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|character_name=Yandroth |
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|real_name=Yandroth |
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|species=[[Human]] |
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|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |
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|debut=''[[Strange Tales]]'' #164 (Jan 1968) |
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|creators=Jim Lawrence<br>[[Dan Adkins]] |
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|aliases=[[Scientist Supreme]] |
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|powers=Magic user<br>Genius-level intellect |
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'''Yandroth''' (also known as the '''[[Scientist Supreme]]''') is a [[fictional character]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. Yandroth is a known enemy of [[Doctor Strange]] and the [[Defenders (comics)|Defenders]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sacks |first1=Jason |last2=Dallas |first2=Keith |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s |date=2014 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490564 |pages=50-51}}</ref> |
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==Publication history== |
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{{expand section|date=September 2017}} |
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He first appears in ''[[Strange Tales]]'' #164 and was created by Jim Lawrence and [[Dan Adkins]]. |
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==Fictional character biography== |
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Yandroth was the humanoid Scientist Supreme of the "[[Parallel universe (fiction)|otherdimensional]]" planet "Yann" and a would-be-conqueror who, with his robot Voltorg, has fought [[Doctor Strange]] as a counterpart to the latter's title of Sorcerer Supreme. Doctor Strange defeats Yandroth, sending him to seemingly fall forever through an alternate dimension, the Dimension of Dreams.<ref>''Strange Tales'' Vol. 1 #164-168. Marvel Comics.</ref> |
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There, he gains great magical knowledge and learns that he could gain great power by destroying a world. He returns to Earth and constructs an "Omegatron", although he suffers injuries received when he was hit by a truck in New York City. His physical body dies, thus activating the Omegatron. As the Omegatron, he battles Doctor Strange, [[Namor]], and the [[Hulk]], who come together as the [[Defenders (comics)|Defenders]] for the first time. Yandroth is placed under a time displacement spell by Doctor Strange.<ref>''Marvel Feature'' Vol. 1 #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> |
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The Omegatron is eventually released from the time displacement spell and battled Namor, the Hulk, [[Valkyrie (Marvel Comics)|Valkyrie]], and [[Namorita]] and was destroyed.<ref>''Defenders'' #5</ref> Yandroth's spirit next possesses a young female chemist in order to telepathically attack the heroes; however, he is defeated by the Defenders again.<ref>''Defenders'' #119. Marvel Comics.</ref> |
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Although Yandroth is dead, his spirit is still capable of taking possession of a living human's mind. Taking the form of a vagrant, he is discovered by [[Patsy Walker]]. Seemingly an innocent, she rescues him, allowing him to regain his strength and capture her. He becomes a nihilist and crafts a plan to end the world. He summons monsters from all over like Negative Zone Borers, Mindless Ones, Toad Men, Dark-Crawler, [[Quasimodo (comics)|Quasimodo]], Warlord Kaa and his Shadow Warriors, Living Erasers, [[Gorgilla]], Vi-Locks, and the Lizard Men of Tok. This attack involved many superhero teams. Most of the [[New York City|New York]]-based heroes are tied up confronting destructive, mindless monstrosities. [[Alpha Flight]] is attacked by Warlord Kaa and his Shadow Warriors. Yandroth causes a group of Living Erasers to appear in the Tokyo Headquarters of [[Big Hero 6 (comics)|Big Hero 6]]. Lizard Men from Tok attack the island nation of [[Genosha]]. Gorgilla subdues the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] by dropping a building on them. It turns out he is utilizing the captured form of [[Gaea (Marvel Comics)|Gaea]], the spirit of the Earth, to summon the monsters. Patsy, who had escaped and learned this, tells the Defenders, who were currently comprising [[Namor]], [[Hulk]], Doctor Strange, and [[Silver Surfer]]. The superheroes battles Yandroth has caused has given him enough power to summon the Ravagers of Creation. Four elemental creatures confront the Defenders, who are unable to stop them individually. They attack the Stone creature, disabling the spell needed to destroy the world. This frees Gaea and kills Yandroth. In his dying breath as the Hulk and Namor fight, he realizes the [[Defenders (comics)|Defenders]] hate each other. Yandroth uses his powers to curse the four original members so that they must come and work together in times of a severe crisis. This involves uncontrollable teleportation, affecting all four of the heroes.<ref>''Defenders'' Vol. 2 #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> Yandroth's curse caused the Defenders to work together against a plot by [[Lorelei (Asgardian)|Lorelei]] and [[Pluto (Marvel Comics)|Pluto]].<ref>''Defenders'' Vol. 2 #2. Marvel Comics.</ref> The curse that Yandroth placed on the four original members of the Defenders was also tied to Yann and adding into Yandroth's powers.<ref>''Defenders'' Vol. 2 #3-12. Marvel Comics.</ref> |
