Real
Name: Unrevealed VANDAL
Real
Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Presumably alternate reality (see comments), circa A.D. 2057
Occupation: Law enforcement agent
Group Membership: Securicom
Affiliations: Myles
Enemies: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed
First
Appearance: (Mentioned) The
Stan Lee Story (November, 2018);
(seen) Comic Book Creator#33:
Stan's Excelsior Comics (Winter, 2024)
Powers/Abilities: Vandal was an exceptional
physical specimen, possibly genetically engineered. He sometimes (or
usually?) wore an exo-skeleton/exo-dermis suit that further enhanced his
already impressive physical attributes, enhancing his strength and
durability to superhuman levels. Though lacking a helmet, the suit
generated a force field that protected the head and provided a
photo-repellent air filter.
Height: Unrevealed; around 6' (by guesstimation)
Weight: Unrevealed; he was a fairly broad, muscular build.
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Unrevealed
History:
(Vandal#1) - Vandal was the top agent and most skilled fighter of
Securicom, the leading law-and-morality enforcement agency of 2057. A
cross between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli, with
a luxurious mane of hair and smarmy attitude, he was vain, pompous,
thrill-seeking and girl crazy. Somehow he ended up traveling around
forty years into the past (see comments) to a world suffering
from crippling pollution.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee, assigned to Tom DeFalco and Bill Jaaska. Rob Tokar was to be a senior editor for the line.
In the mid-1990s (the Stan Lee Story says from 1995, an article
on Comic Book Creator#33 says the second quarter of 1994) plans were
being developed for a new Marvel imprint, Excelsior, which would feature
brand new titles and characters created by Stan Lee in conjunction with
other writers and artists. The new line, which would start with four
titles, was scheduled to launch in 1996. They would be interconnected in
a shared universe with one another, but have zero connection to the main
Marvel Universe. Excelsior was apparently going to be run by the
recently acquired Malibu Comics on Marvel's behalf because they were on
the West Coast only forty minutes from where Stan lived, making it easy
for him to pop into their offices for meetings.
The character was stated to come from 2057,
but he was intended to be in a shared universe where he would interact
with the other Excelsior leads, and the overall line was meant to be
taking place around "ten years in the future" which would have been
circa 2006 when the Excelsior lines were in development. This, and his
series tagline, "The Man From The Future," makes it sound very much like
Vandal was going to travel back in time some forty years prior to his
native era. And the art from #2 (below, right) shows a photo which
includes banner for New Years 1996, supporting the time travel option.
Per the Excelsior Handbook (and quoted in Comic Book Creator#33 - go buy a copy!), "The books all take place on Earth, roughly 10 years in the future. Pollution has become such a crippling problem that it is having numerous adverse effects on the unborn as well as those already living in it. As a result, many radical treatments and therapies are being used and tested,and often these cures are attempted on a genetic level. Sometimes the cures take, sometimes they don't, and sometimes they just create an even more bizarre circumstances [sic] than the diseases."
This profile was completed on 09/22/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary's celebratory event to represent Vandal.
Below: four images from Vandal, showing a
villain (?) design, two pages from early issues, and a design sketch
of the character.
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Profile by Loki.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Vandal has no known connections to:
images: (without ads)
Comic Book Creator#33, p9,
pan2 (main image)
Comic Book Creator#33, p5,
pan3 (head and upper body image)
Comic Book Creator#33, p10, pan2
(horned character from Vandal)
Comic Book
Creator#33, p10, pan1 (page from Vandal, in middle of
row of images)
Comic Book Creator#33, p8, pan3 (page
from Vandal showing female villain)
Vandal design sketch, posted online
Appearances:
Comic Book Creator#33: Stan's Excelsior Comics
(Winter, 2024) - John B. Cooke (editor), John Morrow Publisher,
TwoMorrows Publishing
First Posted: 09/23/2026
Last updated: 09/22/2026
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