Future Foundation

Immortus

Spider-Girl

Venom

The **Future Foundation** was a task force, covered as a charity, that consisted of five superheroes who banded together to protect the world from the threat of Kang the Conqueror.

## History

"*Maybe it's a sign..."
 "A sign of what?"
 "That we're not alone. That others are fighting the same war as me,"
 "Maybe they can help?"
 "Let's see if they follow the rules,*"
—Peter to MJ as he ponders working with other vigilantes[src]

### The Heroes of America

On Earth-777, crime is rife and heroes are uncommon. Crime is concentrated in the cities of New York City and Alexandria.

In 2011, 16-year-old Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider during a demonstration of the capabilities of gamma radiation. In the days following, Parker began developing the abilities of a spider, such as the ability to adhere to surfaces, leap great distances, and a heightened sense of awareness. Designing a black costume, he became a vigilante crime-fighter known as Spider-Man, and switched to a more hopeful red and blue suit after facing and beating Norman Osborn. He faced several other threats, including Doctor Octopus and the Green Goblin, before working his way up to Gustave Fiers, the Gentleman, and discovering the imminent arrival of Kang the Conqueror.

John Hobart Brown, born Aaron Davis, was a career criminal turned NYPD detective whose family were killed by the rogue AI known as Hades, which was leading a violent campaign through its indocrinated soldiers. The AI implanted a piece of itself in John's brain, but it instead combined with the memories of John's wife and became a new AI, Vi. With Vi's help, John reverse-engineered HADES technology and became the Prowler, tasking himself with wiping Hades from the global network. In the process, Prowler discovered that Hades was created using technology derived from that used by Kang the Conqueror.

Koba the Humanimal was created by the deranged scientist Frederick Animus as one of his Ani-Mates: human/animal hybrids bred to be his personal slaves. He was born in Alexandria Zoo as a gorilla, and was noted for his remarkable intelligence. As he aged, he underwent ape-human evolution, eventually transforming into a human with the relative strength and agility of a male gorilla. He was approached by Bird-Brain, another Ani-Mate, to help free the other Ani-Mates on Paradise Island. Developing a close friendship with Bird-Brain and Devil Dinosaur, Humanimal led the rebellion against the Ani-Mator and declared king of the Ani-Mates. He took on Jane Forester as his wife and had two children: Moon-Boy and Ka-Zar. Tragedy struck when Koba's original gorilla family were killed by Kang's arriving forces, inspiring him to join the Future Foundation.

Dane Whitman is the nephew of Nathan Garrett, a career criminal known as the Black Knight. Both were descendants of Sir Percy, a knight who was a member of King Arthur's Round Table.

## Members

### Former Members

#### Spider-Man

* **Name:** Peter Parker
* **Abilities:** Physiological capabilities of a spider, including surface adhesion, superhuman strength
* **Description:** After being bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker began developing the abilities of a spider. Crafting his own artificial webbing, Parker became the vigilante Spider-Man. Eight years later, he faced Norman Osborn, the Goblin, and proved himself as the city's protector. A year later, he battled his former mentor Otto Octavius but was unable to stop his best friend Harry Osborn turning into the monstrous Green Goblin, who nearly killed the entire city. Uncovering a vast criminal empire led by Gustave Fiers, Spider-Man took the fight directly to The Gentleman, discovering advanced technology supplied to Fiers by Kang the Conqueror, the time-travelling terrorist.

#### Prowler

* **Name:** John Hobart Brown
* **Abilities:** Reverse-engineered combat suit allows for aerial traversal, fast reflexes
* **Description:** After losing his wife and daughter to the murderous AI known as Hades, John Brown discovered that he had an AI growing in his brain made out of a fragment of Hades and John's memories of his dead wife. Reverse engineering HADES technology, John allied with this new AI - named Vi - and took to the streets as Prowler, a violent vigilante who works to delete Hades from the global network. Prowler became well-known for beating the advanced synthetic body that Hades had created, become a symbol of vengeance. Prowler eventually discovered that the technology used by Hades - and Hades itself - was designed by Nathaniel Richards, also known as Kang the Conqueror.

#### Koba the Humanimal

* **Name:** Koba
* **Abilities:** Relative strength and agility of a silverback gorilla, rapid learning
* **Description:** Born a gorilla in Alexandria Zoo, Koba slowly transformed from a gorilla with low intelligence to a rapid-learning adult human, but with the relative strength and agility of a silverback gorilla. Koba was eventually revealed to be the most successful Ani-Mate, created by Frederick Animus; the Ani-Mates were human-animal hybrids created by Animus to serve as his personal slaves. Koba united with Bird-Brain and Devil Dinosaur to free Paradise Island from the Ani-Mator's control, with Koba declared King of the Ani-Mates. Humanimal allied with the Future Foundation when his gorilla family in the zoo were killed by Kang the Conqueror when he arrived in 2020, and learned of a sanctuary called the Savage Land in the process.

#### Black Knight

* **Name:** Dane Whitman
* **Abilities:** Ebony Blade allows for energy projection
* **Description:** The final descendant of Sir Percy and the nephew of career criminal Nathan Garrett, Dane Whitman inherited the powerful Ebony Blade, a weapon possessing tremendous powers. Taking the mantle of the Black Knight, Whitman faced his ancestor's mortal nemesis, Mordred, who had allied with Kang the Conqueror and time travelled to 2020.

#### Sentry

* **Name:** Robert Reynolds
* **Abilities:** Cosmically-enhanced serum allows for flight, superhuman strength, faster-than-light travel and many other abilities
* **Description:** The most powerful superhero in history. Fueled with the power of a million suns. And yet nobody - not even Robert Reynolds himself - remembers who he is. The Sentry was once the mightiest hero on Earth, but erased the memories of everyone on Earth of his existence. When Robert discovered his powers again, he realized why he had erased the Sentry's existence: his archenemy, The Void, was a part of Robert's own personality. The Sentry placed himself into the ocean, where The Void could be contained, but gained enough power over it to help the Future Foundation against Kang the Conqueor.

## Allies

### Abigail Brand

* **Name:** Abigail Brand
* **Abilities:** Peak of human condition, expert spy and hand-to-hand combatant
* **Description:** The Director of S.W.O.R.D, Brand is a high-ranking agent of S.H.I.E.L.D and is responsible for defending Earth from extradimensional and alien threats. Detecting the imminent arrival of the time-travelling terrorist Kang the Conqueror, Brand slowly brought together Spider-Man, Prowler, Humanimal, Sentry and the Black Knight as the Future Foundation to defend Earth from Kang. Following Spider-Man and Immortus' supposed sacrifice to stop The Void, Brand disbanded the Future Foundation and offered Black Knight a role in S.H.I.E.L.D.

### Immortus

* **Name:** Nathaniel Richards
* **Abilities:** Superior knowledge of time travel
* **Description:** Immortus is the future version of the time-travelling terrorist Kang the Conqueror, and knows how impossible it is to prevent himself from becoming the evil Kang. Nonetheless, he also knows that all Kangs will become Immortus. Immortus set out a plan to help Earth defend itself from Kang, starting by journeying to Arthurian England to forge the Ebony Blade. Immortus sought out a suitable champion to wield the blade, finally settling on Dane Whitman, the Black Knight.

### Spider-Girl

* **Name:** May "Mayday" Parker
* **Abilities:** Physiological capabilities of a spider, including surface adhesion, superhuman strength, organic webbing
* **Description**

## Trivia

* The Future Foundation is adapted from the superhero philanthropic organization created by Mister Fantastic to better serve humanity's future. In the comics, the Foundation also includes Spider-Man.