Karl Hansen, codenamed Sunburst, was born as a Swedish national and was part of the original Stormwatch team, along with his future wife Nautika.
History
He married Nautika just before their tragic mission in Kuwait.
During the Gulf War, Kussein realized that he had lost the war and decided to lay waste to Kuwait. Sunburst and the rest of the team (Batttalion, Flashpoint, Sunburst and Nautika) stopped the soldiers from blowing up an oil field. In a surprise attack by Deathtrap and his associates Flashpoint, Nautika and Sunburst where attacked and thought to be killed but they were taking back to Gamorra Island as hostages, where the Daemonite Lord Defile brainwashed them to make them double agents. He was later saved by Stormwatch after Battalion probed a Gamorran's mind and found out they were still alive.
After their release, their trial of fire was the exposure of Defile's plan to bomb several historical monuments worldwide. Since they worked out well together, he estimated they were combat ready again, and arranged to team the three of them together. Nevertheless, the missions they were given involved more investigation than actual combat.
When Flashpoint went on a personal crusade to settle the score with the Mercs he and Nautika were sent by Synergy to arrest him. They stopped him just before he could get the story of their own capture from Deathtrap.
During the 'Wildstorm Rising' episode, Nautika and Sunburst revealed Defile's influence when they betrayed their team-mates. They followed Spartan in the Kherubim ship to take control of it. But Sunburst managed to break Defile's control, so the Daemonite ordered Nautika to neutralize him. Sunburst left the scene crippled and unable to walk again. Nautika left it with the memory of crippling her husband. Sunburst felt in hard depression and self contempt. After that, they followed heavy medical treatments to be cleared of Defile's influence. And Nautika managed to give back his confidence to her husband. He could not walk, but he could still fly and fight.
When Bendix reorganized the team after the Fire from Heaven incident, Sunburst and Nautika were removed from active duty to be advisors on an as-needed basis.[1] Fahrenheit would later call upon their knowledge in explosives to solve the murder of the former Stormwatch rookie Undertow.[2]
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Solar Energy Absorption: Sunburst has the ability to asborb solar energy and use it in a variety of offensive ways. His ability to absorb energy is not actually limited to solar light as he has been able to aborb part of a bomb's blast to limit the damages caused by its explosion.[3]
- Flight
- Pyrokinesis: Sunburst usually uses his powers to generate and manipulate fire.[3]
- Heat Generation
- Thermal-Blast: Sunburst can project powerful beams of solar energy from his hands, these beams are strong enough to hurt Daemonites.[3]
- Radiation Production
- Superhuman Stamina
- Superhuman Speed
Abilities
- Leadership
- Weaponry
- Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): Sunburst is a really good fighter and can overpower Daemonites in physical battles.[3]
Related
- 11 Appearances of Karl Hansen (Wildstorm Universe)
- 1 Images featuring Karl Hansen (Wildstorm Universe)
- Quotations by or about Karl Hansen (Wildstorm Universe)
- Character Gallery: Karl Hansen (Wildstorm Universe)
Footnotes
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