Charles Evans was born in 2249. At the age of three, in 2252, he was the sole survivor of transport ship crash on the desolate planet Thasus. With the loss of his parents, the planet's inhabitants, the Thasians, granted Evans with his wide array of powers so that he could survive on their inhospitable homeworld. Although they were able to restrain him temporarily, they were unable or unwilling to remove the powers. Evans' powers included: