Nimrod is a robotic supervillain, an enemy of Marvel Comics’ X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist John Romita, Jr., he first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #191 (March 1985). 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. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Chris Claremont (born November 30, 1950 in London, England, United Kingdom) is a comic book writer, best known for his 16-year (1976-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industrys most successful properties. ... John Romita Jr. ... William Stryker is a Marvel Comics villain, an enemy of the X-Men. ... The Sentinels are a type of fictional robot in the Marvel Comics universe. ... ASIMO, a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda. ... Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Chris Claremont (born November 30, 1950 in London, England, United Kingdom) is a comic book writer, best known for his 16-year (1976-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industrys most successful properties. ... John Romita Jr. ... The Uncanny X-Men, first published as simply The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics comic book series within the X-Men franchise. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Hailing from the “Days of Future Past” timeline, Nimrod is a powerful, virtually indestructible descendant of the mutant-hunting Sentinels. His name is taken from the Nimrod described in Genesis 10:8-9 as "a mighty hunter before the Lord." Cover to Uncanny X-Men #141. ... 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. ... The Sentinels are a type of robot in Marvel Comics’s X-Men-related series. ... In the Bible and in legend, Nimrod (Standard Hebrew נִמְרוֹד Nimrod, Tiberian Hebrew נִמְרֹד Nimrōḏ), son of Cush, grandson of Ham, great-grandson of Noah, was a Mesopotamian monarch and a mighty hunter before Yahweh. He is mentioned in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10), in the First Book of Chronicles, and... Genesis (Hebrew: ‎, Greek: Γένεσις, having the meanings of birth, creation, cause, beginning, source and origin) is the first book of the Torah, the first book of the Tanakh and also the first book of the Christian Old Testament. ...

Character biography

From the future to the present

Nimrod is a mutant-hunting android Sentinel from an alternate future who was created by the Sentinels who ruled that timeline. When Rachel Summers travelled back in time to the present, he followed her. In the process - due to an altered time-line following Kulan Gath's occupation of New York - he saved the life of construction worker Jaime Rodriguez, who in gratitude offered him a job and a home with his family, not realizing who or what the Sentinel truly was. 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. ... The android Data, portrayed by Brent Spiner, from the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation An android is a robot made to resemble a human, usually both in appearance and behavior. ... The Sentinels are a type of fictional robot in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Look up Future in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Rachel Summers (also known as Rachel Grey) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero who has been a member of the X-Men. ... Kulan Gath is a fictional character, a villainous magician who was created at Marvel Comics as a foe of Conan the Barbarian and who was later fully integrated into the Marvel Universe and in 2006 was used in Dynamite Entertainments revamped Red Sonja series. ...

Cover to Classic X-Men #98. Nimrod fights Juggernaut and Rogue . Art by Matthew Ryan.

After gathering information about our timeline, Nimrod eventually changed his prime directive from the extermination of all mutants, having determined that such widespread destruction was not necessary in this era. He instead decided to only exterminate mutants who were regarded as outlaws by the Government, such as the X-Men. In the present, he fought and single-handedly defeated the Juggernaut. He hunted Summers and her new teammates, the X-Men, but was unsuccessful in destroying them. Sometime after this, Nimrod garnered a reputation with the public of New York as a heroic vigilante, assuming he was simply a man in powered armor and not a robot. He had also adopted a more human personality since he had established a cover alias as a human being, specifically as a construction worker named Nicholas Hunter. This was due to living with Rodriguez and his family for so long. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x608, 113 KB)Cover to Classic X-Men #98. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x608, 113 KB)Cover to Classic X-Men #98. ... Juggernaut (Cain Marko) is a fictional Marvel Comics character associated with the X-Men franchise. ... It has been suggested that Ultimate Rogue be merged into this article or section. ... Juggernaut (Cain Marko) is a fictional Marvel Comics character associated with the X-Men franchise. ...

Nimrod later faced the combined forces of the X-Men and the Hellfire Club. Nimrod proved himself a powerful threat, killing Black Rook Friedrich Von Roehm, causing Harry Leland's fatal heart attack, nearly killing Nightcrawler, and badly injuring Rogue and Sebastian Shaw. The Hellfire Club is a Marvel Comics supervillain team that frequently battle the X-Men. ... Friedrich Von Roehm, also known as the Black Rook is a Marvel Comics supervillain, and an adversary of the X-Men. ... Harry Leland, also known as the Black Bishop is a Marvel Comics supervillain, and an adversary of the X-Men. ... Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) is a fictional comic book superhero, and a member of the X-Men, appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. ... It has been suggested that Ultimate Rogue be merged into this article or section. ... Sebastian Shaw, formerly known as the Black King, is a fictional character, comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, and the leader of the Hellfire Club. ...

