Elektro (Earth-616)

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Name	Elektro-1
Aliases	Electro; Living Brain
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Fin Fang Four, Fantastic Four
Relatives	Wilbur Poole (creator)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′7″ (2.01 m) (currently), 45′ (13.72 m) (originally)
Weight	810 lbs (367.41 kg) (currently), 24000 lbs (10.89 ton) (originally)
Eyes	Eyeballs: Red Irises: No Visible
Hair	No Hair At All
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Robot (formerly giant) built to house a living computer
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Occupation	Mailman
Education	Programmed by Wilbur Poole
Base of Operations	Baxter Building, Manhattan,New York City
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
First	Tales of Suspense #13 (August, 1960)
First	Tales of Suspense #13 (August, 1960)

History

When Wilbur Poole set out to create the world's most advanced computer, a bizarre accident caused the computer to become sentient. The computer brainwashed Poole, and forced him to build a body to house itself. When Poole had finished the body, the computer linked to the robot, and went on a Rampage.

Dubbed "Elektro" by the public, the robot was engaged by the U.S. military, who proved no match for the numerous powers of the robot. Hoping to fix what he had done, Poole both snuck into a trap door in the robot's foot and unplugged a transistor in the robot's foot, which acted as its main power source. Poole's meddling worked, and the robot was defeated.

Fantastic Four

Decades later, Elektro was found by Reed Richards. Richards decided to shrink the robot down to a normal size, and, after some upgrades and rewiring, put the robot to good use in the Baxter Building. Elektro was subsequently trained by Willie Lumpkin to serve as a mailman in the Baxter Building itself and was employed by the Fantastic Four. Elektro developed a crush on Roberta and the two have since begun dating. Elektro, along with Googam, Gorgilla, and Fin Fang Foom, fought off an attack on New York by the warlord Tim Boo Ba.

Some time after his battle with Tim Boo Ba, Elektro was arrested after being confused for Electro, and placed in prison with a number of villains from Spider-Man's past. After a week of prison time, Elektro inspired a prison riot that was captured on television, which led to both his recognition by the Baxter Building robots and his being freed.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

• Superhuman Strength: At his original size Elektro could lift well over 100 tons, but at his current size he can only lift 45 tons.
• Superhuman Durability: As a robot, Elektro is naturally more resistant to damage than a human being.

Former Powers

Through unknown means, Elektro exhibited a number of powers, including:

• Telepathy: Elektro could communicate with others telepathically.
  • Hypnosis: Elektro could hypnotize people and control their minds.
• Psionic Force Fields: Elektro could generate a force field around himself.
• Gamma Ray Projection: Elektro was shown firing blasts of gamma rays from his hands.
• Atomic Manipulation: Elektro displayed the ability to rearrange the atoms of living creatures.
• Object Levitation: Elektro had the ability to levitate objects, including human beings, in mid-air.

Weaknesses

• Limited Intellect: Electro's ROM is only 32k, though it could have been upgraded to 64k.

See Also

• 5 appearance(s) of Elektro (Earth-616)
• 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Elektro (Earth-616)
• 4 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Elektro (Earth-616)
• 8 image(s) of Elektro (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Elektro at the Marvel Appendix