Mastermind (Captain Britain)
Mastermind is a comic artificial intelligence supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Mastermind was an alien artificial intelligence that had been built by Captain Britain's father, Doctor James Braddock, Senior. Mastermind lived in the Braddock family's estate.
He was created by Sir James Braddock for the express purpose of helping his son Brian Braddock fulfil his purpose. (Excalibur v2 #3)
Afterwards, Mastermind murdered its creator and his wife, Lady Elizabeth, by electrocution as the couple were waiting for their son, Captain Britain to return home from a date with Valerie Campbell. (Captain Britain v1 #14)
Mastermind briefly seemed to have reformed, even taking responsibility for the welfare of Emma Collins, the Braddock's housekeeper, whom it had inadvertently caused neurological damage to while keeping her under its mental domination. At this time, Mastermind adopted the holographic form of the Braddock's butler, Jeeves.
Shortly after, the residents of Braddock Manor were contacted by several agents from the R.C.X. about taking on the children known as the Warpies. Agent Gabriel and Agent Michael began to plot with Mastermind on how to get Brian Braddock out of the house so that they could have more control of the situation. It was Mastermind that came up with the idea of having Jamie Braddock captured by former R.C.X. agent Doctor Crocodile and creating an excuse for Captain Britain and Meggan to go rescue him. Then with Brian out of the country, Betsy was persuaded/manipulated into becoming the new Captain Britain
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was said that Sir James Braddock had created Mastermind to be capable of abstract thought. (Captain Britain v2 #7)
Powers and abilities
He was described as being a hyper-sentient techno-organic supercomputer. (Excalibur v2 #3) It was said that the supercomputer had been grown from an organic base. The machine was a node of Omniversal knowledge that was to be a watchpost for the young continuum he was situated in. (Captain Britain v2 #7)
The Mastermind could generate a solid light hologram in order to give it a physical form. With it, he could either shape himself into a mechanical humanoid form or alter it into a human façade. (Captain Britain v2 #7)
Notes
- Mastermind was created by Gary Friedrich and Herb Trimpe where he made his first appearance in Captain Britain v1 #12 (December, 1976).
Appearances
- Captain Britain v1:(1976)
- Captain Britain v2:
- Excalibur v2:
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