Reptil
Reptil is a male comic character that features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Humberto Lopez
His parents were noted to had been palaeontologists where he accompanied them during their digs and looked at the various fossils they had uncovered. On one such expedition, he found a piece of crystallized bone when a rockslide had started and his powers from the mystical relic first activated allowing him to run to escape the disaster. A year ago, his parents were on another dig when they vanished and believed dead leading to Humberto staying with his grandfather. Lopez intended to become a superhero with his newfound abilities so he could search for his parents as he believed they were still alive. (Avengers: The Initiative Featuring Reptil v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He claimed that the name Reptil had been trademarked by his grandfather. (Avengers: The Initiative Featuring Reptil v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
This piece of crystallized bone fragment allowed him to take on the abilities of different dinosaurs just by thinking about them. He could generate spikes on his back, grow wings to flow, change his legs to a raptors to run faster, grow claws or change his eyes to that of an Archaeopteryx for improved vision. The amulet glowed when he used it generated a weird form of energy that could not be identified. Initially, he could only shift one body part at a time and could not achieve full transformation into a dinosaur. Similar to other superhumans, he had a strong constitution allowing him to withstand injuries and survive attacks that normally killed an ordinary human being. Another talent he had was a form of empathy with dinosaurs where he could understand them but he was not able to control their behaviour. (Avengers: The Initiative Featuring Reptil v1 #1)
The fossilised amulet was supernatural in nature and made use of magic with it serving as a catalyst for his powers. (Avengers Academy v1 #6) It was created by the Hag of the Pits to empower her champion by giving them the strength to turn any of the prehistoric creatures on Dinosaur World. As the chosen one, he was expected to champion the creatures and protect their world at the cost of his own life. (Avengers Academy v1 #36)
Notes
- Reptil was created by Christos N. Gage and Steve Uy where he made his first appearance in Avengers: The Initiative Featuring Reptil v1 #1 (May, 2009).
In other media
Television
Video games
Appearances
- Avengers Academy:
- Avengers Arena:
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