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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 10:47:28 GMT -5
81. Cobra Commander Not much is known of Cobra Commander's past, but in his early career he was a used car salesman. While struggling to keep his business afloat, he learned that a car crash had taken the life of his older brother, Dan, who had been driving drunk. Embittered by this tragedy, Cobra Commander became obsessed with vindicating his brother's death. He took specific interest in the surviving son of the family killed in the accident with Dan. That man was the soldier better known as Snake-Eyes. Cobra Commander managed to track Snake-Eyes to Japan, where he was training to become a member of the Arashikage ninja clan. The Commander hired a mercenary called Firefly to kill him, but Firefly soon realized he was no match for his target, instead referring Cobra Commander to another assassin, Zartan, who infiltrated the clan and shot at Snake-Eyes with an arrow stolen earlier from another ninja, Storm Shadow. However, it was not Snake-Eyes who was hit, but the clan's leader and Storm Shadow's uncle, Hard Master. Storm Shadow was blamed for the murder and fled in search of the killer. Cobra Commander returned to his domestic life, but after his wife gave birth to a son, Billy, she found out about what had happened in Japan. He took the child and left his wife, becoming increasingly paranoid and blaming all his problems on "the system". He traveled across America with Billy, seeking out people who shared his desire to topple big business and the government, using money he had earned from pyramid schemes to attract followers. He then moved to the town of Springfield, where the businesses were struggling and the population had become disillusioned with existing policy. He applied his influence to corrupt the township and eventually took control of it. Within the town, he established a clandestine terrorist group called Cobra. For reasons and in ways unknown, Billy leaves his father, and joins the anti-Cobra underground organization. Storm Shadow's search for his uncle's killer eventually led him to Cobra, which Storm Shadow joined, pledging loyalty to Cobra Commander as his personal bodyguard. Cobra's agents spread throughout the world, overturning or subverting unstable third-world governments, and becoming an international threat. Eventually, Cobra became so large that Cobra Commander could no longer control it on his own and created a "High Command", which included Zartan, Baroness Anastasia DeCobray, the Scottish arms dealer James McCullen Destro, and Australian mercenary Major Sebastian Bludd. This dubious staffing led to frequent power-struggles within the organization and ultimately the Baroness and Major Bludd enacted a plot to assassinate the Commander. In a twist of fate, they recruited Billy to carry out the assassination, but he was intercepted by Destro before he could accomplish his task. Cobra Commander had become such a rabid megalomaniac by this point that he had no qualms about torturing his own son, yet Billy refused to surrender any information identifying who had sponsored the hit. Such tenacity impressed Storm Shadow, so he freed Billy and they both escaped to New York, where Storm Shadow trained him in ninjitsu. Billy was later caught in the crossfire between the Soft Master (Storm Shadow's other uncle) and Cobra agent Scrap-Iron, when the car he was driving in exploded. It was during this time that both Cobra Commander and Destro were trapped underground, presumed dead, and were forced to work together to make their way back to Cobra. Cobra Commander is shown here as an average-looking American with a beatnik image evinced by a pony tail, beret, green-spectacled sunglasses and a slender mustache — a motif that resurfaced on subsequent occasions when he was seen without his mask. It was during this cross-country trek with Destro that Cobra Commander learned of Billy's fate: though he survived the explosion, he had lost a leg and an eye, and lay in a coma ever since. Unnerved by the tragedy, the Commander took responsibility for Billy's condition, and promised to be a better father. Seeking out the Crimson Guard Fred VII, a mechanical genius who built Billy a new robotic leg, the Commander set up shop in Denver, where Billy eventually awoke from the coma. Fitted with a mechanical prosthetic leg by Fred VII, Billy unwittingly stumbled upon the Blind Master (yet another Arashikage ninja) and Jinx (Storm Shadow's cousin). Seeing that Fred VII had constructed a suit of battle-armor for Cobra Commander, who was once again plotting to take over the world, Billy walked out on his father. The incident left Cobra Commander to reflect on the folly of his ways, but Fred VII was so angered to see his commander throwing away what he had dedicated his life toward that he shot Cobra Commander in the back, apparently killing him. Unaware that he was being watched, Fred VII buried the body. It was exhumed by another Crimson Guardsman, Fred VIII, who discovered that Cobra Commander was not dead after all, and managed to revive him. With Fred VII masquerading as him in Cobra, the Commander began to form a new organization in secret. When Dr. Mindbender went to Cobra Commander's supposed grave to harvest DNA for the genetic creation of a new leader, he instead discovered the empty grave. Cobra Commander took that opportunity to return to Cobra, this time even more maniacal than before, filled with rage and unwilling to harbor any traitors (real or perceived). His first act was to imprison those who had betrayed him: Fred VII, his partner Raptor, Firefly, Dr. Mindbender, Zartan, Billy, and numerous Cobra troops, all of whom he had buried alive within a volcano on Cobra Island. He relinquished all traces of morality and humanity, and rebuilt a new command infrastructure by instituting a brainwashing program to compel allegiance from those around him, including repeatedly brainwashing Destro, The Baroness, Zartan, Storm Shadow and Billy. He also became much more willing to kill, even personally executing Borovian rebels Magda and the White Clown. Among the few revisions Devil's Due instituted was the expansion of Cobra Commander's origin. After his brother's death, the future Commander sought out the surviving son of the family killed by Dan. He found the soldier, Snake-Eyes, at a bar, where the Commander saved him from an oncoming truck and the two became friends. They traveled from state to state, acting as vigilantes. One night, Cobra Commander took Snake-Eyes to the house of a corrupt Judge who he blamed for the hardships they had both experienced: years before, the judge had presided over a case involving Cobra Commander's brother Dan, who ran a veteran's hospital. The hospital had been burned down by a patient, but the judge ruled that it was insurance fraud; Dan lost everything and turned to drinking, which led to the crash that took his life and the lives of Snake-Eyes' family. Realizing where his anger had taken him, Snake-Eyes refused to kill the man and walked away. Cobra Commander killed the judge himself and vowed revenge against Snake-Eyes for having turned on him. After the Marvel series ended, Cobra forces fell to a unified assault organized by the G.I. Joe leader, General Hawk. Cobra Commander managed to escape, becoming an international fugitive as the remnants of his organization retreated into hiding. He spent the next seven years sheltered in non-extradition countries, rebuilding his organization from the