Who Is Alloy? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Alloy is a Valiant/Acclaim comic book character, the alter ego of Paul Bouvier & Shanhara, with over 4 comic issue appearances. Alloy is the combination of the remains of the Manowar Class Armor Shanhara & the life essence of the human Paul Bouvier.

Who is Alloy?

History Paul Bouvier was dying and gave his life to bring the new X-O Manowar Armor , Pol-Bekhara to life. Because the Manowar Class Armor was never designed to have a human life create it, Paul never merged correctly with the armor and he managed to gain control over the armor and recreate himself. After a battle with Aric for control, Aric purged Paul from the armor (depriving it of sentience in the process). As the two were fighting near the remains of Aric's original armor, Shanhara, Paul was able to merge with the remains and become a new being, Alloy. Because Shanhara was essentially dead, the merger rendered Paul completely insane and he sought out Aric to kill him. After a fierce battle that triggered an avalanche, Aric rose from the snow with Alloy's severed head. He cast the head aside and departed. Abilities Alloy appeared to have all the offensive capabilities of a Manowar Armor but as he was comprised of a destroyed armor was not stable (physically nor mentally).

Key facts

Alloy is of other origin and first appeared in "Transformations - Part 1". The character is published by Valiant/Acclaim. With 4 recorded issue appearances, Alloy ranks among the most featured characters in comics.