Geldoff

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Geldoff
Geldoff. Art by Mark Bagley.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Ultimate Spider-Man #40 (July 2003)
Created by	Brian Michael Bendis Mark Bagley
In-story information
Alter ego	Geldoff
Species	Human mutate
Notable aliases	Proton
Abilities	Ability to generate and discharge explosive energy balls

Geldoff is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in the Ultimate Marvel Universe's Ultimate Spider-Man #40 (July 2003) written by Brian Michael Bendis with art from Mark Bagley. Geldoff was brought to Earth-616 by Dan Slott and Christos N. Gage in Avengers: The Initiative #8 (February 2008), where he was given the code name, Proton.

Geldoff was a Latverian orphan, he was adopted by an American couple and moved to New York, and studied at Queens.

Fictional character biography

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Geldoff was a

Spider-Man again tried to make Geldoff realize how irresponsible he had been. Spider-Man tried to convince him to use his abilities to help people, but Geldoff could not see why. When Spider-Man paused to foil a robbery in a shop below, Geldoff blew up a vehicle outside the shop, injuring those inside. Geldoff believed he had performed a good deed, and was shocked when an enraged Spider-Man attacked him. Geldoff angrily threatened to use his powers directly on the hero, but was interrupted by the arrival of the X-Men. Confronted by the mutants, Geldoff fainted.

Geldoff was taken back to their

Geldoff can generate and discharge explosive energy balls. How this power affects living tissue is unknown, as he has yet to use it on anything organic. Geldoff himself seems immune to the energy.[2]

Other versions

Earth-616

Geldoff was introduced into

Making his first appearance outside Avengers The Initiative, Proton is shown fighting a Skrull invasion of New York City in Secret Invasion #3. He is one of the characters killed during this issue, a scene later repeated in Avengers: the Initiative #16. Secret Invasion lead writer Brian Michael Bendis commented on the death of Proton by saying that he had asked Dan Slott which character he could kill off, and stated that Slott had built characters for this exact purpose.^[4]

Inhuman

Another alternate version of Geldoff named Geldhoff (also created by Brian Michael Bendis) later appears during