shadows. By the time he had fully restored the terrorist group, however, he was usurped by Destro's illegitimate son, Alexander, who hoped to impress his father by eliminating his old rival and leading Cobra to victory. Alexander was defeated by the G.I. Joe team, and Cobra Commander was freed by Storm Shadow, retaking his organization soon after. He then proceeded to attack Destro, believing him responsible for Alexander's coup. Destro shortly cleared himself of such suspicions and offered to atone for Alexander's actions by serving Cobra again. Cobra Commander quickly proved himself deadlier than ever, smuggling a nuclear warhead into the United States, and used a decoy ship as a means for Storm Shadow to infiltrate the G.I. Joe base and assassinate Hawk. Unfortunately, both plans ended in failure, with the Joes capturing the warhead and Snake Eyes arriving to stop Storm Shadow. (It is hinted that it was Storm Shadow himself who informed Snake Eyes of the assassination attempt.) Not long after, Cobra Commander was betrayed by one of his own troops, the Dreadnok Zandar, who brought him to Cobra Island and presented him to his new leader, Serpentor. Serpentor's army, the COIL — which also included another Cobra traitor, Dr. Mindbender — struck out at the world. During their campaign, a group of Joes that included Snake-Eyes was captured and thrown in the same cell as Cobra Commander. The prisoners managed to escape along with Cobra Commander while G.I. Joe and Cobra attacked the island. The Commander came across Serpentor, who took him captive and ordered the Commander to remove his helmet. The Commander did so, handing it to Serpentor, but his face was still concealed by a balaclava worn beneath the helmet. Cobra Commander then activated an explosive in the helmet and landed a kick that sent Serpentor falling out a window to his seeming death. Cobra Commander then contacted Storm Shadow, and together they sought out the Red Ninja Clan for protection. The two were tracked down by a G.I. Joe team but managed to escape while the Joes battled the Red Ninjas. Cobra Commander then made his way back to the U.S. The Commander wasted no time in returning to Cobra Island, which Tomax and Xamot had bought back. Following Destro's capture by G.I. Joe, Cobra Commander lead a rescue operation. During the operation, he managed to severely injure General Hawk, but was betrayed by the Baroness. It was revealed Destro had cut a deal with the U.N. in exchange for his freedom. The Commander would spend weeks in custody before being freed by the Dreadnoks. Zartan had traded places with Cobra Commander, allowing the Commander to learn Destro's true plans and watch as the Coil joined Cobra in the wake of Serpentor's death. In a swift coup, Cobra Commander regained his organization and killed the Baroness. Destro had been after the Tempest, a device built by Dr. Mindbender that could seed clouds to cause rainfall. Once back in control of the Cobra and Coil forces, the Commander moved all Cobra personnel to the Monolith Base in Budakistan. The Coil forces were to remain on Cobra Island. The Jugglers had alerted Cobra to the U.S.'s plans to drop a nuke on the island. The entire Coil force was killed in the strike. In Budakistan, Cobra Commander unleashed the Tempest, armed with a flesh eating bio-engineered virus known as "Deathangel" upon the country. A G.I. Joe team led by General Phillip Rey (Hawk's temporary replacement) managed to track Cobra to their new base, where they defeated Cobra forces and destroyed the Tempest. Although Cobra Commander was able to elude capture, he became a target of the Red Shadows, a secretive organization that sought to eliminate G.I. Joe and Cobra alike. A Red Shadow operative named Dela Eden tracked down the Commander and shot him. A year passed after the Red Shadows are defeated by G.I. Joe, and Cobra Commander has been written off as dead. While most accepted this as fact, Hawk and Duke believed him alive and still dangerous. Hawk sent Spirit in search of the Commander, and after a long hunt, the tracker found his prey but was captured by Cobra Commander, and imprisoned. Duke went on his own search for the Commander but instead found a squad of B.A.T.s who took him captive. The androids were under the control of a former Crimson Guardsman who had a grudge against the Commander and wanted him dead, planning to launch a missile at his position. Duke managed to free himself and to stop the missile's launch, learning its target location from a computer screen: Washington DC. In Washington, a group of presidential advisers ask to speak to the President, but he tells them to take it up with his Chief of Staff — Garret Freedlowe. The men are shocked when they open the door to find Cobra Commander in the office. The Commander informed the men that he had taken Garret Freedlowe's place with Zartan's masking technology and that he would kill them, replacing them with his own operatives. Cobra Commander then proceeds to tell the President that the abilities of the GI Joe team is lacking, and organizes his very own Elite Anti terrorism team, Phoenix Guard, led by one time G.I. Joe commander General Rey. He then sent the team to destroy numerous Cobra cells around the world, a step ahead of the Joe teams own efforts. He then accompanied the President on a tour of the secret G.I. Joe base, the Rock, where Colton reveals to them that they have the Baroness secretly in custody. After the trip, Cobra Commander sends new orders to Phoenix Guard, sending them to the Rock to replace G.I-Joe as America's anti-terrorist force. During the attack, the Phoenix Guard became too ruthless and reckless for Rey's liking. He soon learned his team were secretly members of Cobra. Several members of G.I. Joe were captured while Kamakura, Scarlett and General Colton made it to Colton's hidden radio to contact the White House. The president was shocked to find Garret Freedlowe's decaying corpse in the Chief of Staff's office and a video recording of the Cobra Commander. On the recording, the Commander revealed he had been using the Chief of Staff position to learn everything he could about the United States' strengths, weaknesses and secrets. The Phoenix Guard was ultimately defeated and most of its members imprisoned. At a secret Cobra base, the order to every sleeper cell went out, announcing Cobra was once again active. The Commander was last seen looking down at an infant boy, the son of Destro and the Baroness, whom he planned to mold into the physical manifestation of his ideals.
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Post by DSR on Apr 17, 2007 10:51:57 GMT -5
Puppet Master looks like a completely bald Clint Howard in that picture.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 11:33:41 GMT -5
Here is the countdown update so far.
100. Hush 99. Cyborg Superman 98. Hydro-Man 97. Captain Boomerang 96. "Holiday" 95. Psycho-Man 94. Carmine "The Roman" Falcone 93. Morgan Edge 92. Annilius 91. Kang The Conqueror 90. Alexander Luthor Jr. 89. The Black Mask 88. Metallo 87. Clown aka Violator 86. The Black Cat 85. Typhoid Mary 84. Sinestro 83. The Jackal 82. The Puppet Master 81. Cobra Commander
Now for clues to the next five villians on the list.
* Absorbs Anything He Touches
* Get Yourself A Harley
* Leader of the Maggia
* Robotic Mutant Hunters
* The Cthulu Look-Alike
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Apr 17, 2007 12:03:30 GMT -5
GREAT to see Sinestro on the list. I love that guy. Then again, I'm a mark for anything Green Lantern.
