Ultimate Marvel: Earth-2/Michelle Starr

Wave (Michelle Starr) is a fictional supporting character and superheroine appearing in Ultimate Marvel: Earth-2.

Earlier Life
At a very young age, Michelle developed a natural affinity for the water, which inspired her into becoming a swimmer. She grew up becoming a high school swim champion and Olympic hopeful, and won recognition for being the fastest swimmer (as she had very unbeatable records), making her parents very proud. Michelle also made friends with Peter Parker and his colleagues and friends in Midtown High; all recognized her swimming talents and viewed her as a role model.

Becoming Wave
During a family trip in a Oscorp research lab, Michelle was recruited by Norman Osborn, who was looking for test subjects with swimming expertise to use in his experiments, despite the initial objections of Michelle's father Henry, who has been skeptical of Osborn's true motives. When the Punisher's Ravagers suddenly had a shootout with Crossbones and his Hydra Squad, one of the mercenaries accidentally knocked a Oscorp chemical formula at the pool Michelle was swimming at. As a result, Michelle suffered molecular mutations which soon rendered her unconscious. She was carried to hospital as her father loudly pointed both Osborn and J. Jonah Jameson responsible for his daughter's condition.

Michelle woke up from her bed and went to see Peter and the rest of his friends to comfort him and his cousin Felicia Reilly during Ben Parker's funeral. Soon after this, Michelle begun to discover that she manifested the abilities to manipulate water at will as a result of the Super Soldier formula she was exposed to during the incident in Oscorp. She was initially terrified to this until she was comforted by her father, who reminded her that water is still a part of what she is and dreamed to be.

Also inspired by Peter's actions during his first official day as Spider-Man, Michelle donned a outfit made of Stark technology which Peter and his friends shared with her and each other and begun fighting crime as the superheroine known as Wave, while vowing to balance her new career with her normal civilian life. Her actions soon drew the attention of other heroes, and she was offered to train with her friends as well as veterans like Shang-Chi.

Powers and Abilities

 * Superhuman speed and agility
 * Hydrokinesis
 * Genius-level intellect
 * Acrobatic skills
 * Expert swimming skills
 * Hand-to-hand combat

Trivia

 * She is an amalgam of two known Marvel female characters:
 * Michelle "MJ" Jones, a character appearing as the potential love interest of Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
 * Wave / Pearl Pangan, a Filipina superheroine who first appeared in War of the Realms: The New Agents of Atlas #1-4, and was featured as a playable character in Marvel: Future Fight.