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Cadmus Character List
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Project Cadmus [DC]

Also known as the Cadmus D.N.A. Project.

Tom Harper uses his fortune in 1954 to found Project Cadmus, a secret research facility dedicated to studying paranormal and metamutant phenomena. (Amalgam Card #56)

In 1956, Marko Xavier (Mr. X) assumes an advisory position with Tom Harper's Project Cadmus, and funds many efforts to aid the Mariner's search for Atlantis (Amalgam Card #19) In 1957, however, Cadmus abandons the quest for Atlantis in favor of genetic research.

Note that some Cadmusites are members of the Challengers, but the two sets are not identical; they merely overlap. SPB STU

Arach-Kid [none]

Common nickname for Spider-Boy. COF SPB STU XPT

Baxter Building [Marvel]

New York outpost of Project Cadmus and the Challengers. COF

Bizarnage [Bizarro / Carnage]

First Appearance: The Outrageous Spider-Boy #254

Bizarnage is the result of a cloning experiment gone horribly wrong. Created at Project Cadmus, Bizarnage was supposed to be a clone of Spider-Boy, but an alien symbiote attached itself to the clone, turned it into a killing machine.

Bizarnage's obsession is to become Spider-Boy, and the only way he can do that is by killing the real Spider-Boy. He burst free from his embryo-tube birthplace (with the help of Reed Richards when he was under the influence of evil DNA) and wreaked havoc throughout Cadmus until Spider-Boy tricked him into re-entering his containment cell. SPB

Brant, Betty [Marvel]

Aide to Rex Leech. Possible member of Project Cadmus. SPB STU

Cadmus

See Project Cadmus. SPB

Computo [DC]

Project Cadmus computer. (From the DC Universe's Legion of Super-Heroes.) COF SPB

Connors, Doctor [Marvel]

Member of Project Cadmus and genetic source for King Lizard. (In the Marvel Universe, Connors transforms into the Lizard.) SPB

D.N.Aliens [DC]

Various bio-creations of Project Cadmus. SPB

Donovan, Doctor Dabney [DC]

Manipulative, malevolent member of Project Cadmus. Possibly responsible for the explosion that ended Operation: Rebirth prematurely (killing Peter Parker). Secretly fed Reed Richards evil DNA in hopes that Donovan would replace Richards. June Masters cured Richards, however. SPB

Doomsday [Doomsday / Juggernaut]

An evil alien who was killed by Speed Demon (Blaze Allen). His body was sent to Project Cadmus to be studies. It was at Project Cadmus that Dr. Victor Von Doom merged with Doomsday?s alien DNA and became Dr. Doomsday.

Doomsday, Doctor [Doomsday / Doctor Doom]

Real Name: Victor Von Doom.

First Appearance: Challengers of the Fantastic #5

Participant in Operation: Re-birth, responsible for the pivotal spacecraft crash that inspired the Challengers of the Fantastic.

The head scientist of top secret Project Cadmus, Victor Von Doom was obsessed with unlocking the genetic secrets within the fallen alien creature called Doomsday. During Doom's examination of the monster, a freak explosion caused its DNA to merge with Doom's, transforming him into Dr. Doomsday. COF MOW SPB XPT

Dubbilex, Professor [DC]

D.N.Alien and member of Project Cadmus. SPB

Fantastic Mountain [Challengers Mountain / Fantastic Four elements]

Adirondacks home of Project Cadmus and the Fantasti-Challs. COF STU

Guardian Angel [Guardian / Angel (Golden Age)]

See Harper, Doctor Tom. COF SPB

Harper, Doctor Tom [Guardian / Angel (Golden Age)]

In 1942, inspired by the exploits of Super-Soldier, billionaire Tom Harper underwent intense physical training to become the homefront hero of WWII, the Guardian Angel. That same year, he founded the Young Commandos (one of the members is 'Brooklyn' Barnes).

After the war (1954), Tom Harper uses his fortune to found Project Cadmus, a secret research facility dedicated to studying paranormal and metamutant phenomena and dedicated to create a better, safer world through cutting edge science. (Amalgam Card #56)

Tom Harper contacts the Mariner in 1955 and offers to help him discover the fate of Atlantis. Mariner grudgingly accepts, though he is hesitant to let surface-dwellers obtain such knowledge. (Based on events in Marvel/DC universe)

In 1956, Marko Xavier (Mr. X) assumes an advisory position with Tom Harper's Project Cadmus, and funds many efforts to aid the Mariner's search for Atlantis. (Amalgam Card #19)

In 1957, Cadmus abandons the quest for Atlantis in favor of genetic research.