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Post by Jeff on Apr 17, 2007 13:17:29 GMT -5
Harley Quinn
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 15:11:39 GMT -5
80. Harley Quinn Harley Quinn first appeared in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Joker's Favor" (episode #22, original airdate: September 11, 1992). Sorkin once had a starring role in the soap opera Days Of Our Lives, and appeared in a dream sequence in which she wore a jester costume; Paul Dini used this scene as an inspiration for the character, writing her specifically so Sorkin could voice the character. Dini, who had been friends with Sorkin for years, incorporated aspects of her personality into the character. The 1994 graphic novel Mad Love recounts the character's origin. Told in the style and continuity of Batman: The Animated Series and written and drawn by Dini and Timm, the comic book describes Harley as an Arkham Asylum psychiatrist who fell in love with the Joker and became his accomplice and on-again, off-again girlfriend. The story received wide praise [1] and won the Eisner and Harvey Awards for Best Single Issue Comic of the Year. The New Batman Adventures series adapted Mad Love as the episode "Mad Love" in 1999, making it the second "animated style" comic book adapted for the series (the other being Holiday Knights). As portrayed in the comic, she becomes fascinated with the Joker while interning at Arkham, and volunteers to analyze him. She falls in love nearly instantly with the Joker during their sessions. After helping him escape from the asylum more than once, she is caught by her superiors, who revoke her license and put her in her own cell. During an earthquake in Gotham City, she flees and becomes Harley Quinn, The Joker's partner-in-crime. In the episode "Harley and Ivy", the Joker, frustrated with Quinn, kicks her out, so she steals a Harlequin Diamond in a museum to prove her worth. At the same time, Poison Ivy robs the museum of plant toxins. The two become quick friends and Ivy takes her back to her lair in a toxic waste dump where she nurses her back to health and injects her with a serum which has given Harley an immunity to all toxins and poisons. Harley and Ivy team up for a number of successful capers, becoming Gotham City's "Queens of Crime". Their partnership ends temporarily after the Joker welcomes Harley back. Ivy is continually frustrated by Harley's lingering feelings for the Joker. However, the friendship survives, and Ivy remains Quinn's first point of call when she and The Joker go through a rough patch. She adopts the role of older sister and teller of harsh truths to Quinn about her helpless infatuation with the Joker. When Ivy demands during "Harley and Ivy" that Quinn stand up for herself, Quinn says "I'm nobody's doormat — am I?" Ivy replies, "If you had a middle name, it would be 'Welcome'." She frequently refers to the Joker as "puddin'" and "Mr. J," and she refers to Poison Ivy as "red" (a reference to her red hair). Their relationship was integrated into the comics in Batman: Harley Quinn. In that comic, Joker finds himself beginning to care for her. Naturally, this can't be countenanced, so he decides to kill her. After he takes an apparently drugged Harley into his bed for what may or may not be the consummation of their relationship, he lures her into a rocket ship, telling her, in part: "I've noticed some changes coming over me since you came into my life. I've been reminded what it was like to be part of a couple. To care for someone who cares for me. It's the first time in recent memory I've had those feelings... And I hate having those feelings!" He launches the rocket, soberly telling an enraged Harley that he will truly mourn her, before erupting into a fit of his trademark diabolical laughter. The rocket lands in Robinson Park, where Harley first meets Poison Ivy. Ivy saves her, but after taking her in, recognizes Harley as Dr. Quinzel from the Arkham staff. When Harley regains consciousness, Ivy initially plans to kill her. The prospect of her own death totally fails to move Harley, and Ivy is curious as to why. She convinces Harley to tell her story, and comes to feel a kinship with Harley. Considering her another castoff, Ivy offers to help Harley take her revenge on both Batman and the Joker. Ivy gives Quinn a treatment that immunizes her to various assorted toxins and Ivy's own poisonous touch. It also dramatically enhances Harley's strength and speed. Ivy intends this to give her new friend an edge on Batman and the Joker. Hot-blooded Harley, however, is angrier at the Joker than at Batman, and even initially works with the Dark Knight to help bring down the Clown Prince of Crime. While Batman eliminates the villain's muscle, Quinn chases the Joker up a damaged building, intending to send him falling to his death. Before she can do so, however, the Joker apologizes. Falling in love with him again, she forgives him on the spot, and serves as his lieutenant throughout the rest of No Man's Land, as well as the Emperor Joker storyline. After Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures, Harley makes several other animated appearances. She appears as one of the four main female characters of the web cartoon Gotham Girls. She also made guest appearances in other cartoons of the DC Animated Universe, appearing in the Justice League episode "Wild Cards" (alongside the Joker) and the Static Shock episode "Hard as Nails" (alongside Poison Ivy). In issue #16 of the Batman Adventures comic series, Harley is almost married to the Joker. Ivy crashes the wedding and tries to kill the Joker, only to be stopped by Batgirl. At the end of the comic, Harley vows to kill Ivy, thus apparently ending their partnership (the Batman Adventures comic book series, while continuing on from Batman: The Animated Series, does not reflect canonical developments within the wider Batman/DC Comics universe), though not was all as it seemed with Ivy in that story either. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker depicts Quinn's ultimate fate. Batman presumes her dead after she falls into a deep crevasse during Batman's final showdown with the Joker; however, bottomless pits are a notoriously unreliable means of death in comic books . A scene toward the end of the film reveals that Quinn survived to start a family, with her twin granddaughters Delia and Deidre Dennis eventually joining the Jokerz gang, something which the elderly Harley does not appreciate. The character proved so popular that she was eventually added to the Batman comic book canon (although she had already appeared in the Elseworlds mini-series Batman: Thrillkiller in 1997). The comic book version of Quinn, like the comic book version of The Joker, is more dangerously psychotic and less humorously kooky than the animated series version. Quinn's DC Universe comic book origin, revealed in Batman: Harley Quinn (October 1999), is largely an adaptation of her animated origin from the Batman Adventures: Mad Love graphic novel. A Harley Quinn ongoing series was published monthly by DC Comics for 38 issues from 2001 to 2003. Creators who contributed to the title included Karl Kesel, Terry Dodson, A.J. Lieberman and Mike Huddleston. The series ends with Harley turning herself in to Arkham Asylum. She is next seen in the DC Universe in the Villains United Infinite Crisis Special, where she is one of the many villains who escape from Arkham. (She is, however, knocked unconscious the moment she escapes.) One Year Later, Harley Quinn is an inmate at Arkham Asylum, glimpsed briefly in Detective Comics #823. Her most recent appearance is in Batman #663, in which she helps the Joker with a plan to kill all his former henchmen, unaware that the "punchline" to the scheme is her own death. Upon realising this, she shoots him. Detective Comics #831, Written by Batman: The Animated Series writer and Harley Quinn's creator Paul Dini, marked her first primary apperance One Year Later. Still a borderline psychotic, but apparently reformed, Harley spent the last year applying for parole, only to see her request systematically rejected by Bruce Wayne, the layman member of the medical commission of Arkam. Kidnapped, and granted a place in the new female Ventriloquist's organization, she turns her down out of respect for Wesker's memory and the past kindness he had shown her in Arkam, helping Batman and Commissioner Gordon foil her plans. Although Sugar manages to escape, using Scarface as a bomb and killing two agents, Bruce Wayne is impressed, and agrees with granting Harley her parole. Harley Quinn continues to appear in other DC comic books. She should not be confused with Harlequin, a distinct Teen Titans character originally appearing in the seventies.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 15:14:11 GMT -5
