Alton Vibereaux (Earth-616)

Alton Vibreaux was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. When he become a geologist, Alton was hired by Franklin Fortney to take some measurements of a deep trench right above the San Andreas Fault. When he fell into the Fault while testing an experimental machine, he was believed to have died. Instead, he received superhuman seismic abilities, but was horribly disfigured. He searched for vengeance on Fortney, believing that it was his fault that the accident happened to him. Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes, who had taken up the Iron Man mantle at that time, fought him and prevented him from killing Fortney.^[3]

He battled Rhodes again, but was defeated this time by Tony Stark, who was wearing the original Iron Man armor.^[4]

He tried to escape the Vault along with the Griffin, but was defeated again, this time by Falcon and Nomad.^[5]

Some time later he caused a massive earthquake in Los Angeles, but was stopped by the Avengers West Coast, and later battled the original Iron Man again.^[6]

Vibro was killed and resurrected by the Hand to join an assault against the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, destroying it. After the assault, Vibro was gravely wounded by Wolverine as were most of the super-villains and heroes the Hand were using in the attack.^[7]

Later, Mandarin upgraded and used him in his plan to finish Iron Man, as well as many other villains of the armored Avenger.^[8]

The Black Spectre approached Vibro and Sarnak with a plan to drive Manhattan insane by resonating Sarnak's music through the bedrock. He battled Hunter's Moon in the tunnels they dug for the project. Hunter's Moon was possessed by the spirit of the first Fist of Khonshu and beat Vibro into a coma. He and Moon Knight used sweat from Leonard Hawley to enter Vibro's mind for information. They encountered the last remaining vestige of Viberaux's goodness, who informed them of the Spectre's plan. As they left, they encouraged him to take back control of his mind.^[9]

Attributes

Power Grid^[12]

Powers

Vibration Generation: Vibro has the ability to generate high-level seismic vibrations and fire them from his hands as vibratory or concussive force, causing shockwaves, opening chasms, and/or generating earthquakes. He can also tunnel through the Earth at great speeds.^[10]
- Flight: He also has the ability to thrust his vibratory force emissions for subsonic flight.^[10]
- Force Field: Vibro can generate shields of vibratory force around himself to redirect bullets and other attacks.^[10]
Superhuman Durability: Vibro is immune to vibrations and can survive beneath the Earth's crust regardless of heat and other environmental factors.^[10]

Abilities

Gifted Intellect: Vibereaux was a talented engineer with extensive seismographical knowledge.^[10]

Weaknesses

Vibro's powers were dependent on pre-existing seismic instability, although the upgrades performed by Stane removed such limitation.

Links and References

References

[Wolverine_Vol_3_26-1] Wolverine (Vol. 3) #26

[Wolverine_Vol_3_27-2] Wolverine (Vol. 3) #27

[Iron_Man_Vol_1_186-187-3] Iron Man #186–187

[Iron_Man_Vol_1_191-4] Iron Man #191

[Captain_America_Vol_1_340-5] Captain America #340

[Avengers_West_Coast_Vol_1_58-6] Avengers: West Coast #58

[Wolverine_Vol_3_26-27-7] Wolverine (Vol. 3) #26–27

[Invincible_Iron_Man_Vol_1_513-8] Invincible Iron Man #513

[Moon_Knight_Vol_9_26-27-9] Moon Knight (Vol. 9) #26–27

[Iron_Manual_Mark_3_Vol_1_1-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 Iron Manual Mark 3 #1

[11] Iron Manual Mark 3 #1

[12] Iron Manual Mark 3 Vol 1 1

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