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Publication history

The original version appeared in ''

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'' #82 (October 1966), and was created by

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. A second version appeared in ''Web of Spider-Man'' #99 (April 1993), created by

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. Other iterations have also appeared, being "Batch 13" in ''

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'' #4 (February 1995), created by

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and Pino Rinaldi, and the "Ultra-Adaptoid", in ''Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's Eleven'' #1 (September 2008), being created by Fred Van Lente and Francis Portela.

Fictional character biography

Original version

The original model (simply known as the Adaptoid) debuted in the ''

'' title, being created by the criminal scientific organization A.I.M. An android containing a

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of the

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artifact, the Adaptoid is programmed to defeat the hero

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, infiltrating the

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while impersonating various characters (such as

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), and then copies the stand-out fighting abilities and respective traits of several Avengers (

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, Hawkeye and the

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) as the "Super-Adaptoid". After a long battle, the android flees after incorrectly believing that Captain America had been killed. The Super-Adaptoid then took refuge underground near the

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and was unintentionally awakened by an optic blast from

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. The Adaptoid left his hideout and saw the

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in their civilian clothes ice skating. He then recalls that he had another mission: to transform others into Adaptoids like himself, so he begins his attempt with the

. They refused and a fight broke out. As the battle dragged on,

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(having just been asked to leave the X-Men) watched from a distance and saw how powerful the Adaptoid was. The Adaptoid soon defeated the X-Men, and was then approached by Mimic, who offered to become an Adaptoid. During the process, Mimic had a change of heart when learning of having no free will and the two began to fight. During the battle, the Adaptoid tried to copy the powers that Mimic had copied from the X-Men and failed. Mimic then devised a plan and tried to mimic the Adaptoid's abilities, causing huge feedback which made both of them lose their powers. As Mimic was rescued by his fellow X-Men, the Adaptoid fell to a river below. The Super-Adaptoid later attacks Captain America during a charity event involving the Avengers, after copying the abilities/powers of

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and

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. He is tricked into using all his powers at once, overloading himself. The Adaptoid was featured in the ''Iron Man'' title reactivated by Jarr and Tyrr as a servant. After a battle where Iron Man defeated the Adaptoid, the android evolved into the metal-based Cyborg-Sinister, attacking

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which resulted in another confrontation with Iron Man which ended with the android being seemingly destroyed. The Adaptoid reforms in the ''Captain Marvel'' title, and after a brief battle with Iron Man follows the hero to Avengers Mansion, where the character battles the team and

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ally Captain Marvel.

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tricks the Adaptoid into copying nega-bands, which act as a portal to the alternate

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dimension. By striking the Adaptoid's nega-bands together, Mar-Vell banishes the character to the Negative Zone indefinitely. The Super-Adaptoid is retrieved in the '' Marvel Two-in-One'' title, and used unsuccessfully by villains

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against the

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and the Avengers in the Negative Zone. The Adaptoid reappears in the ''Avengers'' title. Revealed to be stored at Avengers Mansion when a group of supervillains attacked, the Adaptoid disguises himself as the Fixer, overpowering and changing places with his victim to be the android's former confinement tube at Avengers Island. The Adaptoid then replicates

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's powers. Uniting a team of artificial beings (the

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, Machine Man, the Sentry-459 and TESS-One), the Adaptoid directs them against the Avengers. While the heroes are distracted, the Adaptoid summons the entity Kubik to Earth, so that the character can copy the sentient's powers and become the all-powerful Supreme Adaptoid that can now reproduce itself. Although successful, the android is ultimately tricked into shutting down by Captain America and its Cosmic Cube shard is removed by Kubik. The Super-Adaptoid makes a brief appearance during the ''

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'' storyline having a confrontation with the

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, the

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, the

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and the

), and in the ''Heroes for Hire'' title, where the android has an encounter with the Thunderbolts (a.k.a. the disguised

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consisting of

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, Mach-I,

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, Techno and

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) and the

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, and the ''Hulk'' title where scientist

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ed into being involved with the Adaptoid's repair and activation. The android poses as "Alessandro Brannex" during various titles. With

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as an enforcer, Alessandro was the C.E.O. of the terrorist organization A.I.M. on the Boca Caliente island country. While making A.I.M. into a public friendly company, Brannex tries to personally show Captain America of this legal change, and tries to get rid of Iron Man to finish a potential nuclear weapons deal. His impersonation is revealed during

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's assassination to which the Adaptoid regenerated itself. On the Adaptoid-inhabited Boca Caliente, Alessandro's A.I.M. fraction is behind

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's resurrection. The Adaptoid personally reveals itself during a confrontation with the

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but is caught in the recreated Cosmic Cube's reality-warping ability and is presumed destroyed.''Captain America'' #440 - 441 (June - July 1995). Marvel Comics.''Avengers'' #387 - 388 (June - July 1995). Marvel Comics. The Super-Adaptoid appears in the limited series ''Annihilation Conquest: Quasar'', and is revealed to be a warrior in the employ of the

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under

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's control. Claiming he left Earth after becoming disgusted with humanity's chaotic nature, the Adaptoid attempts to destroy

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and

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. During the "

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" event, the Super-Adaptoid appears as a member of the A.I. Army.

