Base of Operations: Adametco Plant, southern New Jersey

First Appearance: Captain America Annual#8 (1986)

History: Little is known about Adametco, except that it is the world's largest supplier of the indestructible metal alloy Adamantium.

(Captain America Annual#8) - The anti-nuclear terrorist Overrider forced the employees of Adametco to coat the TESS One robot with Adamantium in order to further his plan to bury the world's nuclear arsenal in the floor of the ocean.

(Quasar#5) - The Absorbing Man broke into Adametco, hospitalized three security guards, stole a small piece of Adamantium, and flew off. They sent a distress call to the Avengers, who sent Quasar, who tracked down and defeated the Absorbing Man.

(Marc Spector: Moon Knight#39) - Colleen Shore of Adametco attended a party at the Latverian Consulate, where she encountered her one-time date Marc Spector.

Features: Adametco has developed a procedure to coat other objects with Adamantium. This involves: (1) covering all joints with a heat resistant sealant to prevent the Adamantium from hardening them, (2) loading the target onto a conveyor belt where the Adamantium resins are kept molten inside a furnace, (3) spraying the target with several quarter-inch applications, (4) cooling and hardening phase. When this process is complete, the target will be virtually indestructible and will have maintained 100% of its original mobility.

Adametco has an advanced security system, consisting of 24-hour sentries patrolling a chain link fence, a radar tower scanning its airspace, an alarm system able to detect any structural damage to the fence, and a guarded gate. Nonetheless, neither Overrider nor Wolverine had significant trouble sneaking into the facility.

COMMENTS: Created by Mark Gruenwald and Mike Zeck.

For more information on the metal Adamantium (and how it is formed), see OHotMU #15 and the Deluxe Edition#1.

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Other appearances:
Quasar#5 (mid-December, 1989) - Mark Gruenwald (writer), Paul Ryan (pencils), Danny Bulanadi (inks), Howard Mackie (editor)
Moon Knight III#39 (June, 1992) - Terry Kavanagh & Ron Garney (writers), Gary Kwapisz (pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Joey Cavalieri (editor)

Last updated:07/18/06

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