Doctor Stasis
Doctor Stasis is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
After Essex was altered by Apocalypse, he gained superhuman abilities where he turned against his 'master'. In 1895, Essex returned to Milbury House to continue his experiments, reassuming his ordinary and frail human persona. He had lost control of his condition as Sinister and developed a split personality of a more feral 'Mister Sinister'. Following an outing into the streets of London he was found at the scene naked and battered but with no memory of the attack. The mutant shapeshifter Raven Darkhölme, under the disguise of Sherlock Holmes, and her partner, the clairvoyant Irene Adler, approached him to investigate the incidents. Darkhölme lured him by masquerading as a potential victim, and he escaped across the rooftops to his home. Darkhölme and Adler followed him to witness him turn back into his frail sickly form. Essex revealed to them that his condition was deteriorating, but he was determined to survive to see not only the 20th but also the 21st century, when machines were expected to become the dominant beings on the planet. He envisioned four possible routes that could be explored as a solution to the ascension of the artificial intelligence: the potential of mankind itself, the wonders of space beyond the stars, the mystical knowledge beyond the understanding of machine mind, and the Essex-men themselves. Darkhölme and Adler had him arrested and sent away to Bedlam where overnight he was murdered. Adler returned to his home and discovered four broken cloning tanks, each with a playing card suit. A voice recording by Essex declared that going the way of survival of the fittest would allow him to become immortal. (Immortal X-Men v1 #8) Essex had created four separate clones marked with different playing card suits, none of whom had knowledge of the others and each of whom believed themselves the original Essex, with no knowledge of his death in Bedlam. The clone of diamonds continued to operate as Mister Sinister, further pursuing his knowledge of mutant genetics. The clone of clubs resurfaced over a century later in New York City, operating as Doctor Stasis. (X-Men v6 #12)
Throwing himself into the world of science, Stasis was present during many breakthroughs in the creation of superhumans through science. He first witnessed the creation of Captain America and it was during this time he learned he was a clone when he witnessed Mister Sinister working for the U.S. government. (X-Men: Before The Fall - Sinister Four v1 #1) Stasis also aided Bella Pagan in the early work with creating the Children of the Vault and left himself a back door in them for future use. (Rise of the Powers of X v1 #1) He was on hand for the genesis of the Hulk and witnessed him saving Rick Jones in the unforgiving desert landscape. Undeterred by the unusual twists of fate, Doctor Stasis remained a constant presence in the unfolding tapestry of superhuman origins. His watchful eyes were there when Spider-Man, in a moment destined for history, was bitten by the radioactive spider, forever altering the course of the web-slinger's destiny. (X-Men: Before The Fall - Sinister Four v1 #1)
He set up a base deep underneath New Jersey, where he conducted his experiments. (X-Men v6 #12) In this time, he began creating highly intelligent animal chimeras as servants, whom he would repeatedly kill for their failures before bringing them back to life. (X-Men v6 #11) Stasis would spend each evening eating dinner in the company of clones of his late wife Rebecca and son Adam, killing them once the dinner was over or when they failed to meet his expectations. (X-Men v6 #23) By this point, he came to be the mysterious chairman of the Oblivion Institute. (X-Men v6 #2) He also came to be aware of a fellow Essex clone named Orbis Stellaris where the two began to start to work together. (X-Men: Before The Fall - Sinister Four v1 #1) At some point, he joined the ranks of the Orchis organization where he served as the director of Sixth Petal governing Human/Resources. (X-Men v6 #9)
House of X
The emergence of Krakoa was deemed by Doctor Stasis to be a dangerous tumor on the world where it would bring about the death of humanity. Thus, he was resolved to prevent his by cutting it out. (X-Men v6 #1) He came to join the ranks of Orchis that had arise to oppose the collective threat posed by Mutants. During this time, the organizations Mother Mold facility was attacked by the X-Men who critically damaged the site. A number of the Mutants were killed where their bodies were taken and sent over to Doctor Stasis. However, those Mutants killed seemingly re-emerged back on Krakoa with no sign that they had been killed. Thus, Doctor Stasis studied the Mutant remains in order to find how the Mutants had achieved this feat of resurrection. (X-Men v6 #2) To combat the threat of Krakoa, Doctor Stasis believed he needed to learn the secret of Mutants resurrecting their own from death. (X-Men v6 #1) Doctor Stasis had developed a hypothesis that he looked to test the nature behind the resurrection process of the Krakoans. (X-Men v6 #2)
Fall of the House of X
Overview
Personality and attributes
Similar to the other Essex clones, he was based on one of the four card suites with Stasis adopting that of the club. (X-Men v6 #12)
According to him, humanity was born to die and he worked for the betterment of all mankind. He longed to overcome the fragile 'shells' that humans found themselves trapped in. To achieve that end, he looked to establish new thresholds for what the human body could survive. Thus, he looked to see how much pain these 'shells' could endure in order to strive. as such, he was not above having humans killed in brutal experiments in order to achieve his desired results. Doctor Stasis felt that if mankind did not adapt to these challenges then they would face extinction. (X-Men v6 #1)
Stasis had a burning hatred of mutants, whom he sees as a cancer upon humanity. (X-Men v6 #11)
Ultimately, he had no intentions to die at all as he had a long term goal to achieve his goals. He believed that even if he lived for millennia that such a lifespan would not satisfy him as there was simply too much to discover and accomplish. Doctor Stasis believed himself to be underappreciated despite labouring for so long with him being eclipsed by 'inferior', something he felt was demoralising. Despite that, he continued to persevere as he felt that it was something he most do. (X-Men v6 #1)
Doctor Stasis claimed that he loved to read autopsy reports. (X-Men v6 #2)
He was said to not like cream sauce. (X-Men v6 #2)
Doctor Stasis liked to say "Tomorrow is a new opportunity to be perfect", whenever things went wrong. (X-Men v6 #2)
These dinners involved his 'wife' and 'son' waiting to eat with him as a loving 'family'. However, he tended not to be happy with them and would kill them with a programmed trigger in them. Once killed, their bodies were recycled by his minions and he continued making new copies later on. (X-Men v6 #2)
One of his creations was a white tiger hybrid that he named Bornan. (X-Men v6 #2)
Powers and abilities
Doctor Stasis was a genetically engineered clone of the original Nathaniel Essex. (Immortal X-Men v1 #8)
The mask he wore fully covered his head and protected him from telepathic interference. (X-Men v6 #11)
These creations were a hybrid fusion of animal and humans with traits from both. (X-Men v6 #2)
He was shown to had managed an organization known as the Oblivion Institute. (X-Men v6 #1)
At some point, he came to join the ranks of the Orchis organization. He came to be assigned to the position of Human/Resources Director and managed that 'Petal' in Orchis. (X-Men v6 #2)
One of his bases of operation was a secret facility located deep underground in a part of New Jersey. (X-Men v6 #1)
Notes
- Doctor Stasis was created by Gerry Duggan and Pepe Larraz where he made his first appearance in X-Men v6 #1 (July, 2021).
- The character was based on Mister Sinister who was created by Chris Claremont and Marc Silvestri.
Alternate Versions
Appearances
- X-Men v6: (2021)
- Immortal X-Men v1:
- X-Men: Before The Fall - Sinister Four v1: (2023)
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