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Fictional character from Marvel Comics

For other uses, see Deathlock.

Deathlok (also referred to as Deathlok the Demolisher) is the name of several fictionalcharacters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first Deathlok, Luther Manning, appeared in Astonishing Tales #25 (Aug. 1974), created by Rich Buckler. At least five subsequent Marvel characters have used the "Deathlok" identity since then: Michael Collins, Jack Truman, Rebecca Ryker, Henry Hayes, and Jemma Simmons. A recurring theme among these characters is that a dead human has been reanimated with cybernetic technology. "Deathlok technology" has also been used thematically by Marvel writers in other stories.

The character has also appeared on television in animation and live action, with J. August Richards and Bill Paxton respectively portraying the original variations Mike Peterson and John Garrett in the television seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Creation

Originally conceived as the main character in a novel, Rich Buckler got the opportunity to use the character within the comics medium. Development was put on a hold when Marvel Comics was negotiating for the comic book adaptation rights for the television series The Six Million Dollar Man, until Charlton Comics claimed the rights. Buckler then purchased a copy of the television series' source material Cyborg by Martin Caidin. Buckler stated, "So what I did was rethink part of it, and make sure things were the opposite...so while the Six Million Dollar Man was a good looking guy, I took that all away from Deathlok. I made him a monster and instead of being friends with technology he was enemies with it and then it developed from there. And it actually got deeper as a concept."

Buckler stated the character was an inversion of Captain America.

The original comic run makes numerous references to Mary Shelly's novel Frankenstein, a character

Deathlok

Michael "Mike" Peterson is the single father of Ace Peterson and a Centipede Project test subject recruited by Raina, who promised to cure his injuries and enhance his powers through the use of Centipede Serum. When he compromised the secrecy of the project, they decided to eliminate him, but were stopped by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, led by Phil Coulson. Peterson joined S.H.I.E.L.D. as a field agent and worked closely with Coulson's Team. Peterson was later recaptured by the Centipede Project, and transformed into a cyborg, as a part of ProjectDeathlok. He was used by the Clairvoyant to throw people off his trail, including Coulson's team.

Following the downfall of the Centipede Project and the death of John Garrett, Peterson decided to go off on his own seeking redemption for his past crimes as Deathlok. During that period, he was recruited by a resurrected S.H.I.E.L.D. and began working directly for Coulson, in the continued fight against HYDRA. Coulson tasked him with hunting down List, who captured and tortured Peterson and Lincoln Campbell, until he was rescued by members of Coulson's team with the aid of Grant Ward. Deathlok once again left S.H.I.E.L.D. to pursue his mission of protecting innocent lives. He later came to Coulson's aid to close a portal to the Fear Dimension but decided not to rejoin S.H.I.E.L.D.

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Michael Peterson was born August 28, 1979. Peterson lived with his wife and his son Ace while working in a factory. After a back injury made him lose his job, his wife abandon

Superpowers may seem like a gift to many, as they can be used to protect the innocent, take down the baddies, “privatize world peace,” and heal the sick. However, for some, the life of a superhero isn’t all that glamorous, seeing that most villains seek to end the existence of their arch-nemesis — and in some comic book timelines, that actually happens.

Then again, some don’t want to be superheroes at all but just good people who choose to do what is right even in the face of overwhelming odds. One of those superheroes is Deathlok from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He wanted nothing more than to be a good father to his son but was nearly crushed under the overwhelming burden of trying and failing to be a superhero.

Before we can dive into Deathlok as a character from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. television show, it’s worth discussing the character’s origin rooted in comic book lore. The reason for diving into the comic book history of Deathlok is because the title of ‘Deathlok’ is actually derived from several different characters from the Marvel Comics Universe.

Admittedly, they’re all scattered across different universes and their respective timelines, having nothing else in common except being turned into cyborgs against their will and sharing the same name. The first Deathlok was Colonel Luther Manning, who appeared in Astonishing Tales #25 in 1974. He was originally conceived as an anti-Captain America, a super soldier whose experiment went terribly wrong and whose remains were repurposed to make a cyborg super soldier.

The second iteration of the character, John Kelly, appeared in Marvel Comics Presents #62 in 1990. He was a Vietnam vet who volunteered for a CIA project called “Deathlok,” which was actually based on reverse-engineered technology from Luther Manning’s body. Unlike the previous version, he was given autonomy, but after he resisted mission objectives, the internal CPU

History

Life's too short to dwell in the past... For us to become the future of mankind, we have to make some tough decisions.

— Deathlok

Early Years

Michael Collins was a computer programmer working for the mysterious and infamous Roxxon Oil Corporation at the conglomerate's branch in the city of Philadelphia. He was hopeful on the accomplishment that his programming for artificial limbs was going to be used to help handicapped people in an act to honor his the memory of his late wife, not knowing that it was actually being used for Cybertek and Hydra's dismantled Project Deathlok. Upon learning about this he complained to his the corporation's then-current president, Donald Roxxon.

A desperate and panicking Donald whose intentions were to further resurrect the project of Hydra for his own intentions, had his men abduct Collins to prevent him from exposing one of Roxxon's deepest secrets to the public, and had his brain removed and placed in