He usually wears a suit of powered armor with an arsenal of built-in weapons,[volume & issue needed] which enables him to fight superhumans on a more equal basis (especially his nemesis, Hyperion).
[volume & issue needed] On this occasion, Burbank works with the evil Hyperion of the mainstream Marvel Universe Earth-616, and imprisons the visiting Thor.
[volume & issue needed] When the Squadron are rebuilding America after the devastation caused by the Overmind, Master Menace concentrated his efforts on conquering the Middle East.
[volume & issue needed] In Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe, Emil Burbank ages fifteen years after going into the 41st century with Scarlet Centurion to build a device to stop the Nth Man.
As a child, he sexually abused his older sister by drugging her unconscious with chemical compounds, eventually leaving her in a permanent catatonic state.
[volume & issue needed] The team is sent to Uganda to apprehend John M'Butu, a fast-rising tribal leader gifted with a powerful verbal suggestion ability, who calls himself the Voice.
[3] Emil Burbank was recruited to the Squadron because he was tested by the military and found to have been exposed to the retrovirus that had been released from Hyperion's spacecraft and bestowed superhuman abilities on numerous people around the world.
[volume & issue needed] Though not displaying any physical super powers, Emil demonstrates that he can defend himself in combat situations by the use of certain types of technology.