Who Is Aegis? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Aegis is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Trey Jason Rollins, with over 42 comic issue appearances. Aegis is a superhero with a mystical impenetrable breastplate that generates force-fields.

Who is Aegis?

Origin Aegis is Born! While Trey grew up in Brooklyn, he had a tendency to keep to himself. Instead of doing the things most kids his age did commonly which, in his case, were join gangs and commit crimes; he read and researched Greek and Roman mythology. When Trey was walking home from school one day, he heard disturbing noises coming from an abandoned warehouse. He went in, expecting to find a group of miscreants, but instead found the mystical breastplate Aegis of the Greek goddess Athena . He kept the object and soon discovered its force-field capabilities. Soon afterwards, he designed a costume and became the superhero Aegis. He began fighting small crimes, but soon found himself alongside the New Warriors fighting The Negative Zone 's inhabitant Blastaar . After the heroes' victory, Aegis was rewarded with membership in the New Warriors.

Key facts

Aegis is of human origin. The character is published by Marvel. With 42 recorded issue appearances, Aegis ranks among the most featured characters in comics.