When the Wizard met Salamandra and sought a romance with her but she rejected his advances. Eventually they struck a deal and Salamandra was artificially inseminated to carry a child. Due to the unnatural way she was produced, the child developed gravity based powers due to her father's use in anti-gravity fields. Cole rapidly aged into adulthood and the Wizard eventually decided to use them for his Frightful Four scheme against the Fantastic Four by having Cole become a love interest for Johnny Storm.