Carlo Zota (Earth-616)

Carlo Zota
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Real Name	Carlo Zota
Aliases	2X
Affiliation	Enclave; formerly Scientists Guild
Base of Operations	Mobile; formerly the Beehive
Status
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	Spanish
Occupation	Scientist
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Blond
Origin
Origin	Human
Universe	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Spain
Creators	Carl Burgos, Robert O. Erisman, Newt Alfred, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
First Appearance	Marvel Comics #1 (August, 1939)  (Retroactively) Fantastic Four #66 (September, 1967) (First actual appearance)

History

The life of electronics expert Carlo Zota before he joined the Scientists Guild is unknown. In 1939, Zota, along with fellow Guild members Jerome Hamilton and Maris Morlak, was present for the public debut of Professor Horton's android Human Torch.

In 1940, the Guild operated as a team of scientific adventurers called Three X. Each member used an alias, with Zota's being 2X. Zota was known as "a walking encyclopedia" for his vast knowledge. The Three X's visited private investigator Leslie Lenrow (a.k.a. the Ferret) and obtained the Eternity Mask, which they used the following year to empower Jerry Carstairs and turn him into the Thunderer.

Zota and his comrades met geneticist Wladyslav Shinski and the four of them eventually formed the Enclave, a new organization dedicated to the creation of life itself in hopes of creating a better Earth. Through the Enclave, Zota was directly involved in the creation of the artificial super-beings Adam Warlock and Ayesha.

Following the demise of Hamilton, Morlak, and Shinski, Zota began work on the Adam-IV project: Korvac. However, as soon as he came online, Korvac renounced the Enclave, dismissing Zota's desire to seek a better Earth to be selfish and arrogant, and opting instead to change the universe itself.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Advanced Longevity: Sometime before 1958, Zota, along with Hamilton and Morlak, was given a longevity treatment by Wladyslav Shinski that kept him youthful for decades.

Strength level

Carlo Zota possesses the normal human strength of a youthful man his height, and build who engaged in moderate regular exercise.

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