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Bird-Brain
Art by Bret Blevins
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe New Mutants #56 (Oct. 1987)
Created byLouise Simonson and June Brigman
In-story information
Alter egoBird-Brain
Team affiliationsNew Mutants
Notable aliasesBird Boy
AbilitiesFlight

Bird-Brain is a fictional 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

  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.
  2. ^ a b c The New Mutants #57
  3. ^ a b The New Mutants #58
  4. ^ The New Mutants #60
  5. ^ The New Mutants #61

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