Who Is Aftershock? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Aftershock is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Allison Dillon, with over 24 comic issue appearances. Aftershock is the name of two female villains, both inheriting their electric powers from different versions of their father, Electro. Allison Dillon is from Earth-982, the MC2 universe, and Danielle Blunt is from Counter-Earth, a version of Earth from the Earth-616 universe.

Who is Aftershock?

Character biography Max Dillon fell in love with a young woman named Marilyn, who never married Max because of his criminal history as Electro, but did have a child with him. Their daughter Allison inherits her father's electrical abilities, and due to slight differences in the polarities of Max and Allison's electrical fields, the slightest physical contact with each other burns them. Max returns to his criminal ways as Electro and is sent to prison, and Marilyn dies of cancer. Young Allison is placed in foster care, where she is bounced from one home to another. In her teens, Allison designs a costume very similar to her father's Electro costume. Furthermore, she decides to use her powers to be a criminal like her father. She tries to rob a jewelry store at a mall, but is stopped by Spider-Girl . Later, using the codename "Aftershock", Allison attempts to rob some armored cars, but again she was stopped by Spider-Girl.

Key facts

Aftershock is of human origin and first appeared in "Dearest May". The character is published by Marvel. With 24 recorded issue appearances, Aftershock ranks among the most featured characters in comics.