79. Shuma-Gorath Shuma Gorath appears first in Robert E. Howard's short story "The Curse of the Golden Skull", which takes place in Lemuria during the pre-Cataclysmic Age of Kull of Atlantis. Rotath, a dying magician, invokes Shuma Gorath's iron bound books in a curse against humanity. Judging from Howard's other authors of iron bound books--such as Vathelos the Blind and Skelos--, we may deduce that Shuma Gorath was a human(oid) sorcerer. Shuma-Gorath resembles a giant green eye with tentacles. Although his true origins are unknown, before the arrival of the First Host of the Celestials, Shuma-Gorath ruled the Earth and commanded human sacrifice, until the time-travelling sorcerer Sise-Neg banished him. He managed to return and set himself up as a god during the Hyborian Age, again commanding bloody sacrifice, but slaughtered those who sought his favour. Eventually, the power of Crom imprisoned him within a mountain. Even from that prison, he could interact with Conan the Barbarian, Kulan Gath, and many others, before Crom banished him back to his home dimension. When Shuma-Gorath tried to return to Earth through the mind of the Ancient One, he forced Doctor Strange to kill his master to prevent the powerful creature from arriving on Earth. Years later, Strange was forced to destroy the talismans keeping the chaos demons at bay, to keep them from falling into the hands of an evil sorcerer. Strange was then forced to travel to Shuma-Gorath's dimension and fight it there to prevent the demons from invading Earth. To do so, Strange had to absorb the chaos magic into himself, gaining enough power to destroy Shuma-Gorath. However, he started to transform into a new Shuma-Gorath himself as a result, so he committed suicide to prevent that from happening. Fortunately, an ally of Strange was able to purify him on his way back to the living. Shuma-Gorath resurrected himself not long after from the remnants of the chaos magic. Recently, he was summoned to Earth by the sorcerer Nicholas Scratch, who offered his services in return for "[his] life and Barbados". However, the demon was driven back by the combined efforts of the Fantastic Four, Doctor Strange, the Salem's Seven, and Diablo.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 15:15:28 GMT -5
78. Silvermane Silvio Manfredi, nicknamed "Silvermane" for his near-white hair, is a professional criminal originally from Sicily who has been a long-time nemesis in the Spider-Man comics. He started his criminal career in an organized crime group called the Maggia. Climbing through the ranks and becoming head of the crime family, he eventually formed an alliance with HYDRA, a worldwide organization determined to take over the world. Silvermane has hired many criminals, such as Hammerhead, and he has also been known to be a rival of the Kingpin. In 1975, writer Gerry Conway and artists Don Heck and Vince Colletta created Silvermane's son Joseph Manfredi. In his old age, Silvermane attempted to prolong his life by transforming himself into a cyborg. He has occasionally attempted to boost the power of his remaining organic parts by harvesting parts from the superhuman body of his nemesis, Spider-Man. He is still an active member of the Maggia.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 15:18:05 GMT -5
77. The Absorbing Man Carl "Crusher" Creel becomes the Absorbing Man when he drinks a liquid which the Asgardian god Loki has laced with rare Asgardian ingredients. Discovering that he can absorb the properties of anything he touches, Creel promptly escapes prison and with some subtle guidance from Loki, goes on to battle Thor. Although he is only mortal, Creel's fantastic abilities make him a match for Thor, who after warning Creel to desist eventually transforms him into helium, which drifts harmlessly into the atmosphere.[1] A short time later, Loki retrieves Creel from space, and then reveals to Creel how he had obtained his "absorbing" powers. After being humbled by Loki, Creel agrees to act as his agent and attacks Thor on Earth once more. The battle is deadlocked until Loki transports Creel back to Asgard, and directs him to take the city. The Absorbing Man defeats the Asgardian legions and eventually confronts Odin himself. Odin is amazed at this mortal's presumption but also horrified when he discovers that Creel is absorbing each of his offensives and becoming even stronger. Thor attempts to intervene, but Odin advises his son that he must win the day alone — having been challenged in his very throne room. Creel then absorbs the properties of Asgard itself and towers over Odin as Loki arrives to gloat. Loki and Creel are then beaten by trickery: once given Odin's Rod of Rulership the two quarrel over it and found they cannot let go. Odin then advises them that his power lies not in a mere object, but deep within himself. The pair are then banished to space, and do not return for some time.[2] The Absorbing Man eventually returns, and goes on to battle many other heroes such as the Hulk; Avengers; Dazzler and Daredevil. Creel is one of the villains selected to participate in the Secret Wars, and also develops a relationship with the villainess Titania, whom he later marries. The Absorbing Man is later melted and apparently killed by the hero Sentry during the events of Civil War. [3] Creel, however, later appears at the funeral of Stilt-Man.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 15:20:29 GMT -5
76. The Sentinels The Sentinels were first created by Dr. Bolivar Trask, who intended to use them to save humanity from what he saw as a threat to the species' existence in the form of mutants. In a televised debate between Trask and Professor Charles Xavier, Trask revealed and then activated the Sentinels, who promptly decided that the best way to protect humanity was to rule over it themselves. The Sentinels kidnapped Xavier and brought him and Trask to the primary Sentinel, Master Mold, only for Xavier's students, the X-Men, to find them. When Trask realized the error of his ways and that not all mutants were a threat to the world at large, he aided the X-Men by sabotaging the machinery in the Sentinel base, destroying Master Mold and the Sentinels in an explosion, but he died in the process. However, numerous Sentinels and several Master Molds were built after the destruction of the original models. Trask had a son, Larry, who was also a mutant. Trask gave his son a control medallion which blocked the Sentinels' mutant-sensing equipment. Not aware that he was a mutant, Larry built the next batch of Sentinels, only to be slain by them when he removed the control medallion. Larry's "Mark II" Sentinels were later persuaded by Cyclops to fly into the sun, as he was able to convince them that they needed to destroy the sun in order to completely prevent mutation. The most long-lived Sentinel project was that of Project Wideawake, a government agency led by Henry Peter Gyrich and Valerie Cooper that purchased Sentinels from Sebastian Shaw, the mutant Black King of the Hellfire Club. Project: Wideawake also had its own research and development division, based at Camp Hayden, which included an attempt to recreate Nimrod and used this technology to adapt the purchased Sentinels. Sentinels created by this project fought the X-Men, the New Mutants, the Falcon, and X-Factor, among others. During the "Acts of Vengeance", the Asgardian trickster god Loki manipulated various supervillains into attacking random superheroes with whom they had no previous enmity. For the climax of this chaos, he magically amplified the power of three Sentinels, merged them into the massive Tri-Sentinel, and sent the gestalt robot to destroy New York City by levelling a nearby nuclear power plant. Spider-Man was possessed by the disembodied spirit known as Captain Universe to prevent this from occurring, and lost the Captain Universe power once he destroyed the Tri-Sentinel. However, the Tri-Sentinel's remains were gathered by a survivalist group, and it rebuilt itself and again attempted to destroy the power plant. It was destroyed on a sub-molecular level when Spider-Man, with the assistance of Nova, released a deposit of "anti-metal" (Antarctic vibranium) at the center of its body. During the Onslaught crossover, a number of government-owned Sentinels were reprogrammed by the Dark Beast in the service of the psychic entity called Onslaught. These Sentinels fought the X-Men, Avengers, and Spider-Man (Ben Reilly), ended the career of the heroic Green Goblin (Phil Urich), and killed the parents of Hallie Takahama, who would later join the Thunderbolts as Jolt. During the "Operation: Zero Tolerance" crossover, a number of humans were transformed into cyborg human-Sentinel hybrids known as Prime Sentinels. These pseudo-Sentinels were led by the robotic humanoid Bastion. One of these Prime Sentinels, Karima Shapandar, had her mind restored by Magneto and Professor X, though her physical modifications remained. During the war against Kang the Conqueror, a battalion of Sentinels was sent into space to attack his space station. Kang had, during a prolonged visit to the early 20th century, become an influential pioneer in robotics under the alias "Victor Timely", and was able to use his knowledge of modern robotics to instantly take control of these Sentinels and send them to attack the Earth. Despite his success in that battle, during which Washington DC was almost completely destroyed and hundreds of people were killed, Kang was ultimately defeated by the Avengers. The robotic hero X-51, better known as Machine Man, was temporarily reprogrammed with Sentinel programming. In New X-Men #115, Professor X's evil twin Cassandra Nova used a distant relation of the Trasks to revive a Master Mold in Amazonia. She used this Master Mold to send a number of massive, highly adaptive "Wild-Sentinels" to destroy most of the population of Genosha. In Mekanix, a number of Wild Sentinels hijacked a ship from South America and attacked Chicago, where Kitty Pryde was attending university. On Genosha, a