When it comes to the Most Underrated Avengers Awards, Wonder Man (Simon Williams) is definitely up for a nomination. Like many other superheroes who don't look peculiar or sexy enough or lack a cape, Wonder Man is overshadowed by the big and popular heavy hitters and charisma machines.

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Still, one cannot ignore hard facts about Wonder Man's powers and contributions to the Avengers in the comic books. Apart from being one of the most zealous and dedicated members of the collective, he's also got the capabilities to back it up. In fact, Wonder Man can be just as powerful as the more established heroes of Marvel like Thor or even the Hulk. Here's proof in case fans don't find him wonderful enough.

Move over Spider-Man, here's a superhero who can actually handle one of your worst nightmares. The alien Symtiotes of Marvel like Venom or Carnage has long plagued the comic books thanks to how easily they can assimilate large swathes of populations, including superheroes.

Since Wonder Man no longer abides by the rules of human physiology or even biological physiology thanks to his ionic form, he's pretty much immune to the alien Symbiote invasion. It does come with a cost-- since he's not exactly flesh and blood, he can no longer sire any children. Fair trade.

This is where it gets debatable. Apparently, Wonder Man is placed in the 100-ton strength class of Marvel. Who else is up there? Only the Hulk, Sentry, and Thor to name a handful few good guys. That very well means Wonder Man is on the same ballpark as Marvel's Superman-level heroes.

The upper limits of Wonder Man's strength are still unknown but he seems to remain coy and humble about it. At times, he even claims that while he's in the same class with Thor, he acknowledged that the Asgardian is still stronger.

Wonder Man's strength alone would be enough to give him an all-access pass in the Avengers. However, he goes well above and beyond the qualifications. Wonder Man is also super-fast, has super reflexes, flight, super durability, super agility, super stamina, super senses, invulnerability, immortality, and regenerative healing.

Oh, we're not done. He can also manipulate and weaponize energy, creating devastating beams from his hands and eyes (not that he would need them). On top of that, Simon Williams has genius-level intellect. It's like Marvel is fighting hard for him not to be underrated.

That one Hulk weakness where he has limitless strength but behaves like a raging infant? Wonder Man doesn't have it. Wonder Man is consciously powerful and is also a martial arts expert.

He trained under Captain America for this and he's one of the best hand-to-hand combatants in the Avengers. This gives Wonder Man afighting edge against similarly strong supervillains or superheroes.

Since Wonder Man is not exactly human anymore by physiological standards, he doesn't actually have to assume a human form. He only does so because that's his past. Wonder Man can choose any form, size, or shape that he wants.

It's just that he doesn't really find a need to do this often or isn't usually given a chance in the comic books. Wonder Man can consciously shapeshift into any being-- his imagination being the limit; he eventransformed into a demon at one point. It also means he can opt to change his appearance or costume anytime but choose to abide by his fashion sense.

The claim that Wonder Man is a complete package of a superhero is super serious. Another role he could easily fill in the Avengers would be espionage, especially with SHIELD or Nick Fury around.

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That's because Simon Williams is also a famous actor and even earned his spot in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He can easily be a good undercover agent like Blackwidow or Spider-Woman. Couple that with shapeshifting and who even needs those two?

As if being a complete package isn't enough already, Wonder Man, in his latest incarnations and resurrections, is also capable of defying the laws of space. He can teleport or warp unknown distances.

This easily makes him more useful compared to similarly-powered superheroes. Wonder Man is already a jack-of-all-trades but also a master of it all. Well, not quite for teleportation as he's still developing and learning how to grasp those powers but he can already do it at will.

With all those powers, one would think that he'd have a massive glaring weakness like Sentry's mental health, the Hulk's lack of control, or Thor's intelligence level. Wonder Man doesn't have any of those psychological instabilities apart from a few nervous breakdowns.

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Instead, his main weakness is that he's easily disrupted with energy weaponry which is an exception against his invulnerability. Any weapon that can disperse energy or is specifically made to work against ionic matter is dangerous to Wonder Man.

Turns out Wonder Man's main weakness got the best of him many times over the course of his Avenger career. He has died several times over but because he doesn't exactly function as a biological being, he just toys with the concept of death plenty of times.

At one point, Kang the Conqueror even disintegrated him but Wonder Man was able to reform himself-- albeit slowly. In total, Wonder Man has died around six times in Marvel, the first of which even happened during his first appearance. What's surprising about some of his deaths was his ability to resurrect independently.

Just like a certain messiah born in Bethlehem, Wonder Man only gets more powerful every time he dies and gets resurrected. In many of his deaths, the superhero essentially Jesus'd his way into being overpowered.

As he reforms or is reformed by other beings like the Scarlet Witch, Wonder Man keeps discovering new powers with every rebirth. No doubt he'll always be a heavy hitter pick for the Avengers due to his positive power curve. All that's left to wonder about Wonder Man is when he'll debut in the MCU? After all, he was a romantic interest of both Scarlet Witch and Captain Marvel.

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