RAPTORE
Real
Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human,
possible mutant (see
comments)
Occupation: Criminal
Group
Membership: None
Affiliations: Eight
criminals fleeing the USA’s
Superhuman Registration Act into Canada
Enemies: The CSIS
(Agent Brown, numerous
soldiers), Omega Flight (Arachne (Julia Carpenter), Sasquatch (Walter
Langkowski), USAgent (John Walker)); indirectly Guardian (Michael
Pointer),
Known
Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base
of Operations: The CSIS
Headquarters, Canada;
formerly
a cabin in the Canadian wilderness
First
Appearance: Marvel
Comics Presents II#3
(January, 2008)
Powers/Abilities: Raptore
could transform into a
form resembling a humanoid dinosaur, complete with razor-sharp claws
and teeth.
It was unrevealed if he possessed any other powers similar to dinosaurs.
History:
(Marvel
Comics
Presents II#3/3 (fb) – BTS) – Fleeing the
United States’ Superhuman Registration Act, Raptore traveled into
Canada,
where he hid out with eight other criminals inside a shed in the
Canadian
wilderness.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#3/3) –
Searching for the escaped criminal Tentakill,
Omega Flight’s Arachne
and
Sasquatch came across Raptore’s shed. Raptore answered the door and
told
Arachne that he was not Tentakill. He then asked her who she was and
when she
revealed that she was with Omega Flight, a superhero team, some of the
criminals in the shed attacked, prompting Arachne and Sasquatch to
fight back.
Quickly capturing all nine criminals present in the shed, Arachne and
Sasquatch
took Raptore and the others to the CSIS headquarters, where Raptore
attempted
to escape. He was almost immediately taken down by Sasquatch.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#11/4
(fb)) – Raptore was incarcerated at the CSIS Headquarters, where his
powers
were forcibly fed into the power-absorbing Michael Pointer, who had no
idea
what was going on.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#4/4 –
BTS) - During such a transfer, Michael briefly manifested the
razor-sharp teeth
and fins of Raptore.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#7/4) –
The only criminal still alive following the power transfer into Michael
Pointer, Raptore remained in his quarantined cell. When two CSIS
guards passed
by his cell, commenting on Raptore’s survival status, Raptore managed
to
break the glass before Agent Brown activated another power transfer.
His
lifeforce once more fed into Michael Pointer, Raptore fell to the
ground,
dead.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#8/4 –
BTS) – When USAgent pushed Michael Pointer into attacking him,
Michael
manifested the astral form of Raptore, whose spirit seemed to overcome
Michael, who savagely beat USAgent nearly to death.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#9/4 –
BTS) – Pointer continued manifesting Raptore’s form and powers while
attacking
USAgent until Sasquatch broke Michael out of his trance.
Comments: Created by Rich
Koslowski and Andrea Di
Vito.
It
was never revealed the source
of Raptore’s powers. I choose to think he was a mutant but it’s very
possible
he gained his powers via mutation.
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Raptore has no known connections to
- Raptar, extradimensional man, could
transform into humanoid reptilian @ Spider-Man Unlimited I#15
- Raptor
(Paul
Hazlett), former Roxxon operative, donned costume against Moon Knight @
Marvel Super-Heroes III#1
- Raptor
(Gary
Wilton), winged mutant, seeks vengeance on violent criminals @ Avengers
West Coast Annual#8
- Raptor of Earth-982 (Brenda Drago), member of Savage
Six & New Warriors, daughter of Blackie Drago/Vulture @
Spider-Girl I#18
- Raptor
the Renegade, ancient demon, possessed Simon
Janson until Human Torch destroyed his totem @ Fantastic Four I#394
- Raptors, artificial entities created by
Phaedra @ Death’s Head III#2
- raptors, the actual dinosaurs, some
summoned by Ramades against Fantastic Four @ Marvel Knights Fantastic
Four#18
- Raptra,
extraterrestrial
Saurian, fell in love with Quoi @ Avengers: Celestial Quest#2
- Rapture
(Sister
Joy), nanotech creation, member of Cerebro’s X-Men @ Uncanny X-Men I#360
- Rapture, mutant member of the Contigency,
resisted attempts to be forced into Weapon X @ Weapon X: The Draft-Kane
- The Rapture, false vision of the Biblical
prophecy, designed to destroy Catholic Church @ Uncanny X-Men I#424
- or any other "Rapt-” characters
images: (without ads)
Marvel Comics Presents II#3, p24, pan2 (main image)
Marvel Comics Presents II#3, p18, pan5 (headshot)
Appearances:
Marvel Comics Presents II#3/3 (January, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski (writer), Andrea Di Vito (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#4/4 (January, 2008) – Rich Koslowski
(writer), Andrea Di Vito (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#7/4 (May, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski
(writer), Andrea Di Vito (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#8/4 (June, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski
(writer), Marco Checchetto (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#9/4 (July, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski
(writer), Marco Checchetto (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#11/4 (September, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski
(writer), Marco Checchetto (art), John Barber (editor)
Last
updated: 09/30/13
Any
Additions/Corrections? please
let me know.
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