famous mass-energy equivalence formula "E=mc2", and his powers included firing energy blasts from his hands and transforming his body into anything he could envision (e.g., turning his feet into jet engines so he could fly). E-Man's origin was expanded by retcon in Charlton issue #10 and in the First Comics series. Nova was later caught in a nuclear explosion, gained the same powers as E-Man, and became his partner; later still, she lost her powers (in a parody of X-Men's Phoenix) and then regained them. During their early adventures they acquired a pet koala named Teddy Q, whose intelligence grew to the point where he had a job waiting tables in a café. See also The F-Men References Further reading Back Issue! #13 (Dec. 2005): "E-Man: Cosmic Hero for the '70s" (Nick Cuti and Joe Staton interview), pp. 34–47 External links E-Man at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. E-Man at An International Catalogue of Superheroes. WebCitation archive. Charlton Comics superheroes Charlton Comics titles First Comics titles Comico Comics titles 1973 comics debuts Comics characters introduced in 1973