Moving from Dr. Manhattan to a second-string Marvel character is like moving from Manhattan to, well, a second-string city. Sure, it will probably be a far less challenging lifestyle, and suddenly youâll be able to afford a whole lot more, and things are a bit warmer, a bit less icy cold, but whereâs the challenge? The prestige? Deadline reports that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who won an Emmy in 2020 for blueing himself on HBOâs Watchmen, has been tapped to play Marvel back-catalog model Wonder Man in a Disney+ show of the same name. Wonder Man will adapt the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby character, who first debuted in a 1964 Avengers comic. His alias is Simon Williams. His whole deal is heâs in weapons manufacturing, but not at Stark Industries. His powers are ionic, like an electric car, but not Ionian, like the sea where the bodies turn up in the season-two premiere of The White Lotus.