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| Doctor Demonicus |
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| Characteristics |
| Alter ego |
Douglas Birely |
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Pacific Overlords |
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Scientific genius |
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Doctor Demonicus (Douglas Birely) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. He possess advanced knowledge of genetic engineering, though is not as versatile as Arnim Zola or the High Evolutionary. He has clashed with the Avengers.
[edit] Fictional character biography
Douglas Birely was born in Culver City, California. As Dr. Demonicus, he is a geneticist and discovered the Lifestone. He was also a founding member of the Pacific Overlords. As a former ally of Maur-Konn, who of which gave Demonicus his satellite headquarters, he created numerous immense monsters including Batragon, Ghilaron, Lepirax and Centipoor. He later used Starchild, Cerberus and the Hand of Five and founded the nation of Demonica. He eventually enslaved Godzilla but was mutated by the Lifestone and the demon Raksasa. His alter ego, Douglas Birely has skin cancer which is kept under control by devices in his costume. However he was seemingly killed when Demonica sunk into the Pacific.
Doctor Demonicus was eventually arrested, convicted and incarcerated for his crimes. He was sentenced to "the Raft", a supervillain prison facility. He was among of the 43 villains that escaped during the breakout engineered by Electro. Doctor Demonicus is currently at large.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Doctor Demonicus wears a life-support suit that keeps his skin cancer in remission.
[edit] Bibliography
- Avengers West Coast #63, 69-74, 93-95
- Godzilla #4-5
- Iron Man vol. 1 #193, 196
- New Avengers #1-4
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #3-5
- Shogun Warriors #7-14
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