- Ameridroid
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caption=
comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Ameridroid
real_name=Lyle Dekker
species=
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Captain America #218" (Feb 1978)
creators=Don Glut andSal Buscema
alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
alliances=
partners=Red Skull
aliases=
powers=Superhuman strength|Ameridroid is a
fictional character in theMarvel Universe .The Ameridroid is a 20-foot-tall
android designed to resembleCaptain America . The android possesses the mind of ex-Nazi spy ,scientist Lyle Dekker.Publication history
The Ameridroid first appeared in "
Captain America " #218 (February 1978), and was created byDon Glut andSal Buscema .The character subsequently appears in "Captain America" #219-221 (March-May 1978), and #261-263 (September-November 1981).
Fictional character biography
Dekker previously serves the
Red Skull duringWorld War II . In 1944 he is sent to America and becomes an employee at Democracy Studios. The company is working on a movie about Captain America. Dekker, in a special effects position, arranges several accidents in an attempt to discredit the movie. Ultimately, this fails. Dekker is tortured and nearly killed by the Red Skull in retaliation for this failure.Dekker’s transfers his mind into the Ameridroid in modern times, allowing his own body to die. The android has the abilities of Captain America amplified to be proportional to its size. Dekker is initially demoralized by his new nature, but is later brainwashed and serves the Red Skull in a campaign to discredit Captain America. The Ameridroid is ultimately killed while attempting to destroy the Red Skull.
External links
* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/ameridrd.htm Marvel Appendix entry]
* [http://en.marveldatabase.com/Lyle_Dekker_%28Earth-616%29 Marvel Database entry]
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