can increase and decrease gravity to a nearly unlimited number of objects at the same time, even while distracted. He has proven to control the gravity around objects of any mass, even particles of energy and objects slightly out of phase with reality. With his powers, he can fly. In addition, he can also form gravitic force bolts and force fields. 

Abilities
Dr. Hall is a skilled physicist. 

Other Info 
Franklin Hall was born far Alberta, Canada. He excelled at school his entire life, especially showing promise in the sciences. As an adult, Franklin became a lead scientist--considered by many to be the most brilliant--at a small private physics research institute called Research City in the Canadian Rockies. During an experiment on particle acceleration, Dr. Hall attempted to align a particular set of graviton matrices to induce a teleportation effect; however, Franklin overloaded the power which caused an explosion. As a result of explosion, Dr. Hall's molecules intermingled with the sub-nuclear graviton particles that were being generated in a nearby series of companion particle accelerators. Recovering from the accident, Hall discovered that he could mentally control gravity. 

At first, Franklin hid this powers from the world, thinking that others would see him as a freak. So, he did his best to mask his immense superhuman ability. However, it wasn't long until Hall's will broke and he began using his gravitational abilities for his gain. Much to his joy, people began to fear him. Therefore, being a man of drive and resource, Dr. Hall quickly fashioned himself an elaborate costume and took on the name "Graviton."

Soon after, Graviton took over his old research facility and used his powers to life it thousands of feet into the air. Soon, the Avengers showed up in an attempt to rescue the research center. However, the Avengers quickly fell to Graviton's extreme powers and he imprisoned them, except for Black Panther. He escaped and summoned Iron Man and Thor to do battle with Graviton. During the battle, the two heroes tricked Graviton into believing that his love interest had killed herself upon discovering his evil ways. Graviton's rage from hearing this information resulted in the entire complex collapsing in on itself into a giant ball--which Thor hurled into the Hudson River. Graviton survived, but was temporarily turned into a 60-foot giant with black-hole powers. This resulted in Graviton battling both the Thing and Black Bolt. Fortunately, he was able to separate his organic atoms from the land mass he had merged with and he returned to his normal size. (To learn about the team and/or characters above, just click on their name above.)

Later on, Graviton attempted to find a female companion by taking a New York department store hostage and levitating it high about the towers of the city. However, Thor came to battle Graviton, and during the battle Graviton was cast into a dimensional void. For months he drifted in a state of suspended animation until a sudden influx of energy restored Graviton's consciousness which allowed him to return back to Earth.

Graviton then began setting up a base of operations in Los Angeles. It was from here that he attempted to unite all of the criminal mobs under his leadership; however, this time he was thwarted by the newly-formed West Coast Avengers. Afterward, Graviton was taken into police custody under heavy sedation; thus, prevent him from using his powers. However, soon after, Graviton found a way to escape custody. (To learn about the West Coast Avengers, click on the highlighted name above.)

Afterward, Graviton recruited Halflife, Quantum, and Zzzax to from a team based on the four "Fundamental Forces." Although with this team, Graviton temporarily defeated the West Coast Avengers, he was eventually thwarted when the Avenger Tigra turned the villains against each other. (Click on the highlighted names above to learn more about team and/or characters. Note: Beware of the very revealing outfits wore by Tigra on her bio page.)

At one point, the Kingpin hired Graviton to defeat Spider-Man--which he did. However, Spider-Man returned (now cosmic-powered by Captain Universe) and defeated Gravition. (To learn more about the characters above, just click on their highlighted names. Note: Beware of the revealing and/or form-fitting outfits worn by some on Captain Universe's bio page.)

Later on, seeking revenge on the Avengers, Graviton again battled the team. However, during the battle, the Vision merged his intangible android body with Graviton. From there, Vision increased his density, causing Graviton's density to collapse in on itself. The result shunted Graviton from reality and into another dimension. In this dimension, the natives (P'Tah) hailed him as one of a gods. Graviton used this to his advantage, but soon the P'Tah's limited intelligence left him frustrated and eventually Graviton constructed a beacon so that someone might find and rescue him. (Click on the names above to learn about the highlighted character and/or race.)

