Who Is Strafe? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Strafe is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Malcolm King, with over 51 comic issue appearances. Originally a member of Stormwatch, the UN Posthuman special ops force, Strafe later betrayed them and joined the Warguard supervillain team. Later still, he became a member of his brother's new team, The Monarchy.

Who is Strafe?

Origin Malcolm King was a latent superhuman (or "Seedling") who had never been activated until he and his brother Jackson King (better known as Battalion) were attacked at a funeral by terrorists, and Battalion's teammate Synergy used her catalyst ability to activated Malcolm's latent superpowers. Afterwards, he joined Stormwatch under the code name Strafe. Story Arc Some time later, however, he was manipulated by his father Isaiah (now called Despot) into joining the villain team Warguard and betraying Stormwatch. Caught, he was disgraced and sentenced to a United Nations prison, where a villain team called The Changers later tried to get him to reveal Stormwatch's secrets. Eventually, his brother Battalion used his potent psychic abilities to place Strafe into a coma. Years later, he was released by Agent Morrow, who was trying to track down his missing brother. Unknown to both of them at the time, they were vital parts of The Monarchy 's plan. Now known as Bellerophon, Malcolm was merged with a Kheran Dream Machine : an alien device capable of turning dreams and thoughts into reality by feeding on the imagination and psychic energies of its host.

Key facts

Strafe is of mutant origin. The character is published by DC Comics. With 51 recorded issue appearances, Strafe ranks among the most featured characters in comics.