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Bird-Brain
Bird-Brain
	Art by Bret Blevins
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The New Mutants #56 (Oct. 1987)
Created by	Louise Simonson and June Brigman
In-story information
Alter ego	Bird-Brain
Team affiliations	New Mutants
Notable aliases	Bird Boy
Abilities	Flight

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Bird-Brain is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

Bird-Brain first appeared in The New Mutants #55 (Sept. 1987), and was first fully seen in The New Mutants #56 (Oct. 1987). The character was created by Louise Simonson and June Brigman.^[1]

Fictional character biography

Bird-Brain is one of a number of "Ani-Mates", creatures created by an insane geneticist named the Ani-Mator, combining the characteristics of human beings and other animals. The Ani-Mator subjected his creations to a number of cruel and deadly experiments, but Bird-Brain escapes the Ani-Mator's island and befriends the New Mutants. They try to acclimate him to regular society, which fails miserably time and again, mainly because Bird-Brain would eat all the food he saw.^[2] For the most part, Bird-Brain is unable to communicate with the New Mutants, despite the language powers of the New Mutant Cypher, because of how simplistic Bird-Brain's language is.^[2] In his first conversation with Cypher, Bird-Brain explains that he has been trained with food by starving him and using food as a reward.^[2]

Bird-Brain develops relatively close relationships with Cypher (who is fascinated by Bird-Brain's language) and Wolfsbane for her changeling ability, through which he sees her as a kindred spirit, and her general kindness to him.^[3] Feeling he had abandoned the other mutated creatures on the island, Bird-Brain eventually returns with the New Mutants to free them.^[3] The Ani-Mator, attempting to shoot Wolfsbane, instead kills Cypher, and Magik exiles the Ani-Mator to the dimension of Limbo in retaliation.^[4] Once freed from the Ani-Mator's tyranny, Bird-Brain decides to remain on the island with the other Ani-Mates.^[5]

References

^ DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c The New Mutants #57
^ ^a ^b The New Mutants #58
^ The New Mutants #60
^ The New Mutants #61

External links

Bird-Brain at the Marvel Database Project
Bird-Brain at UncannyXmen.net

[1] DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.