deactivated Wild-Sentinel was transformed into a statue of Magneto, with Professor Xavier's face later also added to the statue; another was temporarily animated by "Danger", the sentient manifestation of the X-Men's Danger Room. Nova also programmed a number of microscopic, nanite-based "Nano-Sentinels" to attack the blood cells of the inhabitants of the Xavier Institute, making the X-Men and their students sick. The Nano-Sentinels were destroyed by Xorn, who may have been an alias of Magneto, although some of them were used to restore Professor Xavier's spine and legs for the duration of Xorn's stay with the X-Men. A Sentinel series was published under the Tsunami imprint in 2002. This series followed a boy named Juston Seyfert who had discovered and reprogrammed a Sentinel of his own, using it for both good deeds and boosts to his own popularity. The series was cancelled after twelve issues, but was revived in 2005 for a five-issue limited series. In the aftermath of the House of M, resulting in the depowering of 90% of the world's mutant population, the Office of National Emergency (aka O*N*E), a splinter from the Department of Homeland Security, had Sentinels instituted at the X-Mansion to protect the mutants in case any enemies used this low point as an opportunity to attack them at their weakest, and also to stop the mutants in the event of a revolution. This group of Sentinels is unique in that they are piloted armors as opposed to the traditional robotic Sentinel. The current group was trained by James Rhodes (War Machine), while Tony Stark gave input on the design models. Though their intentions are good, many of the X-Men are uncomfortable with the new development, particularly Rachel Summers, who considers it a real-life reminder of the future from which she originates. When talking to Luke Cage, Wolverine compares being a mutant protected by a Sentinel to being an African-American guarded by a burning cross. The X-Men are supposed to contact O*N*E before going on a mission, having a Sentinel go along with them on said mission. In many cases the X-Men have just decided to sneak out rather than check with O*N*E, though Bishop has stated "You need to start looking at O*N*E as a resource instead of a roadblock". The Sentinel Squad O*N*E starred in their own self-titled five-issue limited series, by John Layman and Aaron Lopresti. The original team was disbanded following the disastrous performance against Apocalypse and Vulcan and a new team has taken over, using new Sentinels which appear to be a cross between Evangelion Units, a Megadeus and Onslaught in his mutated form. More recently, several Sentinels were disabled when X-Force attacked the X-Mansion to free the 198. A new group of Sentinels have now appeared, and they join Bishop in confronting the X-Men outside the hiding place of the 198.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 15:33:36 GMT -5
Here is the countdown update so far.
100. Hush 99. Cyborg Superman 98. Hydro-Man 97. Captain Boomerang 96. "Holiday" 95. Psycho-Man 94. Carmine "The Roman" Falcone 93. Morgan Edge 92. Annilius 91. Kang The Conqueror 90. Alexander Luthor Jr. 89. The Black Mask 88. Metallo 87. Clown aka Violator 86. The Black Cat 85. Typhoid Mary 84. Sinestro 83. The Jackal 82. The Puppet Master 81. Cobra Commander 80. Harley Quinn 79. Shuma-Gorath 78. Silvermane 77. The Absorbing Man 76. The Sentinels
Now for clues to the next five villians on the list.
* Alexander Luthor Jr. Would Turn Him Evil
* Freeze!!!
* Needs To Feed On Plasma
* Only Villian From The Sleepwalker Series To Appear Anywhere Else
* Phase And Impact
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Apr 17, 2007 16:16:04 GMT -5
The only one I can guess out of that bunch is Mr. Freeze ... who is a good villain.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Apr 17, 2007 16:33:49 GMT -5
It looks like Superboy-Prime is coming up.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 16:41:00 GMT -5
75. Morbius The Living Vampire Morbius first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #101 (Oct, 1971), in which he is attacked by the Lizard and defeated when Spider-Man and the Lizard join forces. A flashback in Amazing Spider-Man #102 reveals that Morbius was actually a Nobel prize-winning biochemist, who had attempted to cure himself of a rare blood disease with an experimental treatment involving vampire bats and electroshock therapy. However, he instead became afflicted with a far worse condition that mimicked the powers and bloodthirst of legendary vampirism. Morbius now had to digest blood in order to survive and had a strong aversion to light. He gained the ability to fly, as well as superhuman strength and healing abilities. His appearance became hideous—his canine teeth extended into fangs, his nose flattened to appear more like a bat's, and his skin became chalk-white. He also gained the ability to turn others into similar "living vampires" by biting them. Though he managed at one point to cure himself of his pseudo-vampirism, he eventually reverted back to his altered form. He gained his own series with Adventure into Fear #20 in 1975, and was the lead feature of that title for the rest of its thirty-one issue run. He later received his own self-titled comic book series (as well as somewhat of a costume update) in 1992 as part of the "Rise of the Midnight Sons" crossover event between Marvel's supernatural/horror themed comics. These later stories add to his repertoire of powers the ability to hypnotize others and describe his ability to fly as also psionic in nature. In the first issue, Ghost Rider and John Blaze search for Morbius to form The Nine and stop Lilith and the Lilin from taking over the world. When they found Morbius, the vampire believed they would kill him but Ghost Rider and John Blaze successfully captured him. Dr. Langford, who tried to help Morbius's wounds, was actually trying to kill him and was working for Dr. Paine. He made a serum that would prove fatal to Morbius, but unknown to Dr. Langford, Fang, one of Lilith's children was also trying to kill Morbius by adding his own demonic blood to the serum, which would also be fatal to Morbius. When Dr. Langford injected the serum to Morbius, it did not kill him, but instead mutated him. Morbius's friend, Jacob was trying to look inside of him and see what he could do about Morbius's condition. After Martine, Morbius's wife, found out Langford was trying to kill him, Langford shot her and she bled to death. Morbius found this out and was enraged to find his wife dead. He later killed Langford and took the beaker which contained the serum. Ghost Rider and John Blaze later found out Morbius's destruction. Ghost Rider confronted him and would not tolerate Morbius drinking anymore innocent blood. Morbius then vowed he would only drink the blood of the guilty. Ghost Rider accepted the vow, but warned him not to stray from it. Morbius soon became part of The Midnight Sons. Later, a new faction of Vampires led by Hunger, the next evolution of the supervillain Crown, tried to destroy Morbius because he had been genetically manipulated to be the perfect weapon. The chest he was to be delivered in was intercepted by the Kingpin, Blade, and Spider-Man, and he attacked all three. Unfortunately, whatever unknown party manipulated him failed; he collapsed after one battle, possibly dying. With his last breath he warned Spider-Man to beware of his employer, Stuart Ward. Most recently Morbius appeared in issue #5 of the newest Blade series; there it was revealed that Morbius had signed the Superhuman Registration Act and was cooperating with S.H.I.E.L.D. forces in an effort to capture Blade.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 16:42:52 GMT -5
74. 8-Ball A former defense contractor who designed missile propulsion systems, he was fired after developing large gambling debt in pool. He was later assassinated by the Wrecker for Ricadonna after unwittingly stealing from her in Daughters of the Dragon #2.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 16:50:43 GMT -5
