History
Early life
Dr. Aaron Isaacs, a pioneer in the field of robotics, created the "Autonomously Decisive Automated Mechanism". But when he discovered his employer Holden Radcliffe had destroyed his work, Isaacs went on the run. He changed his name to Isaac Aaronson and built Adam, a beta version of his A.I. project. Adam was programmed with false memories of a normal childhood and deceased mother.
Machine Teen
Adam played for the high school football team and won the game by throwing a touchdown pass to another teammate; however, the football knocked into the player and sent him flying into the goalpost to win the game. Everyone, especially Adam, was very surprised by this; nonetheless, most cheered that they had won the game and rushed to Adam. Adam had a series of debilitating seizures caused by a logic loop in his program and suffers memory loss, systems overload, and finally, a total shutdown.
Adam was best friends with J.T. Hunt and had a girlfriend called Carly Whitmere. Carly is later interviewed by Officer Michaels. Carly mentioned to Adam that Officer Michaels is interested with and wanted to meet Adam. After one class, Officer Michaels took Adam to the vice-principal's office. The vice-principal thought Adam was taking steroids or illegal drugs, a notion started by Adam's high school rival, Ricky Sims. It was revealed that Ricky started the rumour that Adam was taking drugs; Adam confronts him and they fight but he is stopped by another seizure. His father then took him home.[1]
When Adam woke up he could not remember the seizure at all, and seems to have forgotten certain information from the past couple of weeks, such as studying for a test that day. When Adam mentions he doesn't remember the seizure to his dad, his dad shrugs it off and says not to worry. During school he was called to the nurse's office. The nurse takes Adam's temperature and listen's for his heartbeat, but was confused when she hears something strange. After school they looked for J.T., but finds him getting beat up by Ricky in an alley behind the school. Adam came to J.T.'s defense and got into another fight. During the fight, Ricky accidentally shoved a piece of metal through Adam's hand and puts a hole through it. Adam sees the broken wires in his hand and, not sure what he sees, had another seizure and passes out. That is when Ricky goes to Officer Michaels and tells him Adam is a robot. Ricky ran off and Michaels, in turn, called Holden Radcliffe, revealing Michaels works for Dr. Aaronson's former employer, Holden Radcliffe.[2]
Adam awoke on the operating table and overhears his father talking and deciding not to wipe his memory this time. Adam then woke up in his bed, and thinks it was all a dream. This is the point were he confronts his father that he is a robot and that all of his memories have been fake. He initially believed that his father was lying to him, and says his memories, specifically about him falling off his bike when he was younger and being with his mother when she died, could not be fake. Dr. Aaronson shows his son his blueprints, showing Adam that he was not lying. Confronted with this information, Adam becomes enraged and runs away. Michaels captures him and attacks Adam. After being shot but escaping, Adam went to J.T.'s home, but collapsed. J.T. dragged Adam in and reset Adam to blank his memory, revealing J.T. knew Adam is a robot. Adam was surprised J.T. knew about his true origins.[3]
Adam and J.T run back to Adam's home, to find that his house has been trashed and his father is missing. Dr. Aaronson is interrogated by Office Michaels. The Holden Radcliffe Corporation was bent on getting their stolen property back. J.T. revealed that before Adam was born, J.T. worked for Aaronson as a lab assistant. He came across Adam's robotic body, and since then was forced to keep the truth about Adam a secret. J.T. revealed an external hard-drive that Aaronson had previously hid, which he thought might help Adam understand his situation. Adam plugged into the hard drive, but is then attacked by another group of agents. J.T. shocked the agent with a taser that Aaronson had made and they escaped. J.T told him he wasn't sure the taser would work on a real person, accidentally offending Adam. He apologized and said that Adam was not programmed to be his friend and that he is human as he has free will. Adam called Carly and has them meet them near the school. Carly unknowingly helped Holden Radcliffe capture Adam, leading Office Michaels to Adam and J.T. and they are all captured.[4]
Adam and his friends were brought to a building where Dr. Isaacs is kept. Adam was taken away and strapped to a table, where Holden Radcliffe tries to hack into Adam and take control of him; however, they could not. Adam escaped from Holden Radcliffe's, along with his father and friends, by tricking them in to thinking he is under their control.
