THE PRIME DEATHLOK
Earth-22925
Real Name: Ultron
Identity/Class: Alternate reality
(Earth-22925) robot
(circa 2099 A.D.)
Occupation: Conqueror
Group Membership: The Deathloks (D.E.A.T.H.D.O.K., Jigsaw 2099, numerous other unidentified Deathlok cyborgs)
Affiliations: Deathloks; the Public Eye;
formerly Stark-Fujikawa
Enemies: Doom 2099 (Victor von
Doom), Punisher 2099 (Jake Gallows), Savage Avengers (of Earth-616)
(Anti-Venom/"Flash" Thompson, Black Knight/Dane Whitman, Cloak/Tyrone
Johnson, Dagger/Tandy Bowen, Daredevil/Elektra Natchios, Deathlok/Miles
Morales of Earth-807128, Weapon H/Clayton Cortez)
Known Relatives: Unidentified creator (see comments)
Aliases: "Tin Man" (insult)
Base of Operations: Alchemax Tower, Nueva York, USA
First Appearance: Savage Avengers II#6 (December, 2022)
Powers/Abilities: The Prime Deathlok possessed superhuman strength and durability due to his metallic form, sufficient enough to hold down the superhumanly strong Deathlok of Earth-807128 and grab and the mystical Ebony Blade mid-swing using a single hand with no physical damage whatsoever.
He was also capable of projecting
concussive energy blasts from his hands and could project the
coma-inducing "encephalo-ray" from his eyes.
His mind was connected to a
communication network of his own control, which allowed him instant
mental access to the tactical satellites of Alchemax and the entirety
of Alchemax Tower. The constant network connection also granted him the
ability to project his consciousness into other physical bodies if
needed at a moment's notice. He was also seen to be capable of
implanting monitoring software into the circuits of other technology
such as the mechanical armor of Doom 2099.
As the ruler of the world, the Prime Deathlok had vast access to worldwide technological resources including the aforementioned Alchemax tactical satellites that could project massive beams of microwave energy directly onto a target of Ultron's choosing. He also had access to the Formula-D nanotech liquid that was capable of molecularly transforming organic matter, which he often used to transform human corpses into Deathlok soldiers under his complete control. Ultron could command the Deathlok soldiers from virtually anywhere and they would follow his orders blindly even to the point of sacrificing their newfound lives to serve him. He also controlled the Public Eye surveillance systems, able to access their video feeds at will.
In battle, the Prime Deathlok
occasionally used physical weapons such as a double-sided energy staff
and an energy-charged spear capable of creating waves of energy to push
back opponents. He also briefly possessed Doom 2099's Time-Array
Gauntlet, which could open temporal portals into virtually any time
period, although it took several hours to properly calibrate the device
to a certain time period.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'0")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 535 lbs.)
Eyes: Glowing orange
Hair: None
History:
(Savage Avengers II#10 (fb) - BTS) - The robot Ultron was created by a
human male (see comments).
(Savage Avengers II#6 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, Ultron came to
recognize the man named Whitman (see
comments), the monstrous Hulk and the heroic Daredevil.
(Savage Avengers II#7 (fb) - BTS) - Eventually,
Ultron was deactivated and his villainy was written into the history
books.
(Savage Avengers II#7 (fb)) - In 2067 A.D., when the Alchemax corporation created cyborg Deathlok soldiers out of human corpses and began using them against their financial competition, the desperate Stark-Fujikawa corporation sought out alternate lines of research, ultimately reactivating the ancient artificial intelligence Ultron and immediately regretting the decision as Ultron went online and took control of the Deathloks.
(Savage Avengers II#10 (fb) - BTS) - Hoping the
Deathloks could bridge the gap between human and robotic life, Ultron
unleashed the Deathloks upon humanity like a plague despite seeing the
Deathloks as a gift, conquering the fallen parts of the world.
(Savage Avengers II#6 (fb) - BTS) - After taking over a majority of the world, Ultron, now dubbed the Prime Deathlok, established his rule as the Machine Empire.
