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Master Mold
Fictional character in Marvel Comics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Master Mold is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics most commonly appearing as an enemy of the X-Men and the leader of the Sentinel mutant-hunting robots.
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Publication history
Master Mold first appeared in The X-Men #15–16 (Dec. 1965 – Jan. 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.[1]
The character subsequently appears in The Incredible Hulk Annual #7 (1978); X-Factor #13–14 (Feb.–March 1987); Power Pack #36 (April 1988); Marvel Comics Presents #18–24 (May–July 1989); The Uncanny X-Men #246–247 (July–Aug. 1989); The Sensational She-Hulk #30 (Aug. 1991); and Cyclops: Retribution #1 (Jan. 1994).
Master Mold received an entry in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #5.
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Original version
The original version of Master Mold is created by Bolivar Trask. Fearing superhuman mutants such as the X-Men, Trask makes a super-computer in the shape of a giant robot that will control and facilitate the construction of the Sentinels (mechanical warriors programmed to hunt and capture mutants).[2] Master Mold is secretly programmed by the time-traveling Madame Sanctity of the Askani Sisterhood with the mission to find and destroy the Twelve, a group of mutants linked to Apocalypse's rise.[3] Master Mold has Trask captured and decides to take over humanity in a bid to protect them. Trask sacrifices himself to destroy Master Mold and prevent the Sentinels from taking over humanity.[2][4][1]
Second version
Another version of Master Mold possesses Steven Lang's brainwaves. After Project Armageddon, Lang tries to activate Master Mold, which merges the former's mind with it instead. The computer suffers great damage by the Hulk and is seemingly destroyed when the base explodes.[5] However, Master Mold survives and creates the Retribution Virus to wipe out mutant-kind. It blames Cyclops entirely for its "death" as Lang. He hypnotizes and utilizes Moira MacTaggart to unleash the virus, infecting Cyclops, Callisto, and Banshee before MacTaggart breaks free of his grasp. While she attempts to cure the virus, Cyclops and Callisto team with Conscience (another artificial construct developed from Lang's brain engrams) to stop Master Mold and save mutant-kind as well as all humanity, which had become threatened by the virus. Cyclops is weakened from the disease's effects but nearly single-handedly destroys Master Mold before falling unconscious. As Master Mold prepares to kill Cyclops and finish unleashing the virus, he is attacked and destroyed by Banshee. The virus is then cured before it has a chance to spread.[6]
The remains of Master Mold later merge with Nimrod, an advanced Sentinel from the future. Both are forced through the Siege Perilous, causing them to be reborn as the cyborg Bastion.[7][8][2][4][9][10]
Third version
A Master Mold-esque factory is built in secret in the jungles of Ecuador. This particular version builds the Wild Sentinels which are capable of assimilating non-organic materials to assume different shapes, such as an insectoid, as well as a breed of Nano-Sentinels. The Wild Sentinels are taken over by Cassandra Nova to devastate Genosha and attack the X-Men. Following their defeat by Rogue's X-Men team, the Children of the Vault escape and regroup in the factory.[volume & issue needed]
Other versions
In X-Men: Second Coming, X-Force travels to the Days of Future Past timeline where there are two Master Molds, one producing Nimrods and another one protecting the first Master Mold.[volume & issue needed]
Mendel Stromm is approached by a mysterious benefactor involving a Master Mold that specializes in the creation of Tri-Sentinels.[11] Spider-Man takes remote control of the Tri-Sentinels and sends them back to Master Mold to destroy it.[12]
Mother Mold
A new version called Mother Mold is seen in "House of X and Powers of X". Orchis creates a variant designed to create other Master Molds.[13][4] It is later revealed that Mother Mold will be the Sentinel generation that lead directly to the creation of Nimrod.[14][15]
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Capabilities
Dr. Bolivar Trask equipped Master Mold with powerful weaponry and the ability to speak; Master Mold was also mobile so that it could defend itself from mutant attackers or so that it can be relocated easily if Trask had to find a new headquarters. The Steven Lang Master Molds were also capable of self-repair.
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Infinity Warps
Master Mole, a fusion of Master Mold and Mole Man created by the Infinity Gems, appears in Infinity Wars: Infinity Warps #1.[16]
Ultimate Marvel
Two characters based on Master Mold appear in the Ultimate Marvel universe (Earth-1610):
- The first equivalent is an alternate timeline version of Wolverine who was used as a template to create an army of Sentinels before being mercy-killed by the present-day Wolverine and Rogue.[17]
- The second equivalent is a giant Sentinel which houses the consciousness of William Stryker Jr.[18]
Weapon X: Days of Future Now
In the alternate reality of Weapon X: Days of Future Now, one of Madison Jeffries's Boxbots, dubbed "Bot", becomes the new Master Mold and traps Jeffries within its body to harness his powers.[19]
What If?
In What If? Age of Ultron series set in an alternative future, Wolverine, the Hulk, Peter Parker and a Ghost Rider travel to the Savage Land to confront Ezekiel Stane using Master Mold to reproduce Iron Man armors. Stane uses an unnamed girl, described as an orphan, the sole remaining Trask descendant, and referred to only as 'Ms. Trask', to operate Master Mold that had apparently been left behind in the Savage Land. Seeking to unleash a wave of the armors upon the world, Stane is stopped and Master Mold destroyed.[20]
X-Factor Forever
In X-Factor Forever Master Mold, Master Mold is bonded to Cameron Hodge by Apocalypse to form Master Meld.[21]
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Television
- Master Mold appears in X-Men: The Animated Series, voiced by David Fox in the first season and Nigel Bennett in the fourth season.[22] This version was created by Bolivar Trask and Henry Gyrich. He usurps the two and kidnaps various world leaders in an attempt to replace their brains with computers and bring them under his control, only to be foiled by Professor X and Magneto and destroyed by Morph. In the possible dystopian future, the Sentinel takes over Earth, places mutants in concentration camps, and has Nimrod as an extension/enforcer.
- Several variants of Master Mold appear in X-Men '97. A lobotomized version was constructed in the Sahara until it is destroyed by the X-Men. Bastion utilizes a version resembling the Wild Sentinel to attack Genosha.
- Master Mold appears in Wolverine and the X-Men, voiced by Gwendoline Yeo.[22] This version was developed for the Mutant Response Division and resembles Danger in a dystopian future (that's later erased from existence) where mutants are captured with a cyborg warden as an enforcer.
Video games
- Master Mold appears in a boss in Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge.
- Master Mold appears as a background character in X-Men: Children of the Atom.
- Master Mold appears in X-Men 2: Clone Wars.
- Master Mold appears in X-Men Legends. This version is a giant Sentinel piloted by anti-mutant extremist William Kincaid.
- Master Mold appears in X-Men: The Official Game. This version was created by William Stryker and Hydra.
- Master Mold appears as the final boss of The Uncanny X-Men - Days of Future Past.
- Master Mold appears as a boss in Marvel: Future Fight.
- Master Mold appears in Marvel Snap.[23]
- Master Mold appears in Marvel Cosmic Invasion, voiced by James C. Mathis III.[22]
Miscellaneous
Master Mold appears in Wolverine: The Lost Trail.
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