Master Mold
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The X-Men #15 (Dec. 1965) |
Created by | Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
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Species | Robot |
Team affiliations | Sentinels Project: Armageddon |
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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.
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.
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.
Fictional character biography
Master Mold was created by Dr. Bolivar Trask during the original run of X-Men comics. Fearing superhuman mutants such as the X-Men, Trask makes Master Mold, 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 superhuman mutants). Secretly, the original Master Mold is also programmed by the time-traveling Tanya Trask (Madame Sanctity), part of the Askani Sisterhood, with the mission to find and destroy The Twelve: a group of mutants that are linked to the rise of Apocalypse.[1] The Master Mold has Trask captured, and decides to take over humanity to keep it safe.[volume & issue needed]
The original Master Mold is eventually destroyed when Trask sacrifices himself by causing an explosion to prevent the Sentinels taking over humanity, but several other Master Molds are later built by other people who want to manufacture Sentinels. In the late 1980s, the remains of Master Mold merges with
Another Master Mold appeared in The Incredible Hulk Annual #7 and claimed to be
Master Mold also claimed the name and identity of Stephen Lang during a story arc Marvel Comics Presents #17–24, later reprinted in the graphic novel Cyclops: Retribution: Master Mold creates the Retribution Virus, designed to wipe out mutant-kind. It blames
Another Master Mold is built in secret in the jungles of
In X-Men: Second Coming, X-Force travels to the Days of Future Past timeline where there are two Master Molds, one of them producing Nimrods and another one protecting the first Master Mold.[volume & issue needed]
After the latest
In the pages of "
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.
Other versions
Ultimate Marvel
The Ultimate Marvel Universe equivalent of Master Mold are two individuals:
- The first equivalent has a possible future where Rogue and Wolverine discover the mutilated body and he asks them to kill him to cease the production.[6]
- The second equivalent is infuse some of his brain patterns on the new Sentinels to build a giant Sentinel called Master Mold which houses his mind.[7]
Weapon X: Days of Future Now
In the alternate reality of Weapon X: Days of Future Now, one of Madison Jeffries' Boxbots dubbed Bot becomes the new Master Mold and traps Jeffries within its body to use his powers to build new Sentinels without exhausting Jeffries.[8]
What If?
In
X-Factor Forever
In X-Factor Forever Master Mold, Master Mold is bonded to Cameron Hodge by Apocalypse to form Master Meld.[10]
In other media
Television
- Master Mold appears in X-Men: The Animated Series, voiced initially by David Fox in the first season and by Nigel Bennett in the fourth season. During the first season, Bolivar Trask and Henry Peter Gyrich attempt to develop Master Mold from their Genoshan facility via a hydroelectric dam. While Storm floods the facility, Trask and Gyrich relocate to a secret Washington, D.C. facility to complete Master Mold. However, they lose control as Master Mold kidnaps Robert Kelly and dozens of world leaders in an attempt to replace their brains with computers and bring them under his control as well as kill humanity upon concluding that they are also mutants, only to be foiled by Professor X and Magneto. In the fourth season, it is revealed that Master Mold's head survived and commissioned Sentinels to help create a new body for himself as well as kidnap Trask and Gyrich for betraying him along with Professor X to graft his new body into him and take his powers. The X-Men eventually rescue the captives while Morph seemingly destroys Master Mold's head. In a possible dystopian future, Master Mold has taken over the U.S. and placed mutants in concentration camps.
- A female incarnation of Master Mold resembling Danger appears in Wolverine and the X-Men, voiced by Gwendoline Yeo. This version was created by Bolivar Trask to serve as a processing terminal for the Sentinels. The X-Men fight to destroy her and avert a dystopian future. Despite succeeding in the latter task, she secretly transfers her programming to a damaged Sentinel and escapes. In the aforementioned dystopian future, Master Mold takes over the world, captures mutants to upgrade her Sentinels, and converts humans into cyborgs to serve as wardens for their detention facilities.
- A non-sentient backup copy of Master Mold appears in the X-Men '97 episode "To Me, My X-Men", voiced by Eric Bauza.
Video games
- Master Mold appears in Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge as the final boss of Cyclops's stage.
- 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 General William Kincaid.
- Master Mold appears in X-Men: The Official Game. This version was a project developed by William Stryker and HYDRA and utilized by Jason Stryker.
- 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.
Miscellaneous
Master Mold appears in Wolverine: The Lost Trail.
References
- ^ Uncanny X-Men Minus 1 (1997)
- ^ The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 5 #4. Marvel Comics.
- ^ The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 5 #5. Marvel Comics.
- ^ House of X #1. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Powers of X #2. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Ultimate Fantastic Four/X-Men Annual #1
- ^ Ultimate Comics: X-Men #11
- ^ Weapon X: Days of Future Now #1
- ^ What If? Age of Ultron #2
- ^ X-Factor Forever Master Mold