REANIMATOR
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human mutant
Occupation: Thief
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: None (see comments for list of robots used)
Enemies: New Warriors (Aegis/Trey Rollins, Namorita, Speedball/Robbie Baldwin, Turbo/Mickey Musashi), Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner), Nova (Richard Rider), Wolverine (James Howlett/Logan), Wolverine imposter (Skrull)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Junkyard in New York, USA
First Appearance: Wolverine II#140 (July, 1999)
Powers/Abilities: Reanimator has the ability to reconstruct and control robots and other mechanical devices, most likely through an unspecified form of telekinesis.
Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Brown
History:
(Wolverine II#140) - Reanimator watched as Wolverine (actually
a Skrull posing as Wolverine) and Nightcrawler arrived at his
junkyard headquarters, tracking reported sightings of Magneto. He then
attacked the two X-Men with a large array of his robots, including a
Magneto double. The heroes destroyed the robots, but left without
confronting Reanimator.
(Nova III#3 (fb) - BTS) - Reanimator sent robot doubles of the Red Skull and the Hulk, as well as the Quintronic Man, to rob banks and armored cars. All three were stopped by Nova. Another of Reanimator's robots, H.E.R.B.I.E., observed the battle with Quintronic Man.
(Nova III#5 (fb) - BTS) - Reanimator's H.E.R.B.I.E. unit continued to observe Nova.
(Nova III#7) - Reanimator threatened to exact his revenge on Nova.
(Wolverine II#149) - The real Wolverine went to the junkyard after learning of Nightcrawler and the Skrull imposter's incident there. He came upon Reanimator, who panicked when he saw that Nova (having followed Wolverine) was arriving. The two heroes were then drawn into battle with the remaining robots under Reanimator's control. Nova called in the New Warriors to help, and shortly thereafter, Reanimator lost control of the robots due to the effects of the High Evolutionary wiping out all mutant powers. The robots were destroyed, and Reanimator was arrested.
Comments: Created by Erik Larsen and Joe Bennett.
It is assumed Reanimator got his mutant abilities back along with the rest of mutantkind.
It should be noted that, to add confusion to the situation, a second H.E.R.B.I.E. unit, still working under the programming of the Fantastic Four, appeared in Nova III#4.
How Reanimator managed to gather this many robots without anyone noticing is anyone's guess. Included among his collection were:
I'd like to think the Sentinel that Reanimator had is the same one that showed up recently in the SENTINEL series
New images by Ron Fredricks.
Profile by Madison Carter
CLARIFICATIONS:
Reanimator should not be confused
with:
Appearances:
Wolverine II#140 (July, 1999) - Erik Larsen (writer), Leinil Francis Yu (pencils), Dexter Vines (inks), Mark Powers (editor)
Nova III#3 (July, 1999) - Erik Larsen (writer), Joe Bennett (pencils), Armando Durruthy (inks), Ruben Diaz (editor)
Nova III#5 (September, 1999) - Erik Larsen (writer), Coy Turnbull (pencils), Erik Larsen & Al Milgrom (inks), Ruben Diaz (editor)
Nova III#7 (November, 1999) - Erik Larsen (writer), Joe Bennett (pencils), Eduardo Alpuente & Al Milgrom (inks), Ruben Diaz (editor)
Wolverine II#149 (April, 2000) - Jimmy Palmiotti (writer), Sean Chen (pencils), Graham Nolan (inks), Mark Powers (editor)
First posted: 03/27/2003
Last updated: 09/05/2023
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