Siege Perilous, and transformation

However, when Nimrod came across a piece of the gigantic Sentinel Master Mold while working on a construction site, his programming was immediately co-opted and Master Mold merged with Nimrod, using its systems to rebuild Nimrod in its own image. The X-Men were hard pressed to defeat the reborn Master Mold at first, but Nimrod came to their aid, claiming he had evolved as well, and no longer viewed them or mutants as a threat. Nimrod asserted enough control over the Master Mold to render it immobile, and even convinced it that it had become a mutant as well; thus, to fulfill its prime directive to exterminate mutants, it must self-destruct. The remains of both robots were pushed through the Siege Perilous, a mystical gateway that caused all who passed through it to be reborn with new bodies. Nimrod and Master Mold were merged into one being: Bastion. Master Mold is a fictional character, a robot supervillain in the Marvel Universe. ... Dazzler and Havok try to stop Rogue from being sucked into the Siege Perilous by Nimrod / Master Mold. ... Bastion is a Marvel Comics supervillain, that is a fusion of the Sentinels Master Mold and Nimrod. ...

Bastion was a human-looking android that possessed great insight into the political process and initiated Operation: Zero Tolerance, a government-sponsored program to eliminate mutant terrorist groups, including the X-Men. Bastion was eventually revealed when it was discovered he was turning humans into a new breed of Sentinels. He was promptly dismantled.

In X-Force #35, a modern-day version of Nimrod appeared. This Nimrod was created by anti-mutant survivalist groups, and was based on the technology derived from the Nimrod from the future. It deactivated itself when Cable convinced it that its existence could cause a paradox and damage the timestream. X-Force was a Marvel Comics superhero team, featured in an eponymous monthly series from 1991 until 2002 and a miniseries running from late 2004 to 2005. ... Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers, a. ... Look up paradox in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Nimrod. Art by Paco Medina.

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x1049, 1309 KB)Nimrod, in art from New X-Men #25, by Paco Medina [1] This image is a single panel from a comic strip or the interior of a single issue of a comic book and the copyright for it... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x1049, 1309 KB)Nimrod, in art from New X-Men #25, by Paco Medina [1] This image is a single panel from a comic strip or the interior of a single issue of a comic book and the copyright for it...

Decimation

Reverend William Stryker found a damaged Nimrod as he entered the current Marvel timeline (New X-Men #26). Stryker used Nimrod's memories to plan an attack on the X-Men and other mutants, however, Nimrod's memories were incorrect and Stryker was defeated. During the New X-Men story arc "Nimrod", Nimrod searched for whom it thought was its creator^{[citation needed]}, Forge. Nimrod believed Forge could repair its damaged body, however Forge instead transferred Nimrod's programming into a new body, which Forge could control. William Stryker is a Marvel Comics villain, an enemy of the X-Men. ... New X-Men refers to two superhero comic books published by Marvel Comics within the hugely popular X-Men franchise. ... New X-Men refers to two superhero comic books published by Marvel Comics within the hugely popular X-Men franchise. ... Forge is a Marvel Comics superhero, associated with the X-Men. ... Forge is a Marvel Comics superhero, associated with the X-Men. ...

Believing Forge to be in danger, the New X-Men travelled to his apartment to help him. This eventually led to Nimrod gaining control over his body, and attacking Forge and the New X-Men. Nimrod was defeated when Surge overloaded Nimrod's temporal unit, blasting Nimrod out of the timestream. Nimrod survived and travelled back in time to March 1985 (Uncanny X-Men #191), with its memory corrupted. Forge is a Marvel Comics superhero, associated with the X-Men. ... Forge is a Marvel Comics superhero, associated with the X-Men. ... The Uncanny X-Men, first published as simply The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics comic book series within the X-Men franchise. ...

Powers and abilities

Nimrod is the most highly advanced form of Sentinel robot possible for the technology of his native time period and reality to create. It is not known from what materials Nimrod was constructed, but his robotic form is highly resistant to damage even by superhuman beings. Nimrod can convert his outward appearance to resemble that of an ordinary human being. Nimrod can also reconstruct himself so as to make improvements in his robotic form and internal systems that will make him a more formidable opponent. A superhuman is an entity with intelligence or abilities exceeding normal human standards. ...

