REPTIL

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Fringe character, possible human mutate or mutant? (see comments)

Occupation: Superhero

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Bolder, Dr. Trash, Electron

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed

First Appearance: Spider-Man Magazine (I#13) (Summer, 1995)

Powers/Abilities: Reptil has various reptile-like superhuman abilities, including the teeth of a crocodile and superhuman strength, allowing him to squeeze with the force of a boa constrictor and leap as high as a water frog.

Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Black
Hair: None

History: (Spider-Man Magazine (I#13)) - The reptile-like superhero Reptil fought the likes of Dr. Trash, Electron and Bolder.

Comments: Created by Matt Sims.

Reptil was the product of the 1994 Spider-Man Magazine's "Create Your Own Super Hero or Super-Villain" section that ran in most earlier issues of the Magazine. In Reptil's case, he was created by then-12-year-old Matt Sims of West Monroe, Louisiana. As a fringe character, Reptil was not confirmed to exist on Earth-616 but there is equally nothing to say he did not exist on Earth-616 either...

Reptil's height & weight were impossible to approximate, as he was never seen next to any character whose height & weight had been officially determined.

Reptil's origin was never shown so it was unclear if he was a mutated human or some sort of mutant...or any other possible explanation for his superhuman powers such as Inhuman, etc...

While not confirmed, it seems pretty obvious that Reptil was heavily influenced by Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon character from Image Comics.

The issue of Spider-Man Magazine featuring Reptil was not numbered but recent trade paperbacks of Adventures of Spider-Man & Adventures of the X-Men that reprinted the comic strips from this issue identified the issue as #13.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Reptil has no known connections to:

• Reptil (Humberto Lopez), young Avengers Academy trainee, can transform parts of his body into dinosaur parts @ Avengers: The Initiative Featuring Reptil#1
• Reptile (Webster), costumed killer active during WWII, defeated by Human Torch (Jim Hammond) & Toro @ Sub-Mariner Comics I#23
• Reptile Men, Savage Land race, formerly served Quor, driven off by Ka-Zar @ Marvel Super Heroes II#19
• Reptilla, Salem's Seven member, serpentine tail & arms @ Fantastic Four I#186
• Repto, Microverse Death Squad, given form in Body Banks @ Micronauts I#36
• Reptoid race of Earth-691, 31st century extraterrestrial race, reptilian bipeds @ Defenders I Giant-Size#3
• Reptos race, Microverse, Outer Fringes, belligerent bat-winged race @ Micronauts I Annual#1
• Reptyl, extraterrestrial reptilian biped, former space pirate captain, mutated in powerful form @ Silver Surfer III#11
• Savage Dragon, reptilian police officer/superhero @ Graphic Fantasy#1
  
• or any other "X" or "Y" characters (for example, for Red Wolf, say any other "Red" or "Wolf" characters

Bolder

Bolder is a known enemy of Reptil.

--Spider-Man Magazine (I#13) - BTS

Dr. Trash

Dr. Trash is a known enemy of Reptil.

Electron

Electron is a known enemy of Reptil.

images: (without ads)
Spider-Man Magazine (I#13), p14, splash page (Reptil, main image)

Appearances:
Spider-Man Magazine (I#13) (Summer, 1995) - "Create Your Own Super Hero or Super-Villain: Reptil" - Matt Sims (writer, art), Michael Teitelbaum (editor)

First Posted: 04/04/2020
Last updated: 04/04/2020

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