Blue Marvel

After being presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom (after agreeing to give up adventuring) he retreated to the moon, where he ran into the Watcher. Talking to him about his problems, and how they made him feel, he was suprised when an invasion force passed the moon, following the scout he had already defeated. Leaping into action, Adam saved Earth by destroying their force, a fact that would remain secret.

Years went by without Adam donning the Cape and Cowl again, he lived a normal life raising a family and working having earned a PhD in Theoretical Physics; Electrical Engineering Degree from Cornell, before the return of the Anti-Man. Though becasue of his bitter history with the government he refused to help. Things grew even worse when his wife revealed her part in the plot to keep him under wraps, and her job as a spy.  She was formerly an undercover agent sent to watch Brashear. She explains why she reluctantly took the job of spying on him, and later-- how she eventually fell in love with adam--despite the prevailing racism and prejudice of the era. 

Brasher, feeling  shocked and  betrayed  by his wife's revelation, once more retreats to the moon. Where,  his solace is interrupted by the Watcher. The two have a conversation,  in which the Watcher helped him remember why he had become a hero in the first place, though he vowed that he would never take the fall again. During there talk  The Watcher reminds them of the first time that they met.  At that time,(1960's) an alien invasion task force assembled over the moon with the Earth within its sights. Blue Marvel dispatches the armada with relative ease, saving the earth. However, his victory is unrecognized for know one besides himself, the Watcher, and any possible surviving aliens know of it. 

Cut back to the present, Adam leaves to talk to Tony Stark aboard the Helicarrier.. After Adam talks with the Mighty Avengers, he eventually decides to resume his Blue marvel identity. Answering Tony Starks call to defeat the remergent Ani-man.

Later, The Blue Marvel is confronted by Anti-Man (who was revealed as Brashear's best friend and a fellow member of the US Armed Forces) and they have the classic "hero trying to talk the misguided villain down" discussion, wherein The Blue Marvel tries to reach Anti-Man by reminding him of all the good times they spent together with both of their families at picnics and BBQs and such, and how they are the godfathers to each others children. Unfortunately, Anti-Man seems to have grown much stronger since Adam defeated him decades ago, and the Blue Marvel is unable to put him down.

It is revealed that Adam received has powers while, as a scientist, conducted a test on an anti matter device which exploded and gave him (and his former friend who would later be known as Anti-Man) his superpowers. Notably, in some of the Blue Marvel's escapades, Namor & Adam had a few run-ins and team-ups in the 1950's, and are old friends.

Some time later, Anti-Man is seen talking to himself about how how man kind previously has hurt and killed other's for stupid reasons WW2,Stalin,Civil Rights riots,Vietnam,and that how he is going to change everything. He is flying over the planet literally blasting various countries with antimatter. Adam has explained that Conner(a.k.a Anti-Man was able to tap into more power than Adam since he is unstable and that is why he is harder to contain. Adam explains that he could link to his power since they are drawing from the same source,and then send a positive plasma charge back out to disperse conner's form through implosion.

However, Reed Richards argues that the plan is to risky since it could blow up the planet. Brashear get's mad that the avengers don't want him to use that plan,Adam fly's out regardless and they chase after him. Each one takes their respective shot at him,then Sentry launches at him and explains how he was like him,prideful and not willing to listen. Sentry then really lay's out a barrage of punches and brings Brashear down to the floor,then Adam let's loose a punch that knock's Sentry into space. Then Adam takes out the other avengers,when Sentry flies back to earth and they both seem tired. Adam passes out,while Sentry falls to his knee's from the previous shot.

The Antimatter storms caused by Anti-Man persist and now because Conner is on earth the negative zone rift is spilling into mainstream space. Reed and Iron man later come together to build a negative gamma cannon that supposedly will polarize Anti-man's energy and keep him from coalescing or coming together after he is taken apart.

Adam is seen in a stasis tube to be kept from going out again. Sue Richards brought adam's wife to see him,she argues as to why he is kept like that. The antimatter storms start hitting on parts of manhattan. Adam wakes up and breaks through the chasis,his wife begs him to be straight forward and face that he is angry at himself for letting others boss him around and not follow his own instincts. That he was afraid of causing tension for races or government. She tries to persuade him to just let the avengers deal with this,he tells her he can't just leave it like that. He kisses her goodbye and flies away.

Antiman is seen taking everything from the avengers and just giving it back in return. Adam appears and knocks him back. Adam then tells the avengers he has a plan. He has certain members holding other people back for safety,Ironman and ms. marvel flying around him in circle as fast as possible,while hitting him with plasma bursts,shehulk and wonderman and ares take the low ground and hit him with everything so he can expend as much energy as possible. Then Reed realizes that adam is trying to create an artificial cyclotron particle accelerator so as to disperse him. While Sentry and Adam go staright at him from the high ground.

Adam then synch's up with Antiman's energy and starts weakening Conner. Candace is in the crowd and runs to Adam,Conner yells. Saying he has more power than anybody and he is going to show it. He lets out an energy wave that knocks out most avengers. Then candace get's caught in the blaze, turning her into a burned/deformed dying meatsack. Than with her dying words she makes Adam promise that he won't hide from the world anymore. Anti-Man then hits adam again and the antimatter storms are now all over the planet and conner say's how he will give the world hell. Adam and Antiman then trade blows as Adam say's he has become like all other's,in justifying genocide for a point of view. Adam takes Conner into space and synch's with him and is about to disperse his energy as conner begs for his life. Adam says he feels sorry for Conner, but forgives him for all he has done. Adam than releases the energy saving the earth and destroying Anti-Man.

Afterwards at a cemetary stark visits Adam to apologize for his loss and to invite him to the Avengers. Adam say's he wants time to think it over. At home,he finds a box with a letter from his late wife. In it is a new uniform she made for when he one day goes back as the Blue Marvel. 
 
Powers and Abilites 
 

The Blue Marvel's source of power is the energy released from anti-matter.  Anti-matter is is the same as normal matter except that the sub-atomic particles are the opposite charge.  Therefore, anti-matter and normal matter cannot coexist without exploding.  CERN recently made the first particles of anti-matter...apparently kept in in a magnetically charged vacuum to keep it from coming in contact with normal matter.  Nuclear fission releases energy with 1.5% efficiency; anti-matter releases energy with 100% efficiency.  One gram of anti-matter contains the same energy as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.  One droplet could power New York City for a full day.  Adam Brashear is the first human anti-matter generator and reactor.  The experiment he gained his powers from renders his form unaffected from anti-matter. 
During his mini, he went toe to toe with the Sentry, as well as with the rest of the Avengers.  He knocked the Sentry into orbit.  The Sentry barely pulled off a win against Brashear.  He also lifted a disabled battleship and flew it back to port for repair.  He also stopped a meteorite the size of Arkansas from striking earth.  In a short time, the Blue Marvel has established himself as a premier powerhouse in the Marvel universe.  Prince Namor himself stated that after the Blue Marvel's long hiatus that only the Hulk and Thor have hit him as hard.