Maelstrom (Earth-616)

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Maelstrom

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Real Name

Maelstrom

Aliases

Malcolm Stromberg, Anomaly

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Bad

Universe

Earth-616

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Hair

Grey

Status

Citizenship

Deviants

First appearance

Unknown

History

Maelstrom is the son of an Inhuman geneticist and a Deviant handmaiden, the first known hybrid of these two races of humanity's genetic offshoots. Phaeder and Maelstrom eventually began to travel the world incognito.

Maelstrom and his father set up base in the underwater ruins of the island of Attilan when the Inhumans moved their city to the Himalayan Mountains. Discovering molecules of the mutagenic Terrigen Mist in the ruins, the two began experiments that they hoped would let them subjugate the two races that had spurned them, the Inhumans and the Deviants.

The existence of Maelstrom and Phaeder was revealed when Maelstrom attempted to steal the Anti-Terrigen compound developed by Reed Richards (the hero Mr. Fantastic) and the Inhumans. After an unsuccessful attempt to subject all of Attilan to the compound, Maelstrom commanded his accomplice, the mysterious Deathurge, to kill him. At the instant of his death, Maelstrom's life essence and memories were transferred to a cloned body. Phaeder was too old and feeble for the process to work for him, and he died.

While investigating the whereabouts of his mother's people, the Deviants, Maelstrom learned that most of their ruling class had been atomically transmuted into a single organic cube by the Eternals, another variant strain of humanity. Maelstrom decided to use his bio-kinetic power to siphon the energy of the entire Eternal population while they participated in a ritual which formed the Uni-Mind. Thanks to the intervention of the hero team Avengers, this scheme failed, and once more Maelstrom bid Deathurge to terminate his life. Maelstrom's essence transferred to yet another clone and he embarked upon his next master plan, to siphon the kinetic energy of the Earth's rotation. This plan was also thwarted by the Avengers, and Maelstrom was apparently destroyed, as his absorption of the energy forced him to bodily expand, dissolving into cosmic-scale proportions.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Maelstrom can absorb kinetic energy such as physical blows to himself and convert the energy into increased health and strength. He can divert absorbed energy into a blast of kinetic energy as well. Even before he used siphon devices to augment this power, Maelstrom proved able to absorb massive amounts of energy, from blows of the mightiest of Earth's champions. With his siphon devices, the upper limits of his absorption raised exponentially. The first siphon converted the mental energies of the Eternals' Uni-Mind into an absorbable form. The second device absorbed kinetic energy from the earth itself, slowing the planet's rotation.

When he became the cosmic entity known as Anomaly, Maelstrom could absorb the motion of the entire universe.

While on Earth, Maelstrom created clones of himself, his minions, and probably others. When one of them happened to be killed, the technology in Maelstrom's lair shunted the life form to a new body. The transfer had planetary range (4000+ miles), and gave Maelstrom virtual immortality, dependent only on the number of clones he had available.

Abilities

None known.

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• No special notes.

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Appearances of Maelstrom (Earth-616)
• Character Gallery: Maelstrom (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Maelstrom (Earth-616)
• Quotations by Maelstrom (Earth-616)

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Links and References

• http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/maelstrom.htm
• Unofficial Handbook of the Marvel Universe