The Astronomer usually uses a wheelchair, although the proper use of his Ace powers can allow him to walk. He has wiped his own memory of all events prior to becoming the Astronomer. The Astronomer is an old man (born in 1925), who has thinning white hair, wears glasses and is best described as "mole-like" he is also noted as having a disproportionately large head, the upper part of which enlarges further when he is fully empowered. Once his plans were foiled, the Astronomer lived only for revenge. Unknown to him, the Shakti device of the Egyptian Freemasons lacked a power source and was designed to contact an alien organization, the Network. The Astronomer planned to conquer the world in the aftermath of an invasion by fungoid aliens called the Swarm. He is the leader of a cult, known as the Egyptian Freemasons, that consists mainly of superhuman Aces and deformed Jokers. The Astronomer first appeared in the short story "Pennies from Hell" by Lewis Shiner in Wild Cards II: Aces High, though his presence was implied in "The Long, Dark Night of Fortunato" in the first volume of the series.
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