Black Goliath (Marvel Comics)

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==Summary==
William Barrett Foster was born in the Watts ghetto of Los Angeles, California and spent his childhood there. His higher than mean-average intelligence and the influence of several good people enabled him to leave that ghetto and enroll in the California Institute of Technology, where he acquired a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry.
Dr. Foster found work as a biochemist in the Plans and Research Division for Tony Stark's Baltimore factory. He was hired to be the lab assistant of Dr. Hank Pym, the first Giant-Man, when an unstable growing serum trapped Pym at a height of ten feet. Dr. Foster helped him find a cure to change his size back to normal. Having memorized the formula to "Pym Particles" in his work with Pym, he synthesized it in the hopes of eliminating its harmful side effects. Eventually, when he tested it on himself, he found that it had indeed given him the ability to grow in size like his former employer and that he had successfully duplicated Pym's powers. Outfitting himself with an outfit, he set out to protect Los Angeles from villainy as the Black Goliath, eventually just shortening it to Goliath.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: Dr. William Barrett "Bill" Foster, Black Goliath, Giant-Man, Goliath
Origin: Marvel Comics
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human, mutate, Avenger, biochemist, inventor, research scientist; former circus performer and soldier
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Military Training (Served in the Vietnam War), Acrobatics (As shown hereBlack Goliath Volume 1 Issue 4), Surface Scaling (As shown here) and Size-Shifting up to Large Size Type 0 (25 feet), with Resistance to Cancer (As explained here) and Mind Manipulation (Unaffected by the High Evolutionary's psychic blasts)
Attack Potency: Large Building level+ (Can harm those who harm him)
Speed: Hypersonic (Comparable to Giant-Man and Luke Cage)
Lifting Strength: Class 25 (Stopped a running train)
Striking Strength: Large Building level+
Durability: Large Building level+ (Took hits from Luke Cage and easily recovered from a shot which could "flatten tanks")
Stamina: Average
Range: Standard Melee Range
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Helped cure Hank Pym's condition, despite that no one else was able to, and is an expert in Biochemistry, Pym Particles and Engineering. Gave himself powers via Pym Particles.)
Weaknesses: None notable
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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