Other models

Another model was provided as a field agent of a villainous group against

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. This Adaptoid is ultimately used by the crime boss the Blood Rose intentionally to affect the other mechanical teammates. Batch 13 was an Adaptoid in A.I.M.'s possession. Breaking out of its containment unit and escaping to

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, it copied the various powers/abilities of Captain America and the

. As it was imitating powers, Batch 13 began to have a psychic breakdown after copying Psi-Lord's psycho armor. As a result, Huntara conjured up a portal to send Batch 13 into. Several Adaptoids can be seen on Boca Caliente, fooling several Avengers (the Black Widow and Hercules). During the Cosmic Cube recreation, an Adaptoid (having been impressed by Captain America's heroic nature) ended the threat by willingly transforming itself into a non-sentient containment chamber for the reality-warping energies. An Ultra-Adaptoid appears in the limited series ''Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's 11''. Created by A.I.M. to infiltrate

's group of supervillains, the character has no independent will and is remotely controlled. Courtesy of a

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relay, the Ultra-Adaptoid has access to dozens of powers, but is eventually destroyed when released from A.I.M. control. Adaptoids from an alternate reality are used by the

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to combat the Avengers.

Other identity users

The terrorist organization HYDRA have

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as a Super-Adaptoid to battle the New Avengers. A fusion of human and machine, she managed to copy the New Avengers' various powers. She is eventually defeated when the powers "copied" from the

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cause her the same

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problems. HYDRA then destroys her via a remote-controlled self-destruct device.''New Avengers Annual'' #1 (June 2006). Marvel Comics.

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is given the Super-Adaptoid abilities by his followers to replace his lack of the

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armor and his disinclination to return to his old

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role, absorbing the powers of the Avengers, the New Avengers, and his personal group. He is defeated when the Avengers and the New Avengers struck him all at once, the multiple powers working against each other and causing him to collapse into a coma.

Powers and abilities

The original iteration is an artificial construct created by A.I.M., and courtesy of a shard of the

artifact, the machine was capable of mimicking the powers and skills of numerous super beings. It has mimicked over a dozen meta-human characters, with the effect extending to including specific weapons and equipment, such as

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, Hawkeye's bow and arrows, and

's mystical hammer Mjolnir. The Super-Adaptoid possesses exceptional artificial intelligence, but limited imagination and an inability to understand the human condition has led to defeat. The shard was eventually removed by the cosmic entity Kubik. The two later versions, while capable of mimicking multiple foes, have been defeated when attacked by groups of meta-humans simultaneously, being unable to process the sudden surge in information.

Other versions

2099

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. It becomes a version of the future

and

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called Flipside.

Heroes Reborn

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but is defeated by the Avengers. Since its defeat, it gains

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as Amazo-Maxi-Woman, joining the heroes' quest to stop

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''Spider-Gwen''

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'', which takes place on Earth-65, the Super-Adaptoid is known as Project Green and is a member of the S.I.L.K. organization.

In other media

Television

* The Adaptoid appears in the "

" segment of ''

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'', voiced by Vern Chapman and

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. * The Super-Adaptoid makes non-speaking cameo appearances in ''

''. * Two versions of the Adaptoid appears in '' Avengers Assemble'', voiced by

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, Charlie Adler, and

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. The first is a white "blank" version that appears as a proxy enemy of the

controlled by various supervillains during seasons one and two. It is introduced as

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's invention that subsequently serves as a personal enforcer for

within the Iron Skull's

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to combat various enemies, empowered by the

, and serves as a proxy for

to attack the

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and spread a nano-tech virus to infect humans. The second is a green variation seen in the third season, ''Avengers: Ultron Revolution'', with A.I.M.'s

using three of these Adaptoids to fight the Avengers before merging with them to become the Supreme Adaptoid. * The Super-Adaptoid appears in ''

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'', voiced by

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. This version was created by the

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to serve as a butler and van for him and his family, though the Super-Adaptoid seeks to impress MODOK. Additionally, he makes several attempts to betray them, only to be defeated and reset every time he does so.

Video games

* The Super-Adaptoid appears as the final boss of '' The Amazing Spider-Man: Web of Fire''. * The Adaptoid appears as a non-playable character in the mobile versions of '' Marvel: Contest of Champions''. * The Super-Adaptoid appears as a playable character in ''

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''. * The Super-Adaptoid appears as the final boss in the '' Marvel's Avengers'' "Taking AIM" DLC.