BERZERKER

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Mutant human, hostile towards humanity

Occupation: former leader of the Tunnelers

Group Membership: Tunnelers (Blowhard, Masque, Scaleface)

Affiliations: Morlocks

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: The Alley

Appearances: X-Factor I#11 (December, 1986)

Powers: Berzerker was able to absorb and manipulate the energies of the enitre electromagnetic spectrum. He primarily used this to fly and fire energy blasts. He also could use it to tap into an absorb observe or listen to television or radio broadcasts.

History: Berzerker was one of the Morlocks, a society of mutants and other outcasts that lived in the Alley, beneath the city of Manhattan, New York. He led an offshoot called the Tunnelers, who I'm guessing lived in the tunnels surrounding the Alley, rather than living in the central Alley along with the majority of the Morlocks. The Tunnelers, for whatever reason, resented the Drain Dwellers, another branch of the Morlocks, composed of Annalee, Ape, Beautiful Dreamer, Erg, Piper, and Tar Baby.

When the mercenary assassins, known as the Marauders were sent to slaughter the Morlocks, the Tunnelers fought back. Berzerker, Blowhard, Masque, and Scaleface survived, but the six other Tunnelers were killed. The Tunnelers attacked X-Factor, who were searching the tunnels for survivors of the mutant massacre, but were convinced to cease hostilities and join them back at their complex. Upon arriving there, the Tunnelers learned that they were at the headquarters of the group of mutant hunters which X-Factor was at the time posing to be.

Disgusted, they left, planning to make a new home for themselves in New Jersey. Upon the way, they got into a fight with a street gang, which escalated into a police shoot-out. By the time X-Factor arrived on the seen, Masque was wounded and Blowhard had been shot dead. When Scaleface was killed in mid-transformation, Berzerker went into a rage, vowing revenge on all humanity. He began absorbing large amounts of energy, but Cyclops blasted him off the pier. He was apparently destroyed by explosive reaction between the water and his energy.

Note: Created by Louise and Walt Simonson.

I'm not sure why Berzerker didn't get an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition#18, along with the rest of the Morlocks killed in the Mutant Massacre. You can find Scaleface and Blowhard there. Scaleface was later resurrected by Black Talon II to serve in his team of mutant zombies, the X-Humed.

 

 

 

 

Clarifications: Berzerker is not to be confused with:

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Last updated: 08/02/02

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