STRYKE
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Android
Occupation: AIM operative
Group Membership: AIM, Humanoids
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Iron Man (Anthony Stark)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Mojave Desert, USA
First Appearance: Iron Man Annual#4 (1977)
Powers/Abilities: Stryke had superhuman strength (class 70), a good level of invulnerability, was unable to feel pain, could fire energy blasts from fingers as powerful as Iron Man's repulsor rays, could change his voice, and had good hand-to-hand combat skills.
History: (Iron Man Annual#4 (fb)
- BTS) - Stryke and other "Humanoids" were created by MODOK using AIM
technology. Different from the other Humanoids, Stryke was gifted with sentience
and an independent will.
Modok was building a Super Weapon. With the purpose of
diverting Iron Man's attention, Modok set up some traps for him.
(Iron Man Annual#4) - One of the traps
was Stryke himself. He waited for Iron Man, in a Franciscan Mission in the Desert of
Mojave, disguised as a monk.
Iron Man arrived at the Missionm, and Stryke drew the
Avenger inside. There, Stryke revealed his purpose and attacked Iron Man. His
punches and energy blasts put Iron Man in serious difficulty. Iron Man's hits had
no relevant effect against the Stryke's steel-skin.
The battle between the two titans went along for a while then
Iron Man understood that Stryke was only a diversion, so he fled from the battle.
Stryke rejoiced at having defeated Iron Man, certain he would become a
hero for AIM.
Comments: Created by Bill Mantlo (writer), George Tuska (pencils), Don Perlin (inks).
A rematch between Iron Man and Stryke never took place, final
score: Iron-Man - Stryke 0-1.
Iron Man believed Stryke to be a cyborg, but when the Avenger saw the other
Humanoids, they understood that they belonged to the same "family". Later Hercules,
while fighting some Humanoids, declared that no living or unliving being
could have beaten himself, so I deduced that Stryke was also a Humanoid.
Spidermay (whose comics are written in
Italian) wasn't sure whether the characters were supposed to be called Humanoids
or Androids. I can't get to my comics to check, so if you have the issue and
confirm one way or the other, please do so.
--Snood
Profile by Spidermay.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Stryke and the other Humanoids have no known connections to
The AIM Guardians have no known connections to any "guard", "guardian", "guardsman" or character with a similar name.
The Humanoids
The Humanoids were androids created by MODOK to protect
himself and the AIM base which contained his super-weapon.
Each had a humanoid body, a steel-like skin of blue color, and probably enhanced
strength and invulnerability. They did not have independent personalities, and their bodies
were not covered by pink human-like skin.
They used conventional weapons, such as guns.
The Humanoids were used by Modok when Iron Man discovered his true base, where Modok hid his super-weapon. The humanoids attacked the Golden Avenger and were overpowering him, but the Champions broke into the base, saving Iron Man and destroying the androids. However, the Humanoids gave their creator the time needed to absorb all the energy to activate his Super-Chair.
--Iron Man Annual#4
The Guardians
The Guardians were robots created by MODOK to protect the AIM
base which contained his super-weapon.
They were green giant robots, 3-4 meters tall. They could speak some
pre-programmed sentences and used energy guns or beamers, to fight.
The Humanoids were employed as first-line defense of the AIM
Base which contained Modok's super-weapon. They were meant to be a distraction for Iron
Man.
In fact, when Iron Man entered in the Base, the Guardian knocked him down with an
energy blast, but the Avenger easily smashed it with a punch and destroyed the
second with his magnetic chest-ray. The easiness with which Iron Man defeated
the Guardians and another security device, led him to wrongly believe
that MODOK had abandoned that Base.
-- Iron Man Annual#4
Images:
Iron Man Annual#4, p19, pan4 (Stryke,
full body)
Iron Man Annual#4, p18, pan5 (Stryke,
head shot)
Iron Man Annual#4, p24, pan1 (Humanoids)
Iron Man Annual#4, p3, pan1 (Guardian
with gun)
Iron Man Annual#4, p3, pan3 (Guardian)
Other Appearances: None
Last updated: 11/29/06
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