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So, whenIron Lad told me he was introuble--that he needed aSuper Soldier--Ilied and told him he'dfound one. And then I did what Ihad to do tobecome one.

Origin[]

Eli Bradley has a family legacy of heroes. After losing the secrets of theSuper Soldier Serum whenDr. Erskine died, theUnited States Army still wanted to produce moreSuper Soldiers likeSteve Rogers.^[12] To this end, Col. Walker Price andDr. Wilfred Nagel took 300 African-American soldiers fromMississippi to experiment upon. Only a handful of men survived the gruesome process, and only one of them survived the covert missions and assignments:Isaiah Bradley,^[4] Eli's grandfather.^[5] His uncle,Josiah X, continued the family tradition, enlisting inVietnam War. Later he even took up Isaiah's oldCaptain America uniform and joined theCrew.^[13] Before Isaiah received the Super Soldier Serum, he fatheredSarah Gail, Eli's mother. Because of this Eli was born with no superhuman abilities.^[5]

Young Avengers[]

Shortly after theAvengers haddisbanded, ayounger version of Kang the Conqueror traveled to the present era, with the goal of stopping his future self. Unsuccessful in his attempts to contact the Avengers, he downloaded theThe Vision's programming and operating system from theremains of the destroyed Avengers Mansion. Among the Vision files, he found theAvengers Fail-Safe Program. Dubbing himselfIron Lad, he began to seek Avengers recruit in theNew York City area. One of these recruits wasJosiah X, Eli's uncle. However, Josiah had been out of contact with his family for years. Eli lied to Iron Lad, claiming to be a Super Soldier due to ablood transfusion from his grandfather, and volunteered for Iron Lad's team. Eli then began using the illegalMutant Growth Hormone (MGH) pills to fabricate superhuman abilities. Wearing a costume very similar to that ofCaptain America's original sidekick,Bucky, Eli donned a full cowl and a set of five-pointed throwing stars asPatriot, and alongside his new teammatesHulkling,Asgardian and Iron Lad, formed theYoung Avengers.^{[1][6][14][15]}

After several weeks of training, theYoung Avengers began taking on superhero missions.^[15] Their second mission was an attempted to save two hundred guests atSt. Patrick's Cathedral when they were taken hostage duringSusan Bishop' wedding. Unfortunately, the Young Avengers were only successful in starting a fire and becoming hostages themselves. It was a bridesmaid,Kate Bishop, that actually saved them using one of Patriot's own throwing stars. The Young Avengers were able, however, to escape the scene before the police arrived.^[1]

After the attack, at thehospital, Kate was approached byCassie Lang, daughter of theAvengers'Ant-Man. Together the girls tracked down the Young Avengers at the ruins of theAvengers Mansion, where the girls confronted the Young Avengers and invited themselves onto the team.^[16] Not long afterward, the Mansion was attacked byKang the Conqueror.^[17] To join the battle, Kate donned gear from the Mansion such asMockingbird'sBattle Staves andHawkeye'sBow. She also found the originalCaptain America's Shield for Patriot.^[5] After defeating Kang and saving the world, Kate and Cassie remained on as permanent members.^[18]

Captain America andIron Man ordered the team to disband and refused to train them. However, Kate used some of her family's money and connection to procure anew lair, costumes and weapons for the team.^[19] WithIron Lad gone, Patriot and Kate took on the unofficial roles of co-leaders. Patriot and Kate even shared some chemistry and competitiveness.

Secret Identities and Family Ties[]

Not long after entering their secret superhero lives,Wiccan discovered Patriot was usingMGH to temporarily grant him superhuman powers.^[20] After taking MGH, Patriot foughtHyde one-on-one before injecting him with an overdose of MGH and knocking him unconscious. After being forcibly calmed by Wiccan's magics, Eli woke up in recovery atAvengers Tower, with the newVision taking care of him. After Eli revealed the true origins of his powers, he quit the team.^[6]

The other Young Avengers unsuccessfully attempted to get Eli to rejoin them. It wasn't until after Hulkling was captured by theSuper-Skrull that Eli rejoin them.^[21] During the subsequent battle between theKree, theSkrulls forces, the Young Avengers and theNew Avengers, Patriot used himself to shield Captain America from gunfire and was severely injured.^[22] After the battle Captain America rushed to the hospital to give Eli a blood transfusion only to discover "another Captain America",Eli's grandfather, had already given Eli his blood. Since the transfusion, Eli has gained physical attributes and powers of a real Super Soldier.^[23]

Civil War, Secret Invasion and Siege[]

Along with the rest of his team, Patriot sided withCaptain America and theSecret Avengers against theSuperhuman Registration Act, which led to the SuperheroCivil War.