[movie_incident-2] The New Mutants #57

[language_learning-3] The New Mutants #58

[4] The New Mutants #60

[5] The New Mutants #61

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-'''Bird-Brain''' is a [[fictional character]], a [[superhero]] from [[Marvel Comics]].
+'''Bird-Brain''' is a character appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]].
 ==Publication history==
-Bird-Brain first appeared in ''[[New Mutants]]'' vol. 1 #55 (September 1987), and was first fully seen in ''[[New Mutants]]'' vol. 1 #56 (October 1987). Bird-Brain was created by [[Louise Simonson]] and [[June Brigman]].
+Bird-Brain first appeared in ''[[The New Mutants (comic book)|The New Mutants]]'' #55 (Sept. 1987), and was first fully seen in ''The New Mutants'' #56 (Oct. 1987). The character was created by [[Louise Simonson]] and [[June Brigman]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=49}}</ref>
+==Fictional character biography==
-The character subsequently appears in ''The New Mutants'' #57-61 (November 1987-March 1988).
+Bird-Brain is one of a number of "Ani-Mates", creatures created by an insane geneticist named the [[Ani-Mator]], combining the characteristics of human beings and other animals. The Ani-Mator subjected his creations to a number of cruel and deadly experiments, but Bird-Brain escapes the Ani-Mator's island and befriends the [[New Mutants]]. They try to acclimate him to regular society, which fails miserably time and again, mainly because Bird-Brain would eat all the food he saw.<ref name="movie incident">''The New Mutants'' #57</ref> For the most part, Bird-Brain is unable to communicate with the New Mutants, despite the language powers of the New Mutant [[Cypher (comics)|Cypher]], because of how simplistic Bird-Brain's language is.<ref name="movie incident"/> In his first conversation with Cypher, Bird-Brain explains that he has been trained with food by starving him and using food as a reward.<ref name="movie incident"/>
+Bird-Brain develops relatively close relationships with Cypher (who is fascinated by Bird-Brain's language) and [[Wolfsbane (comics)|Wolfsbane]] for her changeling ability, through which he sees her as a kindred spirit, and her general kindness to him.<ref name="language learning">''The New Mutants'' #58</ref> Feeling he had abandoned the other mutated creatures on the island, Bird-Brain eventually returns with the New Mutants to free them.<ref name="language learning"/> The Ani-Mator, attempting to shoot Wolfsbane, instead kills Cypher, and [[Magik (Illyana Rasputin)|Magik]] exiles the Ani-Mator to the dimension of [[Otherplace|Limbo]] in retaliation.<ref>''The New Mutants'' #60</ref> Once freed from the Ani-Mator's tyranny, Bird-Brain decides to remain on the island with the other Ani-Mates.<ref>''The New Mutants'' #61</ref>
-Bird-Brain received an entry in the ''[[Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89]]'' #1.
+==References==
-==Fictional character biography==
+{{Reflist}}
-Bird-Brain was one of a number of "Ani-Mates", creatures created by an insane geneticist named the [[Ani-Mator]], combining the characteristics of human beings and other animals.  The Ani-Mator subjected his creations to a number of cruel and deadly experiments, but Bird-Brain escaped the Ani-Mator's island and befriended the [[New Mutants]]. They tried to acclimate him to regular society, which failed miserably time and again, mainly because Bird-Brain would eat all the food he saw. Some of the New Mutants theorized that he had been mistreated and that food was a reward for being good. For a while, Bird-Brain was unable to communicate, despite the language powers of the New Mutant named [[Cypher (comics)|Cypher]] AKA Doug Ramsey. This was mostly because of Doug being jealous of the attention [[Wolfsbane (comics)|Wolfsbane]] was paying to Bird-Brain. Examples, such as Bird-Brain's sense of humour, failed to sway him at first.{{Issue|date=April 2010}}
-When Doug finally agreed to translate Bird-Brain's language, they learned of his history and the other mutated creatures on the island.  The New Mutants returned to the island with Bird-Brain to stop the mad scientist's experiments.  The Ani-Mator, attempting to shoot Wolfsbane, instead killed Cypher.  [[Magik (comics)|Magik]] exiled the Ani-Mator to the dimension of [[Otherplace|Limbo]] in retailiation.  Once freed from the Ani-Mator's tyranny, Bird-Brain decided to remain on the island with the other Ani-Mates.{{Issue|date=April 2010}}
 ==External links==
-*http://en.marveldatabase.com/Bird-Brain_%28Earth-616%29
+*[http://en.marveldatabase.com/Bird-Brain_%28Earth-616%29 Bird-Brain] at the Marvel Database Project
+*[http://uncannyxmen.net/characters/bird-brain Bird-Brain] at UncannyXmen.net
+{{New Mutants}}
-[[Category:1987 comics characters debuts]]
-[[Category:Fictional birds]]
+[[Category:Characters created by Louise Simonson]]
+[[Category:Comics characters introduced in 1987]]
 [[Category:Marvel Comics mutates]]
 [[Category:Marvel Comics superheroes]]
+[[Category:New Mutants]]
-[[tl:Bird-Brain]]

v t e New Mutants
Chris Claremont Bob McLeod
Original members	Cannonball Karma Mirage Sunspot Wolfsbane
Later recruits	Bird-Brain Blink Boom-Boom Chamber Cypher Domino Feral Magik Magma Mondo Rictor Rusty Collins Shatterstar Skids Warlock Warpath X-Man
Mentors	Cable Magneto Professor X
Volume 2 members	Elixir Icarus Prodigy Surge Wallflower Wind Dancer Wither
Enemies	Beyonder Brood Demon Bear Donald Pierce Emma Frost Enchantress Freedom Force Henry Peter Gyrich Hela Hellfire Club Hellions High Evolutionary Cameron Hodge Hydra Legion Magus Mindless Ones Mutant Liberation Front Mystique N'astirh Nitro S'ym Sabretooth Selene Sentinels Shadow King Silver Samurai Tinkerer Viper Vulture
Major storylines	"Mutant Massacre" "The Fall of the Mutants" "Inferno" "Days of Future Present" "X-Tinction Agenda" "Necrosha" "Second Coming"
In other media	Underworld film series Selene The New Mutants (2020)
Related articles	X-Force
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