Phillip Prometheus (Earth-616)

Toymaster
Name	Phillip Prometheus
Current Alias	Professor Prometheus
Aliases	Toymaster
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	H.E.L.L, formerly NASA
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Grey-haired, Balding
Unusual Features	Prometheus is a cyborg.
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human Cyborg
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Scientist, inventor
Base of Operations	Human Engineering Life Laboratories, Florida
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Bill Mantlo, Michael Golden
First	Micronauts #4 (January, 1979)
First	Micronauts #4 (January, 1979)

History

Phillip Prometheus was a NASA scientist and astronaut until an accident aboard the Starlab almost killed him. Starlab's computers rebuilt Prometheus as a cyborg, but he was able to conceal this transformation, which left him mentally unstable. Returning to Earth, he founded the Human Engineering Life Laboratories (HELL) at Cape Canaveral, where he built his 'Prometheus Pit', a gateway to the Microverse. Seeking to capture the Microns for study after they appeared on Earth, Prometheus fell into his own pit and ended up in the Microverse, where he was mentally merged with Baron Karza. Returned to Earth following Karza's defeat, he was judged insane and institutionalized but was later released.

He attempted to capture the Microns again using hypnotic robot toys he designed and sold to a department store, under the guise of the Toymaster, but fell down an elevator shaft after being hit by Bug's rocket lance. Prometheus was apparently killed, but his robotic body parts were reanimated and he was returned to HELL by the artificial intelligence Computrex which had gained control of the complex. There, the animated corpse of Prometheus clashed with the Microns once again but was destroyed when its link to Computrex was cut.

Phillip eventually returned to life through unknown means (no longer a cyborg) and regained control of HELL. He began experimenting with the android Ultimo, ultimately creating the Ultimo Virus that infected them and turned them into miniature versions of Ultimo. When confronted by War Machine, Phillip was unrepentant.

Attributes

Powers

When he was a cyborg, his cybernetics parts possessed enhanced strength and durability.

Abilities

Brilliant scientist

Weaknesses

Phillip was driven mad when he became a cyborg.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

The Prometheus Pit that acted as a gateway between his universe and the Microverse, a control ray that allowed him to control toys fitted with microchips

Weapons

Ultimo Virus

See Also

• 10 appearance(s) of Phillip Prometheus (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Phillip Prometheus (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Phillip Prometheus (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Phillip Prometheus (Earth-616)
• 4 image(s) of Phillip Prometheus (Earth-616)