Months later, Graviton's signal was noticed by the robotic Techno (who was working with Baron Zemo at the time). Under Zemo's direction, Techno reconfigured a robotic version of the Hulk, and sent the robot against the Thunderbolts. The resulting battle allowed the robot to siphon and store enough energy to breach the dimensional barriers and release Graviton. Upon his release, Graviton lashed out at the Thunderbolts and the Lightning Rods (aka future Great Lakes Avengers) who were on the scene. He was about to kill them all when the Thunderbolt Moonstone convinced Graviton that his power and ambition meant nothing if he had no purpose. Losing face, Graviton left the scene to think about this fact. (To learn about the characters and/or teams above, just click on their names. Note: Beware of the skin-tight outfit on Moonstone's bio page.)

Later, Graviton returned commanding a large mass of floating land and declaring himself ruler of a new nation: Sky Island. His subjects, Sky Raiders, began to loot and pillage San Francisco. Once again, he was opposed by the Thunderbolts and Archangel, but he defeated them all. However, they were all freed by the Thunderbolt Jolt (who borrowed technology derived from Machine Man) whose flight capabilities were powered by "canceling out the gravity equation." Now unaffected by Graviton's power, the Thunderbolts escaped and continued to battle. Ultimately, Graviton's gravitational force rushed inward, collapsing inward on himself once again, and he was shunted to another dimension--just like before. (Click on the names above to learn about the highlighted team and/or characters. Note: Beware of the form-fitting outfit on Jolt's bio page.)

Eventually, Graviton was rescued from this dimension by M'Reel--a representative of the P'Tah. The two returned to Earth. M'Reel encouraged Graviton to begin discovering his true purpose which resulted in the recruiting of Moonstone for help (he was still spurred by her accusations of thinking too small). Moonstone helped Graviton further refine his god-like power and fueled his ego (she thought that by doing so, she would be able to manipulate him for her benefit). However, Graviton embarked on an ambitious plan to capture every major world city, hold the world's heroes captive, and literally reshape the planet in his own image. 

Later on, still fueled by revenge, Graviton confronted the headquarters of the Thunderbolts. There were many casualties in the battle; however, through a mixture of surprise tactics and negotiation, the team managed to fight Graviton to a standstill due to sustaining fatal injuries. Soon after, it was discovered that M'Reel was surreptitiously using Graviton's ambient energies, funneling them in order to open a portal to the P'Tah's dimension. M'Reel succeeded in opening the portal, revealing this to be his motives in helping Graviton. It took Graviton's dying effort to cause the portal to implode, sending himself and the P'Tah back in the dimension. At the same time, Graviton attempted to save the Thunderbolts from a similar fate, using his powers to send them to the planet known as Counter-Earth. Unable to survive his injuries and the dimensional fold, Graviton was presumed dead. (Click on the highlighted name above to learn the Counter-Earth.)


At one point, Graviton was seen among villains who were attempting to escape the Raft after Electro engineered a mass breakout trying to free Sauron. As they were trying to escape, the villains were confronted by many heroes who would eventually become the New Avengers. Graviton, however, easily fought them off until Iron Man got the drop on him by flying in at an extreme speed and firing a new heat beam from his chestplate. He nearly killed Graviton, and might have if Captain America had not order Iron Man to stand down. (To learn about the above highlighted place, characters, and/or team, just click on their names.)

More recently, A.I.M. offered Graviton the position of "Minister of Science" in their new High Council, after the organization became public. When the Secret Avengers attempted to assassinate A.I.M.'s Scientist Supreme (Andrew Forson), Graviton attacked them, but was quickly stopped by an assault from sentient Iron Patriot armors led by the Hulk.

To learn a little bit more about Graviton, click on the following link, http://marvel.com/universe/Graviton.

Dr. Franklin Hall appeared in the TV series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. played by Ian Hart.