Whenthe Skrulls invaded Earth, Patriot joined the other Young Avengers andRunaways on the front lines of the battle.^[24]

Patriot along with the other Young Avengers helped rescue the fallen fromAsgard during theSiege. He and Hawkeye were briefly trapped under some rumble themselves leading to an argument and a kiss.^[9]

Children's Crusade[]

AfterWiccan's powers overloaded and the Avengers decided to keep him under observation, Patriot and the other Young Avengers broke Wiccan out of holding and began the search for theScarlet Witch. Patriot was extremely hesitant about the plan, but still accompanied the others. Accompanied byMagneto andQuicksilver, the team traveled toTransia and then toLatveria, before discovering a depowered and amnesiac Wanda engaged toDoctor Doom. The rediscovery of Wanda did not go unnoticed though, as the Avengers soon arrived on the scene. A battle with Doom'sDoombot army soon broke out and was only stopped by the arrival ofIron Lad.^[25]

Iron Lad teleported the Young Avengers and Wanda into the time-stream. They all went into the past and met reanimatedJack of Hearts, who was about to explode. After that Wanda remembered who she is, regained her powers and returned herself, the Young Avengers andScott Lang into the present.^[26] She then finally confirmed that Billy and Tommy are indeed her reincarnated sons.^[27]

Wanda's increased powers were revealed to be the result of her gaining a connection to the life force itself. A ritual intended to undo the Decimation was interrupted by Patriot, leading to the powers being transferred to Doctor Doom. He intended to usher the world into a utopia, which he would rule. The Avengers and X-Men teamed up to defeat him, and in the process, Stature was killed by Doom, and the villain escaped after losing his powers when they overloaded.

Iron Lad proposed to save Stature through the Time-stream but Vision refused, ending with both of them battling each other and Iron Lad destroying Vision and then taking off to the time stream, even after Wiccan warned that this is the moment in time where he becomes Kang the Conqueror.

In the aftermath of the battles, Elijah left the team while all the remaining Young Avengers were officially named full-fledged Avengers,^[10] and moved to the Midwest.^[28] At some point in time, he moved to Arizona to work in voter registration, according to'Shaun Lucas.^[11] He was present during the marriage of Wiccan and Hulkling after the invasion of the Cotati on Earth,^[29] as well as their initial elopement in Las Vegas.^[30]

Wakanda Unbound[]

Artificially Enhanced Physiology: Eli was originally born with no superhuman powers. However, after receiving a blood transfusion from his maternal grandfatherIsaiah, he became mutated due to exposure to theSuper-Soldier Serum^[31] which enhanced all of his bodily functions to the peak of human potential, his powers including:

• Enhanced Human Strength: Eli's physical strength is enhanced to the peak of human potential. He is stronger than normal humans. While not superhuman, he is strong enough to lift up to 800 lbs with maximum effort.^[23]
• Enhanced Human Speed: Eli can run and move at great speeds faster than normal humans. He is capable of reaching up to 30 mph. At peak capacity, he can fully exert his speeds for no more than 35 mph. On one occasion, he has been shown to almost outrunning a helicopter.^[7]
• ‘Enhanced Human Stamina:' Eli's musculature produces considerably fewer fatigue-toxins, allowing him to physically exert himself for up to one hour before showing any signs of fatigue. His lung capacity is at peak human level enabling him to hold the breath for 6 minutes underwater.^[23][32]
• Peak Human Durability: His skin, bone, and muscle tissues are augmented to levels that are denser and harder than normal humans. He shrugged off a hail of tranquilizer darts and survived a building of massive explosion without stopping.^[7]
• Enhanced Human Healing: Eli’s healing speed is faster than normal humans. He is able to regenerate injured tissue, brain cells, heal broken bones and torn muscles to an extraordinary level. However, he is unable to regenerate missing limbs or organs.^[23]
  • Foreign Chemical Immunity: The Super Soldier Serum in his body are efficient enough to keep him from becoming intoxicated by alcohol, drugs, poison gases and impurities in the air.^[23]
  • Disease Immunity: Due to his highly efficient immune system, Eli is immune to all Earthly poisons, toxins, venom, viruses, bacteria, diseases, disorders, parasites, allergens, gas attacks, and nerve-toxins of any kind.^[23]
• ‘Enhanced Human Agility:' Eli's agility, balance, flexibility, dexterity, and bodily coordination is enhanced to the levels that are above than an Olympic gold medalist. He has the combined agility and acrobatic prowess of the most accomplished circus aerialists and acrobats.^[23]
• ‘’'Enhanced Human Reflexes: Eli's reflexes are enhanced to the levels that are superior to that of any Olympic-level athlete that has ever compete.^[23]
• Enhanced Human Intelligence: His mental performance has been greatly enhanced, allowing it to operate in the most efficient and rapid manner possible. His mind also processes information quickly, giving him an accelerated learning aptitude or knack for quickly analyzing multiple information streams and rapidly respond to changing tactical situations when necessary. He possesses an eidetic/photographic memory and perfect recall.^[23]
• Extended Longevity: The SSS dramatically slows Eli aging due to extensively healthy cells regenerating. Much likeIsaiah Bradley andJosiah X, two others exposed to the Super Soldier Serum.^[23]

• Skilled Combatant: Even without his powers, Eli, partially through his adventures with the Young Avengers, is a experienced combatant.^[1]
  • Shield Fighting
• Skilled Athlete: Eli is an excellent athlete and has portrayed skill in Parkour.^[34]
• Skilled Tactician: Eli was shown to be a capable leader and a naturally skilled tactician.^[1]

• Patriot's Uniform: Elijah's costume is visually similar to bothCaptain America's late sidekickBucky andCaptain America/Isaiah Bradley's classic uniform.^[35]

• Patriot's Shield: Eli wields a replica ofCaptain America's originalshield.^[17]
• Throwing Stars: Eli uses a personal array of five-pointed throwing stars.^[1]

• During theDark Reign, Patriot was furious withNorman Osborn for forminghis own Avengers and stealing his name as theIron Patriot.^[36]

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