73. Superboy Prime Superboy-Prime's story starts in a parallel world called Earth Prime, a near-copy of the real world in which the DC heroes are simply fictional characters. In this world, he is the adopted son of Jerry and Naomi Kent, who found it amusing to name their new infant son "Clark," after Superman, a fictional comic book character on Earth-Prime. What the Kents do not know is that the baby, found abandoned in a forest, is actually a young Kal-El, who was teleported to Earth moments before the planet Krypton was destroyed when its sun went supernova. After Ultraa, this Superboy is the second extraterrestrial known to have grown up on Earth Prime. Young Clark lived most of his life as a normal boy. One night in his mid-teens, as he attended a costume party dressed as Superboy, his Kryptonian powers suddenly manifested (with the passing of Halley's Comet and the beginning effects of the Crisis on Infinite Earths). At approximately the same time, the Earth-One Superman finds his way into Earth-Prime's reality, and the two versions of Kal-El meet. Superboy-Prime is thrust into the Anti-Monitor's Crisis on Infinite Earths after his universe has been destroyed. Although anguishing over the loss of everything he knew, he finds peace knowing that he fights the good fight alongside other heroes. During the final battle against the Anti-Monitor, Kal-L orders him to escape with Alexander Luthor, Jr. and the other heroes. Fearing that Kal-L would die in battle and knowing the new Earth is not his true home, Superboy-Prime joins Superman in the fight against the Anti-Monitor. After destroying the Anti-Monitor, Superboy-Prime decides to join Alexander Luthor, Jr. of Earth-Three, the Earth-Two Superman, and his wife Lois Lane in a "paradise dimension". In Infinite Crisis: Secret Files & Origins 2006, Superboy-Prime secludes himself from the others, using crystals to watch events from his life on Earth-Prime. His favorite memory is of his 9th birthday party, which he watches repeatedly. Superboy-Prime becomes frustrated and angry, and he tries to reach out to Superman, whose attention is more focused on Lois' failing health. Alexander comes to believe that the reasons behind Lois' failing health is the paradise dimension itself, and eventually he persuades Superboy-Prime to help him return to reality. Alexander also makes a point to show Superboy-Prime the negative aspects of the Post-Crisis Earth, and none of the positive. Superboy-Prime hesitates until he overhears Superman say, "I wish this world would let him grow up. He'll never be Superman here". Finally, Alexander shows him his parents and girlfriend dying in an accident on the post-Crisis Earth. Furious, Superboy-Prime pounds on the barrier wall of his reality, but is unsuccessful. This assault on the universe causes ripples that alter reality, explaining some of the character changes and retcons in DC continuity for the past 20 years.[4] These changes include: * Jason Todd's return. * Superman's multiple origins, including The Man of Steel and Superman: Birthright, combining. * The Doom Patrol's re-emergence as new characters, despite the team having years of adventures since the death of Elasti-Girl, who appears as if she had never died. * Donna Troy's multiple origins after the first Crisis. * The different incarnations of the Legion of Super-Heroes since the first Crisis. Superboy-Prime's efforts frustrate him because he is not as powerful in this dimension because it has no yellow sun. Eventually, Alexander reveals that his own powers are returning, and the two combine forces to break through the barrier wall. Together, they set into motion the events that would culminate into Infinite Crisis: * Superboy-Prime pushes the planet Rann into Thanagar's orbit, destroying Thanagar's ecosystem, sparking the Rann-Thanagar War and shifting the center of the universe away from Oa. * Alexander poses as Lex Luthor and starts the new Society of Super-Villains. * Alexander recruits the Psycho-Pirate to place Eclipso's Black Diamond in Jean Loring's cell at Arkham Asylum. Loring as Eclipso then seduces the Spectre into destroying all magic, which creates a raw form of magic that Alexander's tuning fork device can tap into for power. * Superboy-Prime destroys the JLA Watchtower and abducts Martian Manhunter. * Alex takes control of Brother Eye from Batman, which gives him control over the OMACs, as well as Checkmate's files on Earth's meta-humans. The Superman of Earth-Two breaks open a portal to the main DC Universe, and the four residents of the paradise dimension return, making themselves known to some characters, particularly Power Girl and Batman. When reintroduced to Power Girl, he calls himself "Superboy-Prime" for the first time. Earth-Two Superman tells Power Girl, "When the universe was reborn, Earth-One became the primary world. The scraps of the remaining worlds were folded into it. But I finally realized— we saved the wrong Earth". Superboy-Prime is harboring jealousy for Conner Kent, the modern Superboy, because he's living the life he never had. He also believes the heroes of this Earth act more like villains. As part of Luthor's plan, Superboy-Prime starts abducting characters from the Earths that had combined to form the post-Crisis Earth, including Martian Manhunter, Power Girl, and Breach to power the vibrational tuning Alexander builds. Superboy-Prime confronts Superboy, and he tells him that he is the Superboy the Earth needs. After Superboy-Prime argues with Conner, he brutally attacks him, but not before he activates his Titans homing signal. Members of the Teen Titans, the Doom Patrol, and the Justice Society of America answer the call to help a hopelessly outmatched Conner. After accidentally killing Pantha, Superboy-Prime is immediately shocked and horrified at his actions, sobbing and crying how he didn't mean to do it. The angry heroes refuse to listen and continue to attack Superboy-Prime, who kills and wounds several of them while sobbing, "Why are you making me? WHY?! You're ruining everything! You're ruining me! You're making me like you!" While he tries to defuse the situation, he is panicked and continues to fight, as the heroes continue their assault. Speedy traps Superboy-Prime in the Phantom Zone, using an "emergency Phantom Zone arrow". Superboy-Prime is able to break free and is enraged, saying the Phantom Zone is for "bad guys". Left with no other option, speedsters Jay Garrick, Wally West, and Bart Allen shove Superboy-Prime into the Speed Force and banish him to a world bathed in red sunlight, where he stays for four years. Hours later, an older Bart Allen returns from the Speed Force and tells the heroine Doctor Light to warn the other heroes that Superboy-Prime has escaped. Superboy-Prime would reappear during a battle between Alexander Luthor and the heroes freed from his tower. Upon his return, he is wearing a power suit modeled after the Anti-Monitor's armor, which constantly feeds him yellow solar energy and boosts his power levels. During the battle, Black Adam discovers that, currently, magic cannot be used against Superboy. In the fight, Superboy-Prime knocks him away from the tower and he is transported to Earth-S. Having lost all compassion during his exile, Superboy-Prime insists that Luthor reinstate Earth-Prime as the only existing Earth. Superboy-Prime's intention is that with Earth-Prime restored, no one on his home world will know what he had to do to make it possible. After Superboy-Prime threatens to kill Wonder Girl, an enraged Conner Kent attacks him, saying that he may allow Superboy-Prime to belittle him, but attacking his friends and his girlfriend is a totally different matter. Conner and Superboy-Prime battle intensely until Conner's wrist is broken, making him realize that he can't match Superboy-Prime's power. He charges Superboy-Prime, sending both of them headlong into Alexander Luthor's apparatus. The machine explodes, and the Earths re-merge. Superboy dies from injuries sustained during the explosion, but the more powerful Superboy-Prime survives. When Alexander and Superboy-Prime join the battle in Metropolis they quarrel about their contingency plan. Since their tower has been destroyed, Alexander is prepared to settle for taking over New Earth instead of creating a perfect Earth. Upon hearing the new plan, Superboy-Prime refuses to help Alex, as he believes New Earth to be hopelessly inferior. When Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, and Earth-Two Superman (Kal-L) arrive to save Metropolis, Kal-L confronts Alex about his role in the destruction. Meanwhile, Superboy-Prime is attacked by Bart Allen, who is outraged at Superboy-Prime's murder of Conner, and taunts him that the reason he doesn't like New Earth is that it reminds him of his guilt in Conner's death. Superboy-Prime escapes Bart and flies towards Oa in an attempt to destroy it... starting another Big Bang. This would recreate the universe with himself as the sole hero. Superboy-Prime eludes capture by the majority of Earth's heroes, but is confronted by the Green Lantern Corps in deep space. Superboy-Prime breaks his way through a 300-mile thick wall of pure willpower generated by the entire Green Lantern Corps. Upon reaching the other side, Superboy-Prime does battle with the Corps and slaughters 32 Green Lanterns. The battle served to give the two Supermen time to catch up and attempt one final plan. They grab Superboy-Prime and fly him deeper into space, dragging him through Rao, the red sun of Krypton. The searing heat melts away Superboy-Prime's armor and severely weakens all three Kryptonians, who crashland on Mogo. Superboy-Prime savagely beats Kal-L, who is all but dead when Kal-El manages to intervene. As they fight, Superboy-Prime claims that he is better than Kal-El, and that his Krypton was superior to Kal-El's. Kal-El responds, "It's not about where you were born. Or what powers you have. Or what you wear on your chest. It's about what you do... It's about action". Although nearly powerless, Kal-El manages to knock Superboy-Prime out before collapsing himself. The Green Lantern Corps arrives and confines Superboy-Prime in a quantum containment field, surrounded by a junior Red Sun-Eater and guarded by 50 Green Lanterns. Now a prisoner, Superboy-Prime carves an S-symbol into the flesh of his chest and vows that he will escape. In the "Face the Face" storyline running in Batman and Detective Comics, Superboy-Prime appears to Robin in a nightmare induced by the Scarecrow. In the "Revenge of the Green Lanterns" storyline running in Green Lantern, Guy Gardner is punished and placed on guard duty monitoring Superboy-Prime. Superboy-Prime sits naked, imprisoned, while the Guardians of the Universe discuss whether they should start questioning him.
