Cyber (Marvel Comics)

Template:Multiple issues Template:Infobox comics character Cyber is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of Wolverine from the X-Men.

Publication history

Template:Expand-section Created by writer Peter David and artist Sam Kieth, Cyber first appeared in Marvel Comics Presents #85 (Sept. 1991), though his physical appearance was obscured by a trench coat and hat. He was first fully seen and named in Marvel Comics Presents #86 (Sept. 1991).

Fictional character biography

Origin

Silas Burr is a former agent of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. In 1912, Burr escapes execution after being found guilty on 22 counts of murder. He travels to a Canadian military base, where employer Frederick Hudson took a special interest in Burr's ability to push the men under his command beyond their moral and emotional limits.

In 1959, Burr trains Daken, who is ordered to destroy the training camp. Burr is mortally wounded by Daken, but is saved by Romulus, who chooses him to be the prototype for a process that binds adamantium to his skin.<ref name=":0">Wolverine: Origins #27 (September 2008)</ref><ref>Wolverine: Origins #32 (March 2009)</ref>

Modern era

In the modern era, Cyber resurfaces in Madripoor, as an enforcer for an unnamed drug cartel, where he interferes between the rival crime cartels of Wolverine's ally Tiger Tyger and General Coy. Tyger bites out the villain's left eye before he falls into a truck containing hallucinogens he had earlier used on Wolverine, leading Cyber to run screaming into the forest and disappear at the ocean's edge.<ref>Marvel Comics Presents #85-92 (Summer 1991)</ref>

Resurrection

Cyber resurfaced in astral form and possesses the mutant Milo Gunderson, who possesses superhuman strength and childlike intelligence. Intent on revenge, he sets off for the Tinkerer, who bonds adamantium to his new body. Unbeknownst to Cyber, Milo's body has a weak heart, which causes him to have a heart attack during a battle. His condition worsens, and Wolverine is forced to bring him to the Tinkerer to treat him. The Tinkerer agrees to construct a pacemaker to stabilize Cyber's heart condition in exchange for the use of Logan's carbonadium synthesizer.<ref>Wolverine: Origins #11-15 (April–August 2007)</ref>

Cyber is later killed by Ogun who claims that he was a formidable opponent, then tries to sell his adamantium carapace to Dr. Abraham Cornelius after dissolving his flesh away by submerging his corpse in an acid bath.<ref name="Death of Wolverine #3">Death of Wolverine #3 (November 2014)</ref>

Hornet

Under unknown circumstances, Cyber returns to life and masquerades as "Hornet" from the Slingers. He is first seen in Las Vegas following Hydra's takeover of America, having been hired by casino owner Silas Thorne to stage a robbery of a mass food delivery. Hornet is able to defeat most of the casino security before he is intercepted by the Scarlet Spider, but he declines to answer questions about his apparent resurrection and fled.<ref>Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #8 (November 2017)</ref>

Possessed by Adamantine

Sometime after abandoning his Hornet identity, Cyber decides to hunt down Wolverine to settle the score with his old foe just before Wolverine relocates to Krakoa. Despite every mutant being granted amnesty by the sovereign nation and being one himself, Cyber does not visit Krakoa due to the presence of more powerful mutants in Wolverine's company.

Powers and abilities

Original body

Silas Burr is a mutant who possesses a number of superhuman abilities, some due to his natural mutation and some due to artificial enhancement. Burr possesses some degree of superhuman strength. Though no limit has been explicitly given, his strength was sufficient to destroy a jeep with a single blow or slash open a bank vault door with ease.<ref name=":1">Wolverine (vol. 2) #79 (March 1994)</ref>

Cyber's skin was bonded with a layer of the near indestructible alloy adamantium, with the exception of his face, using an unknown arc welding technique. As a result, most of Cyber's body is virtually invulnerable and resistant to physical injury.

Housed within each of Cyber's fingers is a retractable adamantium claw. Each talon was tipped in either powerful hallucinogens or poisons that have proven capable of incapacitating Wolverine before his mutant healing factor could filter them out. The poisons are specifically designed to affect Wolverine and are fatal to ordinary humans within seconds.

Cyber also possesses a psionic ability that allows him to track specific brainwave patterns across great distances. The exact limit of Cyber's range is unknown, though it was greatly amplified after his over-exposure to the hallucinogens that coat his claws. Cyber's psionic abilities enabled him to survive in astral form following the attack by the Dark Riders.<ref>Wolverine: Origins #12 (May 2007)</ref>

Second body

His consciousness has taken possession of the body of Milo Gunderson, a large, muscular mutant with childlike intelligence.<ref name=":2">Wolverine: Origins #11 (February 2007)</ref> Milo is a mutant possessing some degree of superhuman strength, the limits of which are not known. However, his strength is sufficient to kill a fully grown horse with a single punch.<ref name=":2" />

Cyber also apparently retains his brainwave tracking ability within his new body. Cyber has undergone a process in which adamantium has been laced to Milo's skin, with only his face left uncovered, as well as retractable talons on his fingertips.Template:Volume needed As a result, his body is highly resistant to all forms of injury, including assaults from weapons composed of adamantium.

Third body

Cyber's third body possesses superhuman strength, durability, and adamantium skin, similar to his past bodies.<ref name="ReferenceD">Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #12 (February 2018)</ref> He possesses retractable claws and wrist mounted laser guns implanted on his forearms.<ref name="ReferenceC">Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #13 (March 2018)</ref> Cyber utilizes the Hornet suit, which is outfitted with high-tech gadgetry and weapons systems and can generate a short-range bio-electrostatic discharge.<ref name="ReferenceA">Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #9 (December 2017)</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #10 (January 2018)</ref>

The demon who resurrected Cyber gave him a special pendant that enables him to summon a Fhtagn, an extra-dimensional creature which feeds on wickedness.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

In other media

• Cyber appears as a boss in Wolverine: Adamantium Rage.Template:Citation needed
• Cyber appears as a boss in X-Men: Wolverine's Rage.Template:Citation needed

External links

• Template:Marvelwiki
• UncannyXmen.net Character Profile on Cyber