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Deathlok (also "The Demolisher") is a fictional character, a cyborg published by Marvel Comics. The first Deathlok appeared in Astonishing Tales #25; there have been several subsequent characters to use the "Deathlok" identity.
- Col. Luther Manning was the "first" Deathlok, a cyborg in the post-apocalyptic future ("the future" being 1985 in his first appearance) who battled against an evil corporate and military regime. He encountered Spider-Man and Captain America in various time travel storylines; in the latter story, he was able to overthrow the megalomaniac who had taken over the USA.
- Michael Collins was the first Deathlok to be created in the modern era; he was an African-American pacifist working for a cybernetics corporation whose brain was transplanted (against his will) into a robotic killing machine. Although his brain was intended to only serve as a medium for the robot's programming, he was able to assert his will over it and had a brief superheroic career. This Deathlok's cyborg body first appeared in Marvel Comics Presents #62, and Collins' brain was placed in it in Deathlok (volume 1) #1.
- Jack Truman was an agent of the international espionage outfit S.H.I.E.L.D. who was transformed into a cyborg to battle the Red Skull. He later swapped his minds into the body of another former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Larry Young. Truman is presumably living a normal human life in Young's body, while Young is presumably still trapped in the Deathlok body.
External links
The original Deathlok pitch (http://homepage.mac.com/dmcduffie/site/Deathlokpitch.html)
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