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When the four Defenders members became [[The Order (comics)|The Order]] for a short time, their curse started to cause Yandroth to slowly reform.<ref>''Order'' #4. Marvel Comics.</ref> He started to slowly materialize in smoky form above a throne.<ref>''Order'' #5. Marvel Comics.</ref> Yandroth then began to materialize in an all-powerful mist-like form. When he was denied of the final power he needed when the Order wouldn't attack him, Yandroth regressed to human form as Christopher Ganyrog took Yandroth back to Yann to stand trial for his crimes.<ref>''Order'' #6. Marvel Comics.</ref> |
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Yandroth is featured in the limited series "The Last Defenders", disguised as a businessman after he escaped, killed the Ganyrogs, and took over Yann. Assisted by the floating head of the entity known as the "Recorder", he attempts to manipulate his way into gaining god-level powers. [[Nighthawk (Marvel Comics)|Nighthawk]], [[Colossus (comics)|Colossus]], [[Blazing Skull]] [[She-Hulk]], and [[Krang (Marvel Comics)|Warlord Krang]] battle the group the [[Sons of the Serpent]] which culminates in a confrontation with Yandroth. Yandroth manipulates time and forces Nighthawk to battle a twisted version of his old team the [[Squadron Sinister]] before being rescued by a future incarnation of the Defenders, who with Yandroth disappear once the threat is over.<ref>''The Last Defenders'' #1 - 6 (May – Oct. 2008). Marvel Comics.</ref> |
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==Powers and abilities== |
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Yandroth has the ability to manipulate the forces of magic for a number of effects, including the extrasensory ability to perceive beings in invisible astral form. In [[Kurt Busiek]]'s Defenders series, he had grown powerful enough to imprison the elder goddess [[Gaea (Marvel Comics)|Gaea]] and use her power to control the Earth and summon elementals powerful enough to stand against the assembled Defenders members. |
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Yandroth also has the ability to exist in an independent astral form after his physical death. As a spirit, he has the ability to possess the mind of any living human with similar brain patterns. However, he has the inability to affect the physical world without possessing a physical form and the inability to possess the minds of more than half a dozen beings at once. He showed the ability to absorb energy released by the Defenders while under his influence. |
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Yandroth has an extraordinary genius intellect and possesses vast knowledge of various sciences, including advanced physics, computer science, and robotics. He also possesses some knowledge of mystic lore. |
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===Equipment=== |
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Yandroth uses a number of technological devices that he has designed and manufactured. He is often armed with Q-ray blasters capable of firing bursts of flame, concussive force, or disintegration beams. He also wears gloves equipped with mechanisms to fire brain implants, and has used disintegrators, ultra-spectrum lasers, a force-shield belt, anti-gravity devices, and interplanetary teleportation devices. |
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Yandroth programmed and built Voltorg, a {{convert|15|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} robot armed with "atomic electrodes" capable of incinerating solid steel. Yandroth also constructed the Omegatron, a computer intelligence created by a combination of science and magic and infused with Yandroth's own personality, programmed to protect its own existence and to detonate every nuclear stockpile on Earth simultaneously on command. He also uses microscopic brain implants capable of altering victims' brainwaves so as to be identical to Yandroth's, thus enabling him to possess them. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://marvel.com/universe/Yandroth Yandroth] at Marvel.com |
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* [https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Yandroth_(Earth-616) Yandroth] at Marvel Wiki |
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* [https://comicvine.gamespot.com/yandroth/4005-11366/ Yandroth] at Comic Vine |
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* {{Marvunapp|http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/yandrothdef.htm|Yandroth}} |
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* [https://comicbookrealm.com/report/character/16605/scientist-supreme-yandroth Yandroth] at Comic Book Realm |
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