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| Professor Mendel Stromm | |
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 Mendel Stromm as depicted inCivil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #3 (August 2016). Art byTravel Foreman. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Amazing Spider-Man #37 (June 1966) |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Steve Ditko (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Humancyborg |
| Team affiliations | Oscorp,Empire State University |
| Notable aliases | Robot Master Gaunt |
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Professor Mendel Stromm is asupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character has also been known as theRobot Master andGaunt.
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Stromm first appeared inThe Amazing Spider-Man #37 (June 1966), and was created byStan Lee andSteve Ditko.[1]
Professor Mendel Stromm wasNorman Osborn's college professor atEmpire State University and later became a partner inOscorp Industries. His early research was on a chemical that would provide enhanced strength in its test subjects and would eventually turn Osborn into theGreen Goblin.[2] Osborn, wanting the formula for himself, discovered that Stromm had been embezzling funds from Oscorp. Stromm explained that he was merely borrowing them, but Osborn turned him over to the police. After several years in prison, Stromm was released and tried to kill Osborn for revenge using deadly robots. He was stopped bySpider-Man and seemingly died of a heart attack when he was nearly shot.[3][4]
Stromm had made plans for his death, however, by arranging to have his Spirit transferred to a robot double. Now calling himself "the Robot Master", Stromm returned inSpectacular Spider-Man #68 (1982). Spider-Man defeated and destroyed the robot double.[5]
InSpectacular Spider-Man #233 (1996), Stromm returned again, this time as a cyborg called Gaunt.[4] It was revealed that he survived through a cybernetic suit fused to his body by Osborn.[6] Osborn had discovered that Stromm had survived his heart attack thanks to the Goblin Formula, but on a level of consciousness supported only by his suit. Eventually, via Seward Trainer, he was cured of his need for the suit and came back in a large suit of robotic armor,[7] only for it to be destroyed byBen Reilly and Peter Parker, despite Stromm's attempt to defeat them both with two flying robots and three childlike androids attacking simultaneously.[8] Shortly afterward, Norman Osborn knocked him out with a laser blast and left him for dead, though he survived and only had amnesia.[9] He came back in yet another robot suit, only to be stopped by Spider-Man once again.[10]
InPeter Parker: Spider-Man #27 (2001), Stromm tried to create asentient robot to kill Osborn, but it turned on him and destroyed his body, keeping his severed head alive. This artificial intelligence then attempted to take overNew York City's electrical grid, but was stopped when Spider-Man fought his way into itscore processor and uploaded a virus into it, rendering the A.I. and Mendel comatose.[11]
InPenance: Relentless (2007), it is revealed that Spider-Man tippedS.H.I.E.L.D. off to Stromm's whereabouts, allowing them to rescue him from the suspended loop. He eagerly registered as part of the Initiative. Later,Penance goesAWOL on theThunderbolts and stages an assault on Stromm's home, threatening to kill him unless Stromm tells him how to activate nuclear launch codes Penance has stolen in a bid to getNitro deported fromLatveria.[12]
InCivil War II, Mendel Stromm meetsClash at the henchman bar Moynihan's Social Club during itshappy hour. He gives Clash an offer to work for him in his plan to get revenge onHarry Osborn. However, they are both defeated by Spider-Man.[13]
Mendel Stromm later obtained aTri-Sentinel from the bunker of the bankrupt Life Foundation, where it faced an Isotope Genome Accelerator duplicate of Spider-Man. After it was defeated, Stromm broke down in tears. Stromm is then approached byKindred, who gives him aMaster Mold that specializes in creating Tri-Sentinels.[14] After Spider-Man defeats the Tri-Sentinels, Stromm is confronted by Kindred, who states that his usefulness has ended and kills him.[15][4]
Mendel Stromm possesses extensive knowledge of chemistry and robotics, as well as cybernetic enhancements that give him the ability to fly, generate energy blasts, and manipulate technology.[16][17]
An alternate universe variant of Mendel Stromm from theBattleworld domain of Arachnia appears inSecret Wars as one of several scientists attempting to decipher the Web of Life and Destiny.[18]
Wardell Stromm appears in theSpider-Man (1994) episode "Enter the Green Goblin", voiced byPhilip Abbott.[19] He isNorman Osborn's assistant and one of the few who knows ofOscorp's connections to theKingpin.
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