Merge:Deathlok

Deathlok (sometimes also referred to as "The Demolisher") is a cyborg, created by Rich Buckler and Doug Moench. The first Deathlok appeared in Astonishing Tales #25; and several subsequent characters have used the "Deathlok" identity since then.

Versions of Deathlok

 * Col. Luther Manning was the "first" Deathlok, a soldier who, after being near-fatally injured, woke up in the body of the experimental Deathlok cyborg in the post-apocalyptic future. He battled against the evil corporate and military regimes that had taken over the United States, while simultaneously struggling to not lose his humanity. He encountered Spider-Man and Captain America in various time travel storylines; in the latter story, he was able to overthrow the megalomaniac who had taken over the United States. Luther Manning remained in his near-future alternate reality, searching for a purpose in life and unable to disconnect himself from the machine he is a part of. He is set to finally make a return in the Beyond! miniseries.
 * Michael Collins was the first Deathlok to be created in the modern era and also the first to be created for the traditional Marvel Universe; he was an African-American pacifist and family man working for the Roxxon Oil cybernetics corporation, whose brain was transplanted against his will into a robotic killing machine. Although his brain was intended to serve only as a medium for the robot's programming, he was able to assert his will over it (installing a "no-killing parameter" into its programming) and had a brief superheroic career as he desperately searched for his human body, hoping it still existed. This Deathlok's cyborg body first appeared in Marvel Comics Presents #62, and Collins' brain was placed in it in Deathlok (volume 1) #1. The brain connected to this cyborg body in the Marvel Comics Presents story was that of a soldier named John Kelly, whose mind was later transferred into another cyborg body and became the vigilante called Siege. The current status and whereabouts of Siege are unknown, though it has recently been revealed that the Michael Collins Deathlok will be returning in Marvel's Beyond!.
 * Jack Truman was an agent of the international espionage outfit S.H.I.E.L.D. who was transformed into a cyborg to battle the Red Skull. He later swapped his minds into the body of another former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Larry Young. Truman is presumably living a normal human life in Young's body, while Young is presumably still trapped in the Deathlok body.

In other media
A Deathlok feature film is currently in the works by Paramount Pictures. Though no information is currently known about the latest script draft by David Self, previous rumors and scripts suggest that the movie may be using the Luther Manning Deathlok, while adding in some of the personality and background traits of Michael Collins. There is currently no estimated release date. There has also been a Marvel Legends action figure of Deathlok, which is part of the Galactus Series.

The thrash metal band Megadeth's song "Psychotron" from the Countdown to Extinction album is about the character Deathlok.

Deathlok can be summoned to assist Spider-Man or Venom during the later stages of the SNES adaptation of Maximum Carnage. He drops into the center of the screen and fires guns in both directions, hitting all enemies.

Ultimate Marvel
In Ultimate Spider-Man #70 the Ultimates are fighting a person they refer to as Luther Manning. Luther looks like Deathlok and Spider-Man describes him as a 'half-robot half-zombie guy'. Spider-Man takes him out and the Ultimates take him into custody. We learn this in a dream Spider-Man is having, so it might not actually have happened.