Kelvin Mao (New Earth)

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Contents 1 History 1.1 Infinite Crisis 2 Powers and Abilities 2.1 Powers 2.2 Abilities 3 Paraphernalia 3.1 Weapons 4 See Also 5 Links and References 5.1 Footnotes

History

Kelvin Mao was a member of the Gotham City Police Department Tactical Unit. The unit was sent to face Angon, who was committing murders throughout the city. The entire squad was killed except Mao who was bitten by Angon and received massive injuries. Mao was placed in a body-cast at the hospital until the monster's bite mutated him. The alien's bite activated Mao's metagene and he was transformed into a large man with armored skin, super-strength, night vision, and super-hearing. He left the hospital and equipped himself with munitions in anticipation of another meeting with Angon. Soon after, Ballistic indeed faced Angon again. This time he teamed with Batman (Jean-Paul Valley) to drive Angon out of the city. A short time later, Ballistic joined with several other "New Bloods" to defeat all the spine-sucking aliens.

Ballistic next became a member of the superhero reality show, The Blood Pack. He helped the team beat the Quorum but the team disbanded shortly after this victory. Kelvin then spent some time on his own as a vigilante, occasionally aiding the original Batman, but soon found another team. Cave Carson's Forgotten Heroes came calling and Ballistic joined them for a mission aiding Resurrection Man. It seems Ballistic left the Forgotten Heroes after this mission. After that he decided to try the lone vigilante act once again. Later, Mao was tossed out of Guy Gardner's bar, Warrior's, for throwing his weight around.

Infinite Crisis

Ballistic died during the Infinite Crisis event in the Battle for Metropolis. Ballistic teamed with several other former members of the Blood Pack to tackle Solomon Grundy. While fighting Grundy, Ballistic, and the other members of the Blood Pack present, along with that incarnation of Grundy, are killed in a blast of heat-vision from Superman Prime.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Superhuman Strength
• Night-vision
• Armored-Skin
• Super-Hearing

  Abilities

• Expert Marksman
• Weapons Expert

Paraphernalia

Weapons

• Machine gun
• Sword
• Mini-rocket/gernade launchers on belt

See Also

• Discuss Kelvin Mao (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of Kelvin Mao (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Kelvin Mao (New Earth)
• Quotations by Kelvin Mao (New Earth)
• Images featuring Kelvin Mao (New Earth)

Links and References

• Ballistic at Wikipedia

Footnotes

New Blood This character was one of the many superpowered individuals introduced during the "Bloodlines" crossover event, where a number of Alien Parasites invaded the Earth and inadvertently activated the Metagene in a number of people. While not necessarily all members of the "Blood Pack", this group of people has come to be known as the "New Bloods". This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the "New Bloods" category.