Doppleganger (Wolfgang Helmut Heinreich) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in X-Factor Annual #1. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... In Marvel comic books, particularly those of the X-Men mythos, a mutant is a human being who is born with genetic modifications that allow for abilities not possessed by regular humans. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... In Marvel comic books, particularly those of the X-Men mythos, a mutant is a human being who is born with genetic modifications that allow for abilities not possessed by regular humans. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ...

Fictional character biography

The Dr. Wolfgang Heinrich was a respected bio-physicist in Russia. Secretly a mutant, he possesses the power to take on the appearance and powers of any other nearby mutant. He also ran a secret research program that involved using mutants, dead or alive, as biological weapons. Using the Crimson Dynamo as the guard for his facility, he ran afoul of X-Factor when they were asked to investigate rumours of Heinreich's project, thanks in part to Father Alexi Garnoff's mutant exile cell. Dmitri Bukharin is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. ... It has been suggested that X-Factor Investigations be merged into this article or section. ... Blind Faith (Alexi Garnoff) is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ...

Doppleganger was seemingly killed in the encounter, but was revealed to have escaped onboard a plane bound for the United States. Apparently, the Dr. Heinreich retained his mutant powers after the M-Day. Decimation event logo, as shown on the covers of tie-in comics Decimation is the name of the late 2005 Marvel Comics crossover spinning out of the House of M limited series, that focuses on the ramifications of the Scarlet Witchs stripping nearly all of the mutant population of...

See also

• Doppelgänger