Bio: The owner and head of Alva Industries, Edwin Alva is
responsible for creating the “Big Bang” gas that turned the teenagers at
the docks into “Bang Babies.”
While never admitting responsibility for the gas or attempting to right
his wrongs, Alva did hold a grudge against Static after Static attempted
to expose Alva. Despite his best efforts (combined with those of Specs
and Trapper), Alva never captured or figured out Static’s identity—but
it wasn’t through lack of trying. The woman he put in charge of that
project, Dr. Roberts, discovered Static’s identity after Alva terminated
the project.
Alva was never known for being close to his son, but when his son
exposed himself to the Big Bang gas and became known as “Omnefarious,”
Alva’s son overdosed on his Big Bang pellets and turned himself to
stone.
Alva eventually reversed his sons condition through the utilization of
other Bang Babies powers. Despite trying to use Rubberband Man, Talon
and Gear as his test subjects, Hotstreak and Static stopped him. When
Static found out that this was all to get Alva’s son back to normal,
Static offered to use his powers to reverse Alva’s son’s condition. Not
to be outdone by a rival, Hotstreak joined Static and together they were
able to turn Alva’s son back to normal. |
