RAPTOR

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-96201) human mutate technology user (presumably - see comments)

Occupation: Unrevealed

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed    

First Appearance: A concept sketch first published in ToyFare Spring Special (April, 1997) (see comments)

Powers/Abilities: Presumably, Raptor has the reptile-like appearance of the Lizard and presumably has similar regenerative abilities.

He also wears a sophisticated exoskeleton equipped with wings capable of flight.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately variable up to 6'8")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately variable up to 550 lbs.)
Eyes: Red
Hair: Gray

History:
(ToyFare Spring Special - "Singular Sensation" article) - Due to unrevealed circumstances, equal parts of the villains Vulture and Lizard were combined to form the entity known only as Raptor.

Comments: Created by Pablo Raimondi.

    The character of Raptor was created as an action figure prototype sketch by Pablo Raimondi for Toy Biz's Spider-Man: Arachniphobia toy line. Unfortunately, since the action figure was never made, we don't have a card or box with flavor text to give more of a background on the character, other than he mixed equal parts Vulture and the Lizard.

    It is likely that Raptor exists in the same reality as the other Arachniphobia mashup characters, Earth-96201. While we did not have confirmation in the article, Raptor is likely some sort of human mutate, given his lizard-like appearance.

    Oh, and for the record, Man-Lizard, a figure that WAS released in the Arachniphobia toy line, was a mashup of Spider-Man & Lizard sort of. While this character, Raptor, appears to be an amalgamation of Vulture and the actual Lizard, Man-Lizard's mashup occurred because Dr. Curt Connors used the neogenic recombinator on Spider-Man during a period where Spider-Man had been transformed into the monstrous Man-Spider and a freak accident caused some of Dr. Connors' own DNA to combine with Spider-Man's without any change whatsoever to the actual Connors/Lizard.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Raptor should be distinguished from:

• Raptor (Paul Hazlett) - former Roxxon employee, invented antigravity generator that was stolen & used to create Killer Shrike, stole design back, battled Moon Knight--Marvel Super Heroes III#1
• Raptor (Gary Wilton, Jr.) - winged mutant, powers triggered when thrown off a roof by gang, seeks vengeance on those who commit violent crimes--Avengers West Coast I Annual#8
• Raptor (Damon Ryder) - vigilante, Spider-Man foe--Amazing Spider-Man II Annual#36
  
• Raptor (Brenda Drago) of Earth-982 - Savage Six, New Warriors, daughter of Vulture (Blackie Drago), became government agent after defeat by Spider-Girl--Spider-Girl I#18
• Raptor the Renegade - ancient demon, possessed Simon Janson until Human Torch destroyed totem pole prison--Fantastic Four I#394
• Raptore - supervillain captured by Omega Flight, forcibly used as a power source for Guardian (Michael Pointer)--Marvel Comics Presents II#3
• Raptors - artificial entities created by Phaedra, sent to recover Sapphire Lotus, control usurped by Wrathchilde--Death's Head II II#2
• or any other "Raptor" characters
  

Appearances:
ToyFare Spring Special (April, 1997) - "Singular Sensation" article - Rob Allstetter (writer), Pablo Raimondi (Raptor concept art), Scott Beatty (editor)

First posted: 01/29/2023
Last updated: 01/29/2023

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