Grim Reaper's first attack against the Avengers resulted in their defeat, but the arrival of the Black Panther thwarted his plans. Armed with his new weapon, Eric took the name Grim Reaper. When Eric heard of his brother's death, the enraged man contacted the Tinkerer, who provided Eric with his scythe weapon, a 48-inch-long weapon that can cause concussive plasma blasts, place people into a coma (before their death after three hours), spray a cloud of gas that knocks people out, and become a high-speed buzzsaw that rotates at 6000 RPM. Baron Zemo freed Simon from jail and gave him ionic powers as Wonder Man in exchange for infiltrating and defeating the Avengers, only for Simon to die saving the Avengers from Zemo's grasp. However, when Williams Innovations began to fail, partly due to competition from one Stark Industries, Simon turned to Eric and the Maggia for help, but was caught and imprisoned for embezzling money from the company to invest with Eric. As they grew, their lives took very different paths: Eric eventually joined the Maggia (Marvel's "Mafia") in Las Vegas, while Simon took over Williams Innovations, the family business. Simon, ravaged by guilt for not having stopped the incident, resolved to be responsible for Eric. One fateful day, Eric was playing with chemicals in the garage, which sparked a fire that burned the Williams home to the ground. Eric Williams, Grim Reaper's true identity, is the abused and unloved black sheep of the wealthy Williams family, which also includes Eric's brother Simon, the favored son. ![]() Grim Reaper's story begins in the pages of Avengers #52, published May 1968.
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