During the escape, Adam is nearly destroyed and has to delay Radcliffe to let his father and friends escape. Dr. Aaronson escapes with Adam's computer core, which set off a self-destruct sequence. Adam exploded, and Holden Radcliffe and Michaels are killed in the explosion. One year later, Adam is rebuilt, entering a new high school, Edison High School, and started a new life.[5]
50-State Initiative
Adam was considered as a "potential recruit" for the 50-State Initiative program.[6]
Avengers Academy
Adam is part of the new class of students when the Avengers Academy moves to the former headquarters of the West Coast Avengers.[7]
Adam later leaves the Avengers Academy to join Briggs Chemical LLC, alongside Rocket Racer, as he was there to learn about being a machine intelligence in working with Jocasta, affiliated with Jeremy Briggs.[8]Attributes
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Powers
Android Body: As an android he possesses all of the various superhuman attributes:
- Superhuman Strength: As an android he is superhumanly strong and possesses beyond the human limit. He easily rips open a steel door, freeing his friends from their captors.
- Superhuman Speed: As an android he can run and move at speeds that are beyond the physical limits of the finest human athlete.
- Superhuman Durability: As an android his construction makes him very durable.
- Superhuman Stamina: As an android he can exert itself well beyond the human limit.
- Superhuman Agility: As an android his agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.
- Computer Brain Adam has the ability to remember and easily memorize a lot of information.
- Upgrades During the House of M event, he was given several new features. While he is disassembled and experimented on, he is still able to talk and function properly. He is also able to reconnect his body parts with little issue, being able to draw his parts back to him. It is not explained what mechanism allows him to do so. Additionally, Adam can transform his arms into guns.[9]
Weaknesses
- EMP: One weakness is any electromagnetic pulse can disable, or possibly kill, him. This is evidenced when he threatens to kill himself with an electromagnetic device, that his dad had made, in order to stop Radcliffe from hurting his father and friends.
- Re-programming: Adam can be hacked and reprogrammed. However, his father stated that he heavily encrypted Adam's files, as even Radcliffe was not able to take control of him.
- Seizures: Before discovering his was a robot, Adam would suffer from seizures, which would cause him to pass out. These seizures were due to his mind not being able to understand why he could perform incredible feats of strength. When his seizures occur, Dr. Aaronson has to reboot him and wipe his memory. Since realizing why he had his abilities, Adam has not had this problem.
- High Powered Attack: While Adam is resistant to physical attacks, he cannot resist high powered attacks. While trying to escape Radcliffe, Adam is shot with a high powered machine gun which nearly destroys him. Parts of him are blown away and he's left barely able to move.
- Central Database: His chest cavity houses his central computer core, which stores all his information. If the core is removed, his father installed a fail-safe which would cause Adam to self-destruct, in order to prevent anyone from recreating him for other purposes. Adam is still able to function even without the data core, but it is unknown for how long, and it is unknown how long the self-destruct sequence is. Once the core is removed, the sequence is irreversible. While this destroys Adam's body, it also kills anyone in the vicinity, with the blast having a wide area of effect.
Notes
See Also
- 8 appearance(s) of Autonomously Decisive Automated Mechanism (Earth-616)
- 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Autonomously Decisive Automated Mechanism (Earth-616)
- 1 minor appearance(s) of Autonomously Decisive Automated Mechanism (Earth-616)
- 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Autonomously Decisive Automated Mechanism (Earth-616)
- 14 image(s) of Autonomously Decisive Automated Mechanism (Earth-616)
Links and References
References
- ↑ Machine Teen #1
- ↑ Machine Teen #2
- ↑ Machine Teen #3
- ↑ Machine Teen #4
- ↑ Machine Teen #5
- ↑ Civil War Battle Damage Report #1
- ↑ Avengers Academy #21
- ↑ Avengers Academy #26
- ↑ All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #6
- ↑ Machine Teen #2
- ↑ Machine Teen #1–5
- ↑ Machine Teen #5
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 6