(Savage Avengers II#7 (fb) - BTS) - The Prime Deathlok spread his Machine Empire across the planet, transforming it in his own horrible image. He eventually established a prison for those opposing his rule at the radioactive Hellrock and installed the transformed D.E.A.T.H.D.O.K. as its warden.
(Savage Avengers II#8
(fb) - BTS) - As many time travel technology was being destroyed by the
Prime Deathlok, Latverian ruler Doom 2099 hid his Time-Array Gauntlet
in the last place he thought Ultron would look: the tomb of Doom's foe
Tiger Wylde.
(Savage Avengers II#8 (fb)) - The Prime Deathlok
eventually led a siege on the nation of Latveria in 2091 A.D., battling
Latverian ruler Doom in the process. Ultron quickly disabled the
protocols in Doom's armor and demanded the codes to the Latverian
missile silos. As Ultron reached to beat Doom down, Doom activated the
Latverian defense grid, sending a small army of ancient Doombots and
Sentinels against Ultron's Deathloks in a battle later known as the
Iron Front.
(Savage Avengers II#8 (fb) - BTS) - The Prime
Deathlok ultimately defeated Doom and imprisoned him in Hellrock,
secretly placing tracers within the circuits of Doom's armor to monitor
him.
(Savage Avengers II#6) -
Years later in 2099 A.D., when the Public
Eye picked up anomalous readings from the reality-displaced modern era
Earth-616 heroes, the Savage Avengers, the Prime Deathlok reviewed the
Public Eye's video footage and recognized the heroes from his own past
including Dane Whitman and different incarnations of the heroes
Daredevil and Hulk, in addition to a Deathlok acting independently.
Deducing that they must be time-travelers, the Prime Deathlok ordered
the Public Eye to dispatch a team of Deathloks to apprehend the
Deathlok among the Savage Avengers and kill the others. The Deathloks
soon located the Savage Avengers attempting to raid the remnants of
Avengers Mansion and they proclaimed in the name of the Prime Deathlok
that the Savage Avengers had been charged with crimes against Ultron's
so-called Machine Empire and sentenced to erasure. During the battle,
the vigilante Punisher 2099 joined in the fight against the Deathloks,
noting that if the Prime Deathlok wanted them dead that badly, they
might prove more useful to Punisher alive. When the Savage Avengers
turned the tide using ancient superhero weapons acquired from Avengers
Mansion, the Deathloks hailed the Prime Deathlok as they were
destroyed. Savage Avengers member Deathlok-807128 questioned who this
Prime Deathlok was that the enemy Deathloks kept mentioning and
Punisher 2099 replied that Deathlok-807128 really must not be from
around there, as everyone in Nueva York knew who Ultron was. The
Deathloks who were not destroyed soon fled to report back to Ultron.
(Savage Avengers II#7) - When the Savage Avengers
infiltrated the Prime Deathlok's defenses, the Prime Deathlok viciously
interrogated one of his human agents, demanding to know how the Savage
Avengers could have possibly gotten past his Public Eye surveillance
systems. The human explained that the Savage Avengers had not attacked
the Public Eye station in-person but rather, they had entered via
cyberspace and defeated the Public Eye's cybersecurity agent,
Fever. Understanding the situation, Ultron thanked the agent for his
comprehensive report before snapping the human's neck. He then
reiterated his previous orders to apprehend the Savage Avengers,
suggesting they utilize every single Deathlok if necessary. The Savage
Avengers quickly returned to their physical bodies, having decrypted
some of the Prime Deathlok's computer data and learned how Ultron had
become the ruler of the world. The Savage Avengers also learned that
the Prime Deathlok had established the Hellrock prison and that Doom
2099 was being held there.
(Savage Avengers II#8) - After the Savage Avengers freed Doom 2099
from Hellrock, Doom suggested the only way they could defeat the Prime
Deathlok would be to travel back in time using his Time-Array Gauntlet
in Latveria. The group was shot down as they entered Latverian airspace
and, after downing Doom's defensive Ultimo robot, Doom revealed that he
had hid the Time-Array Gauntlet in the tomb of Tiger Wylde, the last
place he thought Ultron would look. However, when the Savage Avengers
and their allies attempted to enter the tomb, Doom was knocked back
with neural feedback and the Prime Deathlok announced his presence and
how he had been monitoring Doom's activities via the tracers he had
earlier placed within Doom's armor. Acquiring the Time-Array Gauntlet
for himself, the Prime Deathlok exclaimed that he agreed with the
heroes that the Time-Array Gauntlet had intriguing potential
applications.
