What will be the origins story of Wonder Man's powers in the MCU? Might he be reconned as a mutant?

In the comics Zemo gave him powers to defeat the avengers (especially Iron-Man and Vision) because the Stark industries destroyed his business and family.
Zemo, after the experiment, controlled him because Simon would have be dead without taking periodically a cure, owned by Zemo.
In the end WonderMan betrayed the Master of Evils and ...die;
just to come back later as an Avengers.

Since Zemo and the Stark industries are no longer active in the MCU timeline, I wonder how he could get his powers.
I wouldn't surprise if they reconnected him as a mutant, just like they just did with Ms.Marvel.

Also Simon's brother, the Grimm Reaper, is in the show. What might be his origins?

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Ethenil_Myr2025-12-08 20:17

Is there no chance they could bring back Zemo?

TrpTrp262025-12-08 20:23

Never say never; but imo it's highly unlikely.

Zemo doesn't fit at all in the story: he is in prison and hates enhanced people, he wouldn't create one ( in the MCU). And Daniel Brühl won't come back for one scene, I think.

Dull_Working50862025-12-08 22:08

It could work possibly if the character has gotten so obsessed with destroying super soldiers he's creating his own super-heroes.

However bear in mind the Zemo above is Helmut Zemo's father, Heinrich Zemo. So if they do the Zemo story in the MCU version it would be changed to the son, not the one pictured. Not the first time a Marvel adaptation has changed which Zemo is who doing what, though.

two2teps2025-12-09 15:40

Yeah, I don't think MCU Zemo is going to make super soliders to fight the Avengers. That was the red herring plot of CA3 and he just merc'd them all in their hibernation pods.

SWPrequelFan815662025-12-09 00:28

The way the MCU decided to adapt Zemo pretty much stomped out any chance of participating further as a supervillain. He’s not a supremacist so he won’t go up against Cap, he absolutely hates heroes and superpowered people so there’s no reason for him to create Wonder Man (yes it was his father who did that but semantics), and he’s aware enough to acknowledge that supervillains pose just as much a problem as heroes so he won’t ever end up forming the Masters of Evil

Benjamin_Grimm2025-12-08 20:22

My guess is the weirdo director character gets him powers (either through the Power Broker or some other known quantity) because he wants to make the movie "real" in a way. It's also possible that Simon (possibly with Trevor's help) seeks out powers to give him an edge in the auditions for the part. But I think it's going to be connected to the Wonder Man movie in some way, in any case.

TrpTrp262025-12-08 20:26

This would be very interesting. I'd like his origins to be connected to the movies industry, instead of a random experiment.

MX24192025-12-08 21:54

I'll be in the minority where he was experimented on before AIM's fall and he received his powers through them. Now his reasoning for partaking in the experimentation maybe manipulation through his brother since he worked for them as well. I don't really like the mutant idea but if they somehow make it work I guess. I prefer AIM try to get a resurgence and his brother be apart of it since Hydra has been taken down. If it's through the movie industry that would be an interesting direction that I wouldn't have thought of it going.

TrpTrp262025-12-08 22:15

AIM is not a bad idea, I guess. It could be a nod to Iron-Man 3, where also Trevor Slattery has been introduced.

neoshark752025-12-08 22:48

My honest hope was it's a substance type horror thing where they give him powers to become the next Wonder Man

SWPrequelFan815662025-12-09 00:03

It makes the most sense to make him a mutant, but if they do plan on adapting the experiment that turned him into a being of ionic energy, probably better to get Hydra involved and say he got the powers during the infinity saga or something.

But the mutant path makes more sense. You wanna show how many guardrails exist against superpowered individuals in various work fields, so it’s hella inconvenient if someone just gets powers at complete random at the break of their career.

CommunityDragon1842025-12-09 00:18

Seems likey

Master-Mage872025-12-09 04:37

Why couldn't he have been a Tchalla from the multiverse instead

two2teps2025-12-09 15:35

I think Trevor has a "drug stash" and gives it to Simon to help him better understand the role in some half-assed method acting exercise. (I'll give him super powers so he understands how to be a super hero for the role.) Unfortunately for Simon the stash is a dose of Extremis that was then mixed with energies from Ta Lo because Tervor has it "[keistered](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=keistered)" when he went through the portal.

Ubergoober1662025-12-10 03:14

As someone who knows absolutely nothing about Wonder Man

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