Donald McGuiggin (Earth-712)

Lamprey
Name	Donald McGuiggin
Current Alias	Lamprey
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Institute of Evil, Squadron Supreme, Redeemers
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′ (1.83 m)
Weight	210 lbs (95.25 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-712
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Professional criminal
Base of Operations	Squadron City
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Mark Gruenwald, Bob Hall
First	Squadron Supreme #5 (September, 1985)
First	Squadron Supreme #5 (September, 1985)
Death	Squadron Supreme #12 (April, 1986)
Death	Squadron Supreme #12 (April, 1986)

History

Little is known about Lamprey's life before his appearance as one of the members of the criminal Institute of Evil. Often clashing with the heroes of the Squadron Supreme, Lamprey was later subjected to the mind-altering behavior modification device used as part of the Squadron Supreme's "Utopia Program." As a result of the behavior modification, Lamprey accepted the Squadron's offer for him to join the team. After a short time with the Squadron, he was contacted by the ex-Squadron member Nighthawk to reverse the behavior modification, and once freed, he joined Nighthawk's team of super powered crusaders, the Redeemers to fight the influence of the Squadron.

Within a month, the Redeemers openly opposed the Squadron, and their confrontation turned to violence. Lamprey proved to be highly bloodthirsty, to the shock of even his own teammates. He drained the energy from Blue Eagle's wings, causing him to plummet to his death, and killing one of Lamprey's fellow Redeemers, Pinball on impact. During the battle, Lamprey absorbed power from Hyperion, Power Princess, and Whizzer. At the end of the battle, Lamprey died when trying to absorb all of Doctor Spectrum's energy from his power prism, and exploded in the air. Much of Lamprey's body was never recovered.

Attributes

Powers

• Superhuman Energy Absorption: McGuiggin had the power to absorb energy or superhuman powers from virtually any source, and could alter his physical properties, such as his strength, durability, speed, and stamina, accordingly. Unaugmented by outside energy his attributes were peak human. Every second of contact with another superhuman being imbued him with one hour worth of augmented power.
  • Superhuman Strength: Absorption of energy could enhance his strength up to Class 100.
  • Superhuman Speed: Absorption of energy could enhance his speed to superhuman, but not supersonic, levels.
  • Flight: Absorption of energy enabled him to fly at supersonic speeds although it seems that he is able to fly, albeit at much lower speed, even without absorbing energy.
  • Superhuman Stamina: Absorption of energy could enhance his stamina to superhuman levels.
  • Superhuman Durability: Absorption of energy could enhance his durability to superhuman levels.
  • Peak Human Agility: Lamprey possessed peak human levels of agility.
  • Superhuman Reflexes: Absorption of energy could enhance his reflexes to superhuman levels.
  • Power Replication: Lamprey can replicate the characteristics of the energy he absorbs. When he touched Tom Thumb's force field he absorbed it and became able to generate it himself and after being shot with energy beams he became able to shoot them himself.

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat: Lamprey possessed extensive street fighting experience.

Weaknesses

• Overload: Although he could absorb great amounts of energy, absorption of more than 48 hours worth of energy could overload him, with dangerous effects.

Trivia

Lamprey was created as a possible pastiche for DC Comics' Parasite.

See Also

• 8 appearance(s) of Donald McGuiggin (Earth-712)
• 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Donald McGuiggin (Earth-712)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Donald McGuiggin (Earth-712)
• 4 image(s) of Donald McGuiggin (Earth-712)

Links and References

• Donald McGuiggin on Wikipedia.org
• The Unofficial Handbook to the Marvel Universe