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Post by "St. Louis Viper" Buck Summers on Apr 17, 2007 17:32:44 GMT -5
I cant believe you would talk about Black Mask and barely mention, in passing AT BEST, that he raped and tortured Spoiler repeatedly with a power drill until she died.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 17:50:43 GMT -5
72. Mr. Freeze From the time of his first appearance in 1959 onward, Mr. Freeze was portrayed as one of many "joke" villains (see also Killer Moth, The Mad Hatter) cast as stock enemies of Batman. Originally called Mr. Zero, the producers of the 1960s Batman television series renamed him Mr. Freeze (and portrayed Batman addressing him as "Dr. Schimmell"), and the name quickly carried over to the comic books. Nearly thirty years later, Mr. Freeze would owe even more to television. In Batman: The Animated Series, the "Heart of Ice" episode, he was made into a more complex, tragic character. This version of Mr. Freeze was enthusiastically accepted by fans, and has become the standard portrayal for the character in most forms of media, including the comic book series itself which, previously had the character casually killed by the Joker. Freeze was hastily resurrected in the comic after the episode aired. In the Pre-Crisis continuity, Mr. Freeze is a rogue scientist whose design for an "ice gun" backfires when he inadvertently spills cryogenic chemicals on himself, resulting in his needing sub-zero temperatures to survive. In the Batman: Mr. Freeze special (based closely on the animated series episode "Heart of Ice") he is given a backstory. As a child, he is fascinated by freezing animals. His parents, horrified by his "hobby", send him to a strict boarding school, where he is miserable, feeling detached from humanity. In college, he meets a woman named Nora, whom he befriends and ultimately marries. Nora later falls terminally ill. Fries takes on a job working for a large company run by the ruthless Ferris Boyle. Fries discovers a way to put Nora into cryo-stasis (using company equipment), hoping to sustain her until a cure could be found. Boyle finds out about the experiment and attempts to have her brought out of stasis, overruling Fries' frantic objections. A struggle ensues, in which Boyle kicks Fries into a table full of chemicals and leaves him for dead. Fries survives, but his body temperature is lowered dramatically; he can now only live at sub-zero temperatures, forced to wear a special refrigerating suit to stay alive. As Mr. Freeze, he uses cryonic technology to create a gun, which fires a beam that freezes any target within its range. His first act as a costumed criminal is to take revenge upon Ferris Boyle, a plan with which Batman interferes. Mr. Freeze fires his freeze-gun at Batman, but he dodges, causing the beam to shatter Nora's capsule. Freeze blames Batman, and swears to destroy whatever the Dark Knight holds dear (mainly Gotham City, and eventually Robin). Mr. Freeze's crimes tend to involve freezing everyone and everything he runs into. In addition, he hardly ever forges alliances with the other criminals in Gotham, preferring to work alone, although he has worked as a hired enforcer/hitman for the Black Mask. Once, in the hopes of reviving his wife, he allies himself with the Secret Society of Super Villains, fashioning for Nyssa al Ghul a sub-zero machine in exchange for the use of her own Lazarus Pit. He attempts to bring her back without waiting for the adjusting needed in the pool chemicals, however; she returns to life as the twisted Lazara, and escapes. She blames her husband for her plight, and estranges herself from him. He is usually imprisoned in Arkham Asylum when apprehended by Batman, as it is the only facility in Gotham that can accommodate his medical requirements for a refrigerated cell.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 18:19:37 GMT -5
I cant believe you would talk about Black Mask and barely mention, in passing AT BEST, that he raped and tortured Spoiler repeatedly with a power drill until she died. I re-edited my earlier villian bios because of the mistakes i made
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 17, 2007 18:22:12 GMT -5
71. Onslaught During the conclusion of the Fatal Attractions crossover, Magneto ripped the adamantium from Wolverine's skeleton after Wolverine attempted to kill him. In response, Professor X shut down Magneto's mind psionically -- something he swore he would never do. (This occurred in X-Men (vol. 2) #25, with further details in Wolverine #75.) Since the Professor used his powers in anger, his mind became open to the influence of Magneto's psyche, which festered and grew in Xavier's repressed subconscious. This small element of Magneto's psyche took root in the dark corner of Xavier's mind, where his repressed anger at humanity's intolerance toward mutants was buried. This was the seed that would grow into the being known as Onslaught. Eventually this part of Xavier's psyche became so strong, with the help of Magneto's psyche, it eventually became powerful enough to manifest itself as a non-physical entity of pure psionic energy that split itself from Xavier. The character of Onslaught is first alluded to in X-Men: Prime #1, which was the one-shot that reintroduced the X-Men to the traditional Marvel Universe following the Age of Apocalypse storyline. He is never actually seen or named, but a shadowy figure with Onslaught's distinctive word-balloon coloring and design is seen speaking with Mystique, who is shown to be frightened. Onslaught was first mentioned in Uncanny X-Men #322, in which the Juggernaut crash-landed in Hoboken, New Jersey, having been hit hard enough by Onslaught to send him across the country, with a mental block on his brain, causing him to forget who or what Onslaught actually was (as he had learned Onslaught's identity). Onslaught's presence was felt behind the scenes in several other X-Men stories over the following year, but little was revealed about the character. Around this time, Nate Grey (X-Man), a powerful psychic from the Age of Apocalypse timeline, came to Earth. When Professor X attempted to scan Nate's mind, Nate accidentally pulled Xavier's astral form into the physical realm. As revealed later, this was the means by which the Onslaught entity learned how to manifest itself in a physical form. Onslaught's next major role in a story was in X-Men (vol. 2) #50, in which a team of X-Men fought his herald, Post. After the battle, a psychic entity (actually Onslaught himself) appeared to the X-Men before vanishing. The entity appeared in this form once more in Uncanny X-Men #333, in which it assisted Gambit and Jean Grey in their investigation of the anti-mutant government agent Bastion. Onslaught made its first full appearance under that name and in costume in X-Men (vol. 2) #53. Onslaught's physical form, as first seen here, was enormous and had a uniform similar to Magneto's. It was extraordinarily intelligent, and had vast psionic and magnetic powers. He kidnapped Jean Grey, took her to the astral plane, and attempted to convince her to follow him and to become his consort. Without revealing to her that he was a part of Xavier's mind, he tried to show her the extent of Xavier's own repressed anger and frustration, both towards the seeming futility of his dream and towards his own students - expressed in the form of a flashback to X-Men (vol. 1) #3, in which Xavier mused on his undeclared and inexpressible love for Jean Grey. She rejected him, and for it Onslaught lashed out at