Bio Thanks to The Unnofficial Handbook of the Marvel Universe
Name: Dr.
Stephen Beckley
Occupation: astrophysicist , astronaut
Powers: As Comet Man, Stephen Beckley has a variety of superhuman powers, including:
Beckley's alien uniform provides him with protection against most forms of injury, including the rigors of space. It also recycles the wearer's breath into fresh oxygen.
History: Stephen Beckley was born to an upper-middle class family, and eventually studied and received a doctorate in astronomy and astrophysics. He met and married Ann, a fellow astronaut. When she bore them a son, Benny, she joined Stephen on a joint MIT-NASA project to send a manned module into Halley's Comet.
Stephen piloted the ship into Halley's Comet, where unusal radiation disintegrated the ship. Instead of dying, however, Stephen was saved by an alien named Max, whose race used Halley's Comet to observe Earth at intervals. In the process of saving his life, Stephen was changed physically with strange new powers.
He returned to his office in NASA and underwent several tests, although his survival was hushed up by a NASA official, who wanted to pursue romantic intentions toward Stephen's wife.
However, Stephen's unrevealed older brother, John, held the Beckley family in contempt for giving him up for adoption and therefore denying him the advantages that Stephen enjoyed. John became a leader of the criminal organization Bridge and had faked his own death. He ordered Bridge agents to kidnap Stephen from NASA labs and also kidnap Ann and Benny. John succeeded in bringing Max and his spaceship to Earth, hoping to gain superhuman powers himself. Stephen used his powers to escape, but was nearly fatally wounded in the attempt. While he was recuperating, Ann was also killed after attempting escape.
Stephen gained further instruction in his powers from a previous acquaintance, Reed Richards, a.k.a. the hero Mr. Fantastic. Stephen also learned of his wife's death, his family history, and brother's illegal activities. Mr. Fantastic gave Stephen a device to aid his control over his powers. In final confrontation, John destroyed Max's spaceship and presumably himself, although Stephen and Max succeeded in escaping to outer space.
Knowing Benny was still alive, Stephen and Max continued to search for the boy for many years. Presumably, Benny was subjected to the alien technology John wanted to use for himself, and gained fantastic powers. Somehow, Benny resurfaced in Los Angeles, and Stephen teleported to him. At the same time, the alien hero Captain Marvel learned of Benny's powers, believing they may be a catalyst to Earth's destruction. Beckley and Captain Marvel fought over the boy, until Captain Marvel agreed to let him go. Beckley presumably returned to space with Benny.
