Fictional Character Biography
Quasimodo was originally a computer created by the Mad Thinker in his laboratory in California's Mojave Desert, and later abandoned by him. The computer was later discovered by the Silver Surfer. Feeling pity for Quasimodo's desire to be human, the Surfer gave him a partly organic, semi-humanoid cyborg body. Quasimodo became enraged by his feeling of inferiority compared to the Silver Surfer's more perfect body, and battled the Silver Surfer. He was ultimately rendered immobile by the Surfer.
Quasimodo eventually regained his mobility. He attempted a takeover of Cape Canaveral's computer systems, and battled Captain Marvel. Quasimodo next attempted to steal the Beast's life-force as part of an effort to make himself more human. Quasimodo attempted dominance of the world's computer systems, and battled Spider-Man and Hawkeye. Quasimodo then employed an Iron Man robot in a scheme to tap the energy of the Baxter Building to regain his mobility. He stole a spacecraft from the Fantastic Four and used it to attempt to travel to a Xandarian power source.
Quasimodo's intellect was beamed back to the Earth, where he took refuge in a deactivated computer system in Khystym, Russia. He allied with the Dire Wraiths against the Galadorian Spaceknight Rom. Quasimodo projected his "mental essence" into Rom's armor. Another Spaceknight, Brandy Clark (the second Starshine) drove Quasimodo's essence from Rom's armor, and he became trapped in a Soviet computer system. Quasimodo was later driven out of the Earth computer system by the Vision, and his consciousness was expelled into space.
Through unknown means, Quasimodo returned to Earth and set up shop at a base in Cuba as seen in the Dark Reign storyline. It was here that he was captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. who was assisted by the mercenary Mainframe at the behest of Norman Osborn. Quasimodo then entered Norman Osborn's service as an analyst, compiling dossiers on numerous superhumans with most of the dossiers being about the known supervillains.
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