Piecemeal

Piecemeal

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caption="New Mutants Annual #7", The first appearance of Harness and Piecemeal
character_name=Piecemeal
real_name=Gilbert Benson
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="New Mutants" #7
creators=Fabian Nicieza
Guang Yap
species=Human Mutant
alliances=Alliance of Evil
aliases=Proteus, Kevin MacTaggert
powers=absorb energy frequencies and store them within his body.|

Piecemeal (Gilbert Benson) is a fictional mutant character in Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe. His first appearance was in "New Mutants Annual" #7.

Fictional character biography

Young Gilbert Benson was a mutant with the ability to absorb different energy frequencies and store them within his body. His mother, the armored mutant mercenary known as Harness who had been employed by Advanced Idea Mechanics, cruelly exploited this ability and forced Gilbert, whom she dubbed Piecemeal, to travel across the world with her to absorb the dispersed energy of Proteus, the deceased reality-warping son of geneticist Moira MacTaggert.

Absorbing the energy, Piecemeal grew larger and larger until he looked like a 700-pound monstrosity. The mutant team X-Force, alongside the New Warriors and a makeshift group of Muir Island-based X-Men allies, did their best to help siphon off the energy, but they failed. Finally, Gilbert's body exploded, and in that instant his mind combined with that of the reformed Proteus to form a new amalgamated being. The new entity set about warping reality all over Scotland.

The amalgamated Proteus/Piecemeal also captured their mothers and held them hostage as the pre-government-sponsored X-Factor team arrived. Finally, X-Factor convinced the boys to disperse their energies, consigning them both to oblivion.

Powers and abilities

Benson could track and absorb energy fields, and alter his mutant cells to store and metabolize specific energy signatures.

References


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  • Piecemeal — Piece meal , adv. [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS. m?lum, dat. pl. of m?l part. See {Meal} a portion.] 1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. On which it piecemeal brake. Chapman. [1913 Webster] The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Piecemeal — Piece meal , a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. These piecemeal guilts. Gov. of Tongue. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • piecemeal — adverb by degrees, drop by drop, gradually, in installments, in small doses, in small quantities, inch by inch, little by little, partially associated concepts: piecemeal zoning Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Piecemeal — Piece meal , n. A fragment; a scrap. R. Vaughan. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • piecemeal — (adv.) c.1300, from PIECE (Cf. piece) (n.) + O.E. mælum at a time, dative plural of mæl appointed time, food served (see MEAL (Cf. meal) (n.1)). The second element once was more commonly used, e.g. O.E. styccemælum bit by bit, gearmælum …   Etymology dictionary

  • piecemeal — [adj/adv] bit by bit at intervals, by degrees, by fits and starts*, fitfully, fragmentary, gradual, gradually, intermittent, intermittently, interrupted, little by little*, partial, partially, patchy, spotty, step by step*; concepts 531,544 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

  • piecemeal — ► ADJECTIVE & ADVERB ▪ done piece by piece over a period of time. ORIGIN from PIECE(Cf. ↑piece) + an Old English word meaning «measure, quantity taken at one time» …   English terms dictionary

  • piecemeal — [pēs′mēl΄] adv. [ME pecemel < pece (see PIECE) + mele: see MEAL] 1. piece by piece; in small amounts or degrees 2. into pieces or parts adj. made or done in pieces or one piece at a time …   English World dictionary

  • piecemeal — [[t]pi͟ːsmiːl[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe a change or process as piecemeal, you disapprove of it because it happens gradually, usually at irregular intervals, and is probably not satisfactory. Instead of the… …   English dictionary

  • piecemeal — piece|meal [ˈpi:smi:l] adj [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: piece + meal by one part at a time (11 19 centuries) (from Old English mAlum)] a process that is piecemeal happens slowly and in stages that are not regular or planned properly ▪ The buildings… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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