Bird-Brain (Marvel Comics)
Bird-Brain | |
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Art by Bret Blevins | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | New Mutants vol. 1 #56 (Oct 1987) |
Created by | Louise Simonson and June Brigman |
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Alter ego | Bird-Brain |
Team affiliations | New Mutants |
Notable aliases | Bird Boy |
Abilities | Flight |
Bird-Brain is a fictional character, a superhero from 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.
The character subsequently appears in The New Mutants #57-61 (November 1987-March 1988).
Bird-Brain received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #1.
Fictional character biography
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.[1] For the most part, Bird-Brain was unable to communicate with the New Mutants, despite the language powers of the New Mutant named Cypher AKA Doug Ramsey. This was mostly because of how difficult Bird-Brain's language is.[1] In his first conversation with Cypher, Bird-Brain explained that he had been trained with food by starving him and using food as a reward.[1]
Bird-Brain developed relatively close relationships with Cypher (who was fascinated by Bird-Brain's language) and Wolfsbane for her changeling ability, through which he saw her as a kindred spirit, and her general kindness to him.[2]
Feeling he had abandoned the other mutated creatures on the island, Bird-Brain returned with the New Mutants to free them.[2] The Ani-Mator, attempting to shoot Wolfsbane, instead killed Cypher. Magik exiled the Ani-Mator to the dimension of Limbo in retailiation.[3] Once freed from the Ani-Mator's tyranny, Bird-Brain decided to remain on the island with the other Ani-Mates.[4]
References
External links
- Bird-Brain at the Marvel Database Project
- Bird-Brain at UncannyXmen.net