Currently serves as the Director of Project Cadmus. COF SPB

Insect Queen [Mary Jane Watson / Insect Queen]

Real Name: Mary Jane Watson

First Appearance: Spider-Boy #1

Doctor Octavius' friend's friend's daughter, has a date with Spider-Boy impending at the end of SPB, and a wedding looming at the end of STU.

Marvel's MJW married Spider-Man, and DC's IQ was Lana Lang, one of the Silver Age Superboy's romantic interests. Her one line in SPB is a homage to MJW's first line. SPB STU

Leech, Rex [DC]

Spider-Boy's agent, presumably Roxy Leech's father. SPB STU

King Lizard [King Shark / Lizard]

First Appearance: Shadow of the Dark Claw #1

Originally Doctor Connors' right arm, but it was combined with reptile DNA. After being exposed to Dr. Henry Pym's partical accelerator at Project Cadmus, King Lizard grows in size considerably. However, Spiderboy shrunk it to subatomic size. SPB

Octavius, Doctor Otto [Marvel]

Friend and mentor to Spider-Boy since the death of "Uncle Gen". Member of Project Cadmus. COF SPB STU

Operation: Re-birth [Marvel]

Project that created Spider-Boy. SPB

Palmer, Doctor Ray [DC's Atom 2]

Member of Project Cadmus, creator of the White Dwarf Prototype. He and Pym are rival labmates. SPB

Parker, Peter [Marvel]

Deceased scientist. Instrumental in the creation of Spider-Boy, and probably his genetic source as well. Protege of Doctor Octavius. SPB

Pym, Doctor Hank [Marvel]

Member of Project Cadmus. Creator of Pym Particles, which make things bigger. He jibes Dr Palmer about the future being macro, not micro. SPB

Richards, Professor Reed "Prof" [Prof / Mister Fantastic]

Scientific genius, member of Project Cadmus and the Challengers of the Fantastic. COF SPB STU

Ross, General "Thunderbolt" [Marvel]

AKA: Uncle Gen

General Ross is the "last official surviving witness of the original Super-Soldier Experiment", the project that created Super-Soldier.

Responsible for Operation: Re-birth.

Adopted Spiderboy as his nephew. Killed by a mugger. SPB STU

Ross, Pete [Pete Ross / General Ross, Peter Parker]

See Spider-Boy. SPB

Spider-Boy [Superboy / Spider-Man]

Real Name: Peter Ross

First Appearance: Fantastic Adventures #15

In the top secret depths of Project Cadmus, a team of scientists labored to recreate the genetic formula which spawned the WWII hero Super-Soldier - but the volatile experiment instead unleashed a super- powered, adolescent clone! Later stunned by the death of his adopted Uncle "Thunderbolt" Ross in a simple robbery, the clone conceived that he must always be the center of attention-not innocent bystanders.

Responsible for bringing Shatterstarfire from the microverse.

The Spider-Boy "mythos" includes elements of both the Silver Age Superboy (young Superman) and the current Superboy (the tactile-telekinetic clone). Note Spider-Boy takes the last name of his adoptive father, General Ross, and the first name of his (probable) genetic source, Peter Parker, and getting "Pete Ross", one of Superman's (and Silver Age Superboy's) supporting cast. COF SPB STU XPT

Web-Shooter [Marvel]

In the Marvel Universe, these are the wristbands Spider-Man wears. In the Amalgam Universe, it is an actual "shooter", i.e., a gun. SPB STU

Web-Slinger [Marvel]

In the Marvel Universe, a nickname for Spider-Man. In the Amalgam Universe, a catapult device that aids Spider-Boy in flying. He can guide his trajectory and land okay, but can't launch himself. SPB

White Dwarf Prototype [DC]

See Doctor Palmer. In the DC Universe, Atom II's powers came from white dwarf matter. SPB

Zoomway [DC]

Transport mechanism for Project Cadmus. STU