Even when smashed to pieces, Nimrod can reintegrate the portions of his body to become whole again. Apparently Nimrod's electronic consciousness can somehow exist independently of his physical body, at least temporarily. It has been speculated that Nimrod has complete control of his component parts down to the molecular level. If so, then Nimrod might have to be reduced to powder in order to be destroyed, and he might even be able to reconstitute his form from that state. Because of this, it is quite possible that some level of nanotechnology was incorporated into Nimrod at the time of his creation. This article is about the engineering discipline. ... Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and ones environment. ... Molecular gears from a NASA computer simulation. ...

It has also been speculated that Nimrod has the potential to evolve somehow into a "techno-organic" form of life, similar to the Magus or Warlock, although presumably not having the Magus's extraordinary level of power.^{[citation needed]} In the fiction, especially in the Marvel Comics universe and Beast Machines, techno-organic material is a material with properties and abilities of both organic and technological (mechanical and information-processing) material. ... The Magus is the name of two fictional characters in Marvel Comics universe. ... Warlock is a fictional character, a cybernetic alien superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, affiliated with the original New Mutants, a mutant superhero team. ...

Nimrod contains highly advanced computer systems as well as scanning devices that make it possible for him to determine whether a human being is a superhuman or not, and if he or she is, to determined the nature of his or her superhuman abilities. Like present-day Sentinels, Nimrod can draw upon devices and systems within his robotic body in order to cope with or neutralize an opponent's superhuman power once he has determined the nature of that power. If there is no pre-existing means within Nimrod of fighting against his opponent's superhuman power, it is possible that, if he has sufficient knowledge, Nimrod can devise such a means within himself before his next battle with this opponent. A BlueGene supercomputer cabinet. ... For the Macintosh operating system, which was called System up to version 7. ... In practical usage, a robot is a mechanical device which performs automated tasks, either according to direct human supervision, a pre-defined program or, a set of general guidelines, using artificial intelligence techniques. ...

As yet not all of Nimrod's built-in weaponry has been observed. It is known, however, that Nimrod can project extraordinarily powerful concussive blasts of energy, as well as bolts of plasma and disintegrator beams. Nimrod can also project magnetic energy that enables him to levitate enormous quantities of ferrous material. Nimrod can create force fields about himself. It seems that Nimrod has a weakness for elemental attacks; lightning, extreme cold.

Nimrod can teleport himself but the limitations on this ability are unknown. This article is about the satellite communications facility. ...

Appearances in other media

Nimrod from the animated series.

Nimrod has appeared in the X-Men animated series in the 1990's. In the animated continuity, it came from an amalgamated version of the Days of Future Past future and the XSE future, where Bishop is its contemporary. Nimrod follows Bishop into the past to stop him from preventing the assassination that causes the future timeline. With the help of Storm's powers he was able to defeat Nimrod on numerous occasions. Image File history File links Nimrod_tv. ... Image File history File links Nimrod_tv. ... The X-Men Animated Series debuted in the 1992-1993 season on the Fox Network. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bishop (Lucas Bishop), is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero who is a member of the X-Men. ...

An item named "Hammer of Nimrod" appears in the video game X-Men Legends; the item grants a large damage bonus against Sentinels. Nimrod himself does not appear in the game, but in the sequel, a brief appearance is made by Bastion. X-Men Legends is a role-playing game released on several consoles in 2004. ...

Other Nimrods

An unrelated robot named Nimrod fought Marvel's original Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) in Captain Marvel #37. This robot was created by the Kree Lunatic Legion. It was destroyed in combat with Captain Mar-Vell. Captain Marvel is the name of several unique fictional Marvel Comics superheros. ... The Kree, also known as the Ruul, are a scientifically and technologically advanced militaristic alien race in the fictional Marvel Universe. ...

Behind the scenes

Originally, Nimrod was supposed to integrate portions of the Captain Britain villain The Fury, a superhero-killing robot. However, legal problems with Alan Moore, the Fury's creator, interfered with Marvel's plans. Captain Britain (Brian Braddock), briefly known as Britannic, is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. ... For the Marvel Comics series Fury, see Nick Fury. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... ASIMO, a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda. ... Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton) is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. ...