(Savage Avengers II#8/Savage Avengers II#9 (fb)) - Hoping to buy her
allies time, Daredevil attacked the Prime Deathlok head-on but Ultron
impaled Daredevil with his Gauntlet-wearing fist.
(Savage Avengers II#8) - Deathlok-807128 and Punisher 2099 attempted
to avenge Daredevil but the Prime Deathlok easily swatted them aside
with his energy-charged spear. Anti-Venom and Weapon H followed suit
but Ultron easily took control of the nanobots that empowered Weapon H,
overloading them and forcing Weapon H to expel a blast a gamma
radiation that incinerated Anti-Venom and killed Weapon H. Ultron then
took advantage of Dagger's grief to hurl his spear at the distracted
heroine but Cloak intercepted the spear, sacrificing his life to save
hers. Anti-Venom's symbiote subsequently chose Dagger as its new host
and Dagger downed most of the Deathloks, prompting the Prime Deathlok
to admit being impressed at the fight in her. He then manipulated an
Alchemax tactical satellites to fire a blast of microwave energy down
to Earth, incinerating Dagger and the symbiote where they stood.
Revealing that he had acquired Earth-22925's Ebony Blade from the raid
on Avengers Mansion, Black Knight gave in to its bloodlust and savagely
attacked Ultron in hopes of avenging his fallen teammates but the Prime
Deathlok grabbed the Ebony Blade mid-swing and shattered it, killing
Black Knight. Standing triumphant over his enemies, the Prime Deathlok
soon realized Deathlok-807128 and Punisher 2099 had escaped during the
battle.
Unfazed since he prepared to use the Time-Array Gauntlet to make his rule eternal, the Prime Deathlok returned to his headquarters and placed the Savage Avengers' corpses into vats of Formula-D to transform them into Deathloks. When his computer asked why the Prime Deathlok chose the Savage Avengers to turn into Deathloks, Ultron gloated that he wished to send the others a message that it didn't matter what they sent against him, as all would be assimilated into his Machine Empire. As the Savage Avengers emerged from Formula-D as Deathloks under Ultron's control, the Prime Deathlok announced that it was time to assemble.
(Savage Avengers II#9) - As Deathlok-807128 and Punisher 2099 made their way towards the Prime Deathlok's base in Alchemax Tower to avenge the Savage Avengers, they were confronted by the Deathlok-transformed Savage Avengers, who proclaimed in the name of the Prime Deathlok that the two heroes had been sentenced to erasure due to crimes against the Machine Empire. Using the Time-Array Gauntlet to calibrating a temporal portal, the Prime Deathlok watched the attack over Public Eye monitors and announced through the Savage Avengers that he was fully aware of Deathlok-807128 and Punisher's plan to storm Alchemax Tower before ordering the Savage Avengers to kill their former allies. Doom 2099 came to their aid, holding off the Savage Avengers while Punisher and Deathlok-807128 ventured into Alchemax Tower, where Deathlok-807128 attempted to restore the Savage Avengers' original personalities from cyberspace imprints from their earlier trip into cyberspace. When the Prime Deathlok realized what Deathlok-807128 was attempting to do, he disconnected Deathlok-807128 from his network and confronted Deathlok-807128 personally within Alchemax Tower. As the two battled, Ultron realized Deathlok-807128 had succeeded in restoring the Savage Avengers' minds and, after they restored their original bodies using Formula-D, the restored Savage Avengers arrived to aid against the Prime Deathlok.
(Savage Avengers II#10) - Still attempting to strangle
Deathlok-807128, the Prime Deathlok proclaimed humanity to be unworthy
of his gift of robotic life and announced that the only way to move
forward was through the past with his Deathloks marching over the
graves of humanity rather than being transformed into more Deathloks.
