History
Doctor Kimble was a cybersurgeon[1] working for Cybertek Systems, Inc, the applied cybernetics division of Roxxon Oil. He was involved in the Deathlok project, aiming to create a cyborg super-soldier with an organic brain, for which he and fellow cybersurgeon Dr. Hu transplanted the living human brain of Colonel John Kelly to a cyborg body, so that Kelly would control the prosthetics.[2] Kimble, Hu and other Cybertek employees participated in a demonstration in the Cybertek Weapons Development Testing Facility 4,[3] during which the cyborg's computer electrocuted and killed Kelly's brain[4] causing the cyborg to react unpredictably.[3] The test left Kelly's brain useless, and Cybertek head Harlan Ryker demanded that his technicians find and correct the cause of the mistake, and that Hu and Kimble prepare for a new brain transplant the following day. Scientist William Hansen believed they could correct the glitch, but was skeptic that Hu and Kimble would have the operation ready, not to mention the issue of finding a brain donor. Ryker kidnapped Cybertek programmer Michael Collins to prevent him from revealing sensitive information and to use his brain, and had his secretary Laurie make Hu, Kimble and a medical team to have everything ready.[5] Cybertek's Stanley Cross was supposed to lobotomize Collins' brain, but he made a shoddy job that went undetected.[6] Hu and Kimble then transplanted Collins' brain to the cyborg Deathlok, which was immediately used for military purposes.[5] Soon afterward, Cybertek's illegal deals were exposed, the company disbanded and its main staff, including Ryker, Hu and Kimble, were either arrested[2] or had arrest warrants on them.[4]
Hu, Kimble, Ryker and several other Cybertek employees escaped to Paris, France to avoid jail, hiding in an underground base to build an army of Cyberwarriors, almost-robotic drones with non-active organic brains, to sell them all around the world. Cross, Kimble, Hu and other people worked on the improvement of the Cyberwarriors to an excellent success.[4] Soon afterward, Ryker arranged a staff meeting with Cross, Hu and others to explain the results of his project and how he had sold Cyberwarriors to the Genesis Coalition.[6] Their activities however escaped not to Roxxon's eye: Claiming that the Cyberwarriors illegally used Roxxon's technology, Roxxon sent several agents, including Deathlok, to stop the Paris operation and stop them;[4] these agents raided the secret base, and the Cyberwarriors proved unable to stop them. During the business meeting, Ryker was contacted by another of his agents, Mainframe, who reported how Deathlok and his peers were destroying the stock of Cyberwarriors, and Ryker ordered to abandon the base, taking as many Cyberwarriors as possible.[7] The team (including Cross, Hu, weapon designer Ben Jacobs, Kimble, superhuman technopath Mainframe, and Ryker) regrouped in a secondary headquarters, Cyberbase, under the outskirts of Paris, where Kimble critized Ryker for using lies to obtain brains of patients that may have survived, as that their previous bribery to medical institutions to obtain brains from recent corpses was already bordering the limits of Kimble's ethics. Ryker then intimidated Kimble, and Hu tried to protect Kimble by rewording the later's statement more favorably. They were then found and attacked by Deathlok and his allies Siege (Kelly's consciousness controlling a Cyberwarrior) and the cyborg bounty hunter Coldblood. In an attempt to gain leverage, Ryker murdered Hu, then told Deathlok that the only living person who could restore Collins' brain to his original body was Kimble - who was on Ryker's sight at the moment, thus being a valuable hostage. Siege threatened to kill Ryker anyway, and Ryker also threatened with a bomb detonation in the base.[1] While Deathlok blocked Siege's aim, Kimble wrestled Ryker to get hold of the gun, freeing himself; Ryker was almost captured by Coldblood, but he teleported away with Jacobs, abandoning the restof his allies. Cross and the other Cybertek scientists helped Deathlok and his allies stop the detonation; and Roxxon's person in charge of the operation was arrested soon afterward.[8] It is unclear whether Kimble was prosecuted for his actions or not.Attributes
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- Kimble's first name was not revealed. In Deathlok (Vol. 2) #17, after Cross appreciates the job he, Hu and Kimble have done on the Cyberwarriors, another character (that may be Kimble) mentions how "Fox, Borruso and Cross" deserve credit. Kimble's first name may be Fox or Borruso, or the character may be talking about other people.
- Kimble is black only in his last appearance.