Who Is Speedball? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Speedball is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Robert Baldwin, with over 754 comic issue appearances. After being given kinetic energy based powers in a laboratory accident, Robbie Baldwin became the hero Speedball. He blamed himself for the Stamford tragedy and briefly remodeled himself as Penance. Returned to the Speedball alias, he continues to atone for his past while trying to restart the New Warriors.

Who is Speedball?

Origin Original Costume Robbie Baldwin is the son of Justin Baldwin , District Attorney of Springdale, Connecticut, and Maddy Naylor-Baldwin , a popular actress. His parents held very opposite views and often argued in front of Robbie, a fact made more poignant as their arguments often had to do with what Robbie should be doing with his life and future career. As a high school student, Robbie was interning at the Hammond Research Laboratory in Connecticut. There, Doctor Benson and two colleagues began the final stages of their attempts to tap an extra-dimensional energy source, but the researchers did not construct adequate safeguards and the energies began to overload Hammond Labs' equipment. Part of the energies fed back into the generator, shorting out the entire system. Unfortunately, Robbie had sneaked into the lab where the experiment was taking place, curious as to what all the hush-hush preparations had been for. Robbie was bombarded by energy from the dimension but survived, finding himself surrounded by weird energy bubbles, clad in an odd costume, and having a hollow and resonant voice. Panicking, Robbie sought to escape to the roof of the lab building where he encounter.

Key facts

Speedball is of human origin and first appeared in "Wolverine; The Mystery of Crooked Face!; The Sales Pitch; ". The character is published by Marvel. With 754 recorded issue appearances, Speedball ranks among the most featured characters in comics.