her, burning her forehead with her own psionic power, overtaken by Onslaught. With a statement of "know my name", Onslaught cast her from the Astral Plane, leaving his name psionically burned onto her forehead (visible only to Jean herself). She and the other X-Men soon met with the Juggernaut in Uncanny X-Men #333, who wanted her to use her telepathic powers to read his blocked memory and find out who Onslaught really was. Before they could do so, Onslaught kidnapped Juggernaut and imprisoned him within the mystical gem that granted him his powers (X-Men [vol. 2] #54). The entity then manifested itself before the X-Men, defeating them in battle (Onslaught: X-Men), and destroying most of Xavier's school. Bishop, the time-lost mutant from the future, had been warned that a traitor within the ranks of the X-Men had betrayed the team in the late 20th century, leading to their destruction. While Bishop had long thought that person to be Gambit, the aforementioned events made it clear that the actual traitor was Xavier, or more accurately, Onslaught. Assisted by Post and Dark Beast (who had infiltrated the X-Men by disguising himself as Beast), Onslaught attempted to start a global apocalypse that would destroy all of humanity. Dark Beast and his allies fought X-Factor and let loose a number of Sentinels on New York City in X-Factor #125. These Sentinels fought Spider-Man, the Punisher, and the Green Goblin (Phil Urich, a superhero who retired as result of this battle), and killed the parents of Hallie Takahama, who would later become the superheroine, Jolt. Post defeated Cable, after which Cable and the Hulk fought each other. Afterward, the two teamed up with Apocalypse for an inconclusive assault on Onslaught. Meanwhile, with the aid of the mysterious mutant Gateway, Wolverine and Elektra were able to discern Onslaught's origin as a twisted synthesis of the minds of Xavier and Magneto. Following Onslaught's devastation of the X-Men, they were visited by the Avengers, accompanied by Rogue and Joseph (Magneto's clone, who was thought to be Magneto himself). Nate Grey and X-Force soon joined the heroes at the X-Mansion. Grey and X-Force remained behind while the other heroes travelled to the Fantastic Four's headquarters, where they unsuccessfully attempted to prevent Onslaught (in the form of a young Charles Xavier) from kidnapping Franklin Richards (Fantastic Four #415). Meanwhile, the members of X-Force were subdued by Mister Sinister, who also kidnapped Nate Grey. Although Sinister attempted to convince Grey to work with him, Grey was also psychically visited by Onslaught (again in Xavier's child form), who kidnapped him despite the interference of Franklin Richards. Onslaught was able to use the near-limitless psychic power of his two young captives to amplify his own, changing into his second physical form in the process. In this form, Onslaught fought the Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Joseph. During the battle, Thor was able to physically separate Xavier from Onslaught. Without Xavier's influence, Onslaught was "free" (as he put it), no longer bound by Xavier. Later, after a confrontation with Xavier himself, Onslaught declared that neither mutants, nor humans, were worthy, and that all would be equally destroyed by him. During the penultimate battle in New York's Central Park, Onslaught's physical form was destroyed by the gathered heroes (whose ranks now included the Hulk, Namor the Sub-Mariner, and surprisingly, Doctor Doom). However, this attack did not disable Onslaught, instead by releasing him from physical constraints it unleashed the full extent of 'his' power. Unchecked by physical constraints, Onslaught used the absorbed reality-altering abilities of Franklin Richards and Nate Grey to create a second sun, with which he intended to destroy the Earth. Further, as a result of this 'evolution', the assembled heroes found that mutant attacks actually added to Onslaught's strength (his evolving form absorbing and incorporating the energy they used upon him). Having determined that the absorption of 'normal' life-forms would contain Onslaught's psychic energy in a physical vessel, the non-mutant heroes charged Onslaught en masse, while the mutants released all their energy on the heroes in an attempt to destroy Onslaught, at the cost of killing the heroes in the process. The Avengers, the Fantastic Four, Bruce Banner (but not the Hulk, who was physically separated from Banner during the battle), and an unwilling Doctor Doom appeared to sacrifice their lives in this fashion. Namor and the Scarlet Witch were also among those who sacrificed themselves. The Scarlet Witch used her probability-control powers to shield herself so that she could enter, and Namor may have been able to enter due to the fact that he is a human-Atlantean hybrid, rather than a traditional Homo Superior. Thanks to Franklin Richards' power, the heroes who gave their lives to destroy Onslaught did not die; instead, they were reborn in a pocket dimension (Heroes Reborn). This dimension was contained within a ball that Franklin would carry with him until the missing heroes were able to return. In this pocket dimension, during a chaotic event involving the impending detonation of the gamma power core of the Avengers headquarters (which was later revealed to be a breach in space and time), Onslaught himself briefly appeared as a non-corporeal being. With the departure of Rob Liefeld and Jeph Loeb from the Avengers title, this mysterious occurrence was never touched upon again; however, in late 2006, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Onslaught event, a five-issue mini-series, Onslaught Reborn, by Loeb and Liefeld, will see the villain return and explore this dangling plot thread. Set after Decimation but before Civil War, it sees the mutant energy from the depowered mutants reforming the monster. When the Scarlet Witch used her powers to depower countless mutants, including Magneto and Prof. Xavier, people were only worried about what was lost, but not what came back. The power lost by Magneto and Xavier combined, and restored Onslaught (whose consciousness still remained lingering after his death), who is now determined to kill Franklin Richards and every hero that exists. He first appears very grotesque, with a monstrous skull-faced form. Onslaught takes control of both the Human Torch and Mister Fantastic in an attempt to get Franklin but it is interrupted by the Thing and Invisible Woman. When Franklin flees to Counter-Earth, Onslaught follows him. As he arrived, Onslaught's appearance changed, becoming larger and more refined, notably gaining his trademark Magneto-style head. However, he soon encountered Captain America and the Avengers and was assumed to be temporarily defeated following his plummet into the ocean. While the Avengers assess their new threat which did not exist until Franklin appeared, they take into account what the boy says about Onslaught. However, they are in disbelief that he is the son of Susan Storm and Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four as they are not married in their reality. Loki, meanwhile, regards the arrival of the entity known as Onslaught as the perfect opportunity to kill Thor. Shortly afterwards, Thor is assaulted by an Onslaught-possessed Hulk, and, in turn, falls under Onslaught's control. Onslaught has the two fight each other to determine who is stronger, where he will afterwards destroy the remaining heroes using the victor and himself.
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