Real Name: None
Identity/Class: Terrestrial (Latverian) android
Occupation: Locating the Fantastic Four (and Darkoth)
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (creator)
Enemies: Darkoth, Fantastic Four (Medusa/Medusalith Amaquelin, Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards, Thing/Ben Grimm)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: A building used by Dr. Doom, in Manhattan, New York
First Appearance: Fantastic Four I#144 (March, 1974)
Powers/Abilities: The semi-sentient Seeker had superhuman strength (Class 25?) and durability. It had the equivalent of enhanced durablity and stamina. In place of hands, it had three nuclear discharger prods at the end of each arm which released a powerful burst of energy, released only upon contact. The "vibro-sensor" atop its head was a tracking device, with a range of half a mile, and could detect hidden and invisible targets. It was programmed to defeat certain foes, and may or may not have been able to fly.
Height: 7' (by approximation, see comments)
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Inapplicable
History:
(Fantastic Four I#144 (fb) - BTS) - The Seeker was built by Dr. Doom and programmed to defeat
Darkoth and the Fantastic Four.
(Fantastic Four I#144) - Accompanied by Darkoth, three members of the Fantastic Four were sneaking through a sewer tunnel underneath the Baxter Building, so that they might enter their headquarters in secret and escape a plot of Dr. Doom's; but Doom sent the Seeker to destroy them. The Seeker swatted the Thing aside, stunned Mr. Fantastic, and threw off Darkoth when he leapt atop the android. However, Medusa took advantage of the distraction to bean the Seeker on the back of the head with a rock. The Thing then leapt back into the fray and put the kibosh on the Seeker with a one-two combination, stunning the android and apparently deactivating it --the Thing was disappointed that he didn't even get a chance to say, "It's Clobberin' Time!"
The FF and Darkoth brought the Seeker into the Baxter Building via a sub-basement; Reed hollowed out the inert android, and then wrapped its form around Darkoth.
Posing as the Seeker, Darkoth entered Doom's base, unnoticed by his security system since it was programmed only to notice the unfamiliar. Darkoth freed Doom's prisoners, Wyatt Wingfoot and the Human Torch (Johnny Storm), before confronting Doom himself. Doom blasted the Seeker, intending to destroy the android for its betrayal, but was surprised when Darkoth stood revealed, unharmed by the blast that had shredded the Seeker covering.
Comments: Created by Gerry Conway, Rich Buckler, and Joe Sinnott.
Kyle provided much of the "Powers" section, using TSR gaming stats.
I based the Seeker's height from Darkoth's--which was 6'6"--and assumed the Seeker was a little larger, so that Darkoth could fit inside its hollowed form.--Ron Fredricks
New and additional images by Ron Fredricks.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Seeker has no known connection to:
images: (without ads)
Fantastic Four I#144, p5, pan5 (main image - Seeker)
Fantastic Four I#144, cover (headshot - Seeker)
Fantastic Four I#144, p6, pan3 (Seeker blasts Mr. Fantastic with its nuclear discharger prods)
Fantastic Four I#144, p16, pan5 (Dr. Doom [off-panel] blasts Seeker's outer shell from Darkoth)
Appearances:
Fantastic Four I#144 (March, 1974) - Gerry Conway
(writer), Rich Buckler (pencils), Joe Sinnott (inks),
George Roussos (colors), Artie Simek (letters), Roy
Thomas (editor)
First posted: 12/28/2003
Last updated: 11/18/2023
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