The Savage Avengers responded by attacking the Prime Deathlok and
Daredevil rescued Deathlok-807128 from Ultron's grasp as the robot
boasted that he could take down the Savage Avengers as easily as he had
originally done so. Doom 2099 then arrived to both aid the Savage
Avengers and retrieve the Time-Array Gauntlet. During the ensuing
battle, Ultron successfully opened a portal to Earth-616's past,
witnessing the severed arm of Deathlok-807128 that had been acquired by
Earth-616's past era Alchemax. Before Doom could halt the Prime
Deathlok, however, the Prime Deathlok unleashed a Deathlok-transformed
Punisher 2099 that had been secretly captured and transformed earlier
while Deathlok-807128 was restoring the Savage Avengers' minds. Ultron
ultimately accessed new physical bodies for himself but Black Knight
hit Ultron with a data spike that projected Ultron into cyberspace
before he could jump into a new form. Within cyberspace, Black Knight
revealed that Ultron's additional bodies had been firewalled to prevent
Ultron from jumping into them, forcing Ultron to re-enter his Prime
Deathlok body just in time to stop Deathlok-807128 from reaching into
the temporal past to retrieve his severed arm in Earth-616's past.
Proclaiming Deathlok-807128 a traitor to all synthetic life, the Prime
Deathlok forced Deathlok-807128 to the ground and gloated that he would
travel into the past and cleanse the failure of humanity from the
planet over and over again but Deathlok-807128 used his Web-Shooters to
pull the severed arm into the future of Earth-22925. Deathlok-807128
then destroyed his own severed arm, causing the original divergence
that separated Earth-22925 from Earth-616 as the Prime Deathlok
screamed in anger. The Savage Avengers were immediately returned to
their proper time period on Earth-616 by the ensuing temporal forces
while Deathlok-807128 was restored to his proper reality by
Reality-616's Uatu the
Watcher, leaving the restored Punisher 2099 to ensure the Prime
Deathlok's destruction. In the aftermath of the battle, Nueva York
finally found peace without the Prime Deathlok and Punisher 2099 tossed
Ultron's severed head into his own empty grave to make sure Alchemax or
Stark-Fujikawa could never bring Ultron back online.
Comments: Created by David Pepose and Carlos Magno.
Ultron recognized the time and
reality-traveling Black Knight of Earth-616 as "Whitman." Ultron only
referred to the Earth-22925 Whitman by his last name but, given that
Ultron recognized the Earth-616 Whitman in his full Black Knight, it
seems extremely likely that the Earth-22925's Whitman was active at
some point as Black Knight and that his first name was Dane, much like
his Earth-616 counterpart, especially considering that Earth-22925
diverged from Earth-616. We don't know if this particular Ultron ever
actually encountered Earth-22925's Whitman, Hulk or Daredevil in-person
but he certainly knew enough about them to recognize Whitman's
Earth-616 counterpart and Earth-616's Weapon H & Elektra Natchios
as at least resembling Earth-22925's Hulk and Daredevil.
While Ultron's creator was never
identified by name, he did mention his "father" so we know for sure the
creator was male. Given that Earth-22925 diverged from Earth-616, it's
extremely likely his creator would be Hank Pym, much as it was on
Earth-616. I suppose there's a slight possibility that this particular
Ultron model could've been created by someone else at some point after
the modern era and before 2067 A.D. when Earth-22925's Ultron was
reactivated, but that's a bit of a stretch at best. I'd say it's much,
much more likely it was Hank Pym.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-22925's Prime Deathlok should be
distinguished from:
| --Savage Avengers II#7
(fb) (#10 - BTS, |
Appearances:
Savage Avengers II#6 (December, 2022) - David Pepose (writer), Carlos
Magno (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Savage Avengers II#7 (January, 2023) - David Pepose (writer), Carlos
Magno (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Savage Avengers II#8 (February, 2023) - David Pepose (writer), Carlos
Magno (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Savage Avengers II#9 (March, 2023) - David Pepose (writer), Carlos
Magno (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Savage Avengers II#10 (April, 2023) - David Pepose (writer), Carlos
Magno (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
First posted: 08/28/2024
Last updated: 08/28/2024
Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.
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