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The Redstone of the Squadron Supreme's Earth possesses superhuman strength, stamina, and durability. His life force and superhuman powers were dependent on his contact with the Earth and its atmosphere. He was a good hand-to-hand combatant, and was coached from Nighthawk and Squadron Supreme members.
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Dr. Spectrum arrived at the scene after the fighting, to take Redstone into custody and to a prison originally made for Hyperion. General Richard Alexander makes a deal with Redstone, and has him dropped into an unknown country whose government is being what the United States considers
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and took him to Redeemers headquarters for deprogramming. With the other Redeemers, he eventually fought the Squadron in Squadron City, forcing them to end their dictatorship over the United States of "Other-Earth". During the battle, Redstone personally bested Squadron leader
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and prevent him from destroying the universe. Upon leaving Earth's atmosphere he became ill and lost much of his physical mass. His return to Earth did not prevent his demise; the adverse effects of separation from Earth's environment were irreversible, and Redstone perished.
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Redstone and Hyperion fight, resulting in the deaths of many innocent bystanders. Hyperion attempts to suffocate Redstone by flying him into orbit, but Redstone has prepared a nuclear weapon stolen from a submarine that had sunk in the
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series. Though he shares the same name as the first, his powers in this universe are derived from elements of Hyperion's alien DNA and mimic most - but not all - of his alien abilities.
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Redstone's ties to the Earth proved to be more intimate than he realized for after leaving the planet and traveling into outer space with the Squadron to confront the
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Redstone was recruited into the Redeemers by Nighthawk. Alongside several other Redeemers, he then infiltrated the Squadron Supreme. With
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that loathes women who have any amount of power over him." A secret government group had been grafting a retro-virus based on
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born on a reservation somewhere in the Southwest United States of "Other-Earth", or "Earth-S", later known as
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Since then, he has seemingly escaped government control and was last seen hiring out his services to the
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forcibly recruits Nighthawk to aid in the battle and the three heroes confront Redstone.
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arrives to save Hyperion but he insists she dispose of the bomb. Finally
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After getting his powers (super strength, invulnerability, and "
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who is a native to the alternate universe of the original
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Michael Redstone was an imprisoned renegade soldier and
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is the name of two fictional characters appearing in
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Hyperion
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Marvel Comics
First appearance
Squadron Supreme
Mark Gruenwald
J. Michael Straczynski
Gary Frank
Squadron Supreme
Redeemers
Chinese government
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Marvel Comics
superhero
Squadron Supreme
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Steel
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