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Attributes

Height: 6' 2"

Weight: 220 lbs

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Brown

Features: Well muscled, Afro-American

Summary

Created By: David Michelinie, Erik Larsen, Randy Emberlin

Real Name: Dr. Elias Wortham

Current Aliases: None

Former Aliases: None

Dual Identity: Unknown

Current Occupation: Owner and Director of his hospital

Former Occupation: None

Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Legal Status: Presumable criminal record as Cardiac

Place of Birth: Unknown

Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: Mother. Brother (dead)

Known Confidants: None

Known Allies: None

Major Enemies: Herschel Sapir

Usual Bases: His hospital

Former Bases: None

Current Groups: None

Former Groups: None

Education: PhD, Medical specialist

Powers & Paraphenalia

Strength Level: Superior Human. Super-Human speed and agility. High resistance to impact attacks.

Powers: Can manipulate electricity to cause shock and melt metal. Can project electric bolts through his staff. Bullet-proof metal beta-mesh skin. Can fly with the aid of extruding wings built into his staff.

Abilities: Professional medical skills. Highly intellegent and good strategist. Owns and runs a private hospital.

Equipment: Extendible metal staff to project electric bolts and assist in acrobatic maneuvres. Staff projects wings to allow moderate-powered flight.

Weapons: None other than his staff.

Limitations: Elias now depends on his new beta-particle heart for his very life. The experimental device borrowed from his friend Tony Stark can, and does, falter - leaving Cardiac at the mercy of the technology which gives him his tremendous powers.

Background

Years in the past, Elias' brother contracted a rare disease and died. This, in spite of the spectre of hope given by various experimental treatments - treatments which were denied, as medical insurance companies refused to pay for possible cures which they considered as "not cost-effective".

Elias Wirtham then dedicated his life to medical research - but this was not enough. With the aid of close colleagues, he had his own heart replaced with a beta-particle reactor, and his skin replaced with a vibranium mesh alloy which allows him to focus the energy the reactor provides - and to use that power to seek justice for all those who have been denied it.

Recently, Cardiac decided to destroy a tainted drug shipment, only to encounter Spider-Man. After a battle, Cardiac suceeded in destroying the shipment and left a wounded Spider-Man to his fate.

Thanks To:

The assistance of the Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.

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