With his business failing, Hank Waters was taking his fishing trawler out for one last trip. Horrified to catch a stowaway on board, Hank was in the middle of berating her when the pair are caught in a shower of Energy X. Hank’s powers extend from his time with the ocean, and he has sworn to use them to protect the children of the world.
Hank Waters was a fisherman that had a run of bad luck. He was taking his ship, the Man o’ War, to Boston to turn it over to the bank, he discovered a young female stowaway on board. A violent storm struck, Hank was thrown overboard. As his young stowaway struggled to rescue Hank, both were overwhelmed by the bolt of Energy X. Hank used his new powers to calm the storm.
Hank became a crimefighter, naming himself Man O’ War after his ship, and his stowaway Merry Manson became his sidekick, Sea Urchin.