Michael van Patrick (Clone) (Earth-616)

MVP

Real Name

Michael van Patrick

Current Alias

MVP

Relatives

Michael van Patrick (clonal source, deceased), Brian van Patrick ("father"/clonal source's father), Michael, Van, Patrick, KIA (fellow clones, deceased except for Patrick)

Affiliation

Brian van Patrick, Counter Force

Base of Operations

Mobile

Status

Occupation

Adventurer

Characteristics^[1]

Gender

Male

Height

5' 11" (1.80 m)

Weight

173 lbs (78.47 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Brown

Origin

Human Clone of MVP

Universe

Earth-616

Place of Birth

Camp Hammond

Creators

Dan Slott, Stefano Caselli

First Appearance
Avengers: The Initiative #10 (May, 2008)

History

The original Michael van Patrick was the great-grandson of the man who created Captain America, Abraham Erskine. Michael became one of the greatest student athletes in the country. Dubbed "MVP", Michael was recruited by Justice as part of the Initiative. At Camp Hammond, he took a liking to Cloud 9 and watched her train. MVP was tragically killed during an incident when Armory's Tactigon raged out of control. His autopsy revealed that although MVP didn't possess any special powers, his body was genetically perfect.

After his death Dr. Blitzschlag performed cloning experiments on MVP's body, first cloning it at least four times. One of the clones was given the identity of the late Michael van Patrick and sent back home. Justice later took Cloud 9 to the van Patrick home as part of her therapy to visit with MVP's family. They were both shocked to find MVP seemingly alive and well.

Later, an unstable MVP clone was created. This clone refused the identity of "Ian" and called himself Michael van Patrick. Once connected with the alien weapon Tactigon, this clone received information about MVP's death and grew enraged. Dubbing himself KIA, the clone began enacting revenge on the people he felt were to blame for his death, destroying two inactive clones in the process before going on a rampage in Camp Hammond. Cloud 9 and a group of fellow Initiative members traveled to the Van Patricks' home, attempting to convince the first MVP clone to download his memories into a device that would transmit them into KIA's brain, essentially reprogramming KIA, but possibly leaving the first clone mindless. Cloud 9 managed to distract KIA by playing on the latent memories of the original MVP, and kissing him, allowing her to fill his lungs with her vapor. The MVP clone, rather than wipe his own mind, instead placed the helmet on KIA, leaving him an empty shell. Abby and the clone decided to start things over, with Abby acknowledging that the clone was not the MVP she knew.