This thread focuses on feats. I don’t provide backstory and detailed explanations. If you want those, check out the “Family Tree” thread. Also, my thanks to leonidas for a few of these scans that he dug up during the recent tournament.
I. General Information
II. Strength
III. Healing/Durability
IV. Speed/Skill
V. Battles
VI. Misc. Feats
To do this, DHII was programmed to assimilate the “instincts” (skills, mannerisms, memories, etc.) of 106 of the deadliest people in the galaxy throughout time (AIM could time-jump). Among the people he assimilated were the original Death’s Head and the entire information cache of Reed Richards’ computer (616 universe, circa 1992). Thus, he has the combined combat skill of countless warriors, as well as Reed’s scientific knowledge and many others.
The personality of the original Death’s Head became the dominant personality when he was assimilated (due to his cyborg nature), thus the name “Death’s Head II”. Not all of the original’s personality traits survived, but the guiding instincts and thoughts are those of the original DH.
This is a personnel file on “The Minion Project” at A.I.M. It’s handy because it offers a quick description of the majority of DHII’s powers and abilities. http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=00ja5.jpg
Possibly his best strength feat ever! They had just crashed a spaceship into the bad guy’s mothership. DH then lifts the freaking ship and tosses it on some henchmen. Judging just by the sheer size of the thing, and it’s metal composition, this easily puts him in the 100-Ton range. http://img250.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gold4yy9.jpg
An alternate-history Wolverine breaks a claw trying to hurt DHII. There's speculation about it not being true adamantium, or weakened somehow (Charnel's magics, most likely), but it isn't backed up by the comics, which only states it to be adamantium. http://img249.imageshack.us/my.php?image=41mh1.jpg
This is both a good and bad feat. He’s fighting 616 Wolverine. Bad: Logan cuts his hand-weapon clean off. Good: he regrows it completely in about 4 panels. Keep in mind, his arm is made of a different substance than his body (liquid molybdenum) so it’s doubtful he could replicate this feat for his entire body. http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b1xo9.jpg http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b2pi2.jpg
He’s basically immune to telepathy because of having 106 personalities within him. Here he shrugs off a psi-spike in the brain from Psylocke, saying toothpicks would hurt more. http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b3zd5.jpg
DH’s arm can morph into a few different forms (laser cannon, cranial siphon, a blade configuration that is particularly sharp, etc.). Here he uses a variation off of the blade configuration and makes himself 2 blade-hands. It’s a total of about 8 claws on one hand. Cool stuff. http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=c1ns0.jpg
Possibly, but the A.I.M. bio I posted from one of his early comics would disagree with that. The arm is made from molebdenum, while his body is reinforced titanium plating. Maybe they either retconned that bit, or just forgot...but the clear distinction made between the versatility of his arm and the rest of his body would suggest that the majority of writers treated them as seperate substances.
And thanks. I was hoping to be able to wait longer to post this, since I was rooting for leo in the tourney (largely because of DHII). But still, I'm happy it's done and posted.
There has to be another bio as years ago when I did collect Death's Head way back when stated the same thing he had a layer of molebdenum over his entire body. Even when Wolverine slashed his chest opened up his body and it healed in like the next panel. I don't think it's a retcon at all.
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Last edited by -K-M- on Aug 19th, 2007 at 06:28 PM
You might be right...most of the DH stuff is fairly old, so it's possible I wasn't able to get my hands on some of it, or just missed the reference. It would definitely explain some of the healing feats.
In an amusing attempt to be an utter completist, I bought "Avengers Forever" where DHII has a cameo appearence. It hasn't come in the mail yet, but I'll probably post his camera time just for kicks.
It's also the arc that reveals that Space Phantom becomes Hercules, which is the scan that could've won Scoob and I the tourney we entered. I'm masochistic like that, so I want to look at it and weep.