Scientist Supreme

Scientist Supreme is a name used by different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Description

The Scientist Supreme is often described to be the top leader of A.I.M., and can also be described to be the scientific counterpart to Earth's Sorcerer Supreme.

Known versions

Yandroth
Main article: Yandroth

Yandroth was the humanoid Scientist Supreme of the otherdimensional planet Yann, and a counterpart to Doctor Strange's title of Sorcerer Supreme.[1]

Lyle Getz
Scientist Supreme
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceCaptain America #133 (January 1971)
Created byStan Lee
Gene Colan
In-story information
Alter egoLyle Getz
Team affiliationsA.I.M.
AbilitiesGenius-level intellect

Lyle Getz was the first individual to use the Scientist Supreme alias within A.I.M.. He spearheaded and supervised the experiment of MODOK and then Getz was killed by his own experiment afterwards.[2]

George Clinton
Scientist Supreme
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceSuper-Villain Team Up #17 (June 1980)
Created byJim Shooter
Peter Gillis
In-story information
Alter egoGeorge Clinton
Team affiliationsA.I.M.
AbilitiesGenius-level intellect

George Clinton was the second individual to use the Scientist Supreme persona within A.I.M.. Clinton provided the Red Skull, Armin Zola and the Hate-Monger with a restored version of the Cosmic Cube; however, he gets his mind drained (along with many others) by the three supervillains as a power source for the very device that he helped restore.[3]

Valdemar Tykkio
Scientist Supreme
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceIron Man #201 (December 1985)
Created byJim Shooter
Denny O'Neil
In-story information
Alter egoValdemar Tykkio
Team affiliationsA.I.M.
AbilitiesGenius-level intellect

Valdemar Tykkio was the third individual to use the Scientist Supreme persona within A.I.M..[4] Valdemar had occasional encounters with Iron Man while dealing with his brother Yorgon Tykkio trying to take his coveted position.[5]

Fourth A.I.M. Leader
Scientist Supreme
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceIron Man #247 (October 1989)
Created byTom DeFalco
Bob Layton
In-story information
Team affiliationsA.I.M.
AbilitiesGenius-level intellect

A fourth individual had used the Scientist Supreme persona within A.I.M.. This Scientist Supreme had a deal with HYDRA to eliminate Madame Masque, resulting in a confrontation with Iron Man and the Hulk.[6]

Monica Rappaccini
Main article: Monica Rappaccini

Monica Rappaccini is the fifth individual to use the Scientist Supreme alias within A.I.M.[7]

Hank Pym
Main article: Hank Pym

At one point, Hank Pym grew to a large enough size where he encountered the cosmic entity Eternity, claiming to the former that he is Earth's "Scientist Supreme".[8] When Hank Pym told Loki about this, the trickster god claims he was using Eternity's form in order to trick the so-called Scientist Supreme. Hank Pym disputed Loki's explanation. Whether or not it was indeed Loki-in-disguise has not been answered.[9]

Andrew Forson
Andrew Forson
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceFantastic Four #610 (November 2012)
Created byJonathan Hickman
Ryan Stegman
In-story information
Team affiliationsA.I.M.
Cult of Entropy
Notable aliasesA.I.M. Scientist Supreme
AbilitiesGenius-level intellect

Andrew Forson is the sixth character within A.I.M. to use the title of Scientist Supreme. The character first appeared in Fantastic Four #610 and was created by Jonathan Hickman and Ryan Stegman.

Forson was the Scientist Supreme of A.I.M. after the organization became public and established their base in the now-sovereign island nation of Barbuda and overthrew the Wizard with consent of the rest of A.I.M.. Barbuba was then renamed A.I.M. Island.[10]

Forson appears as the Supreme Leader of the new High Council of A.I.M., consisting of Graviton (as the Minister of Science), Jude the Entropic Man (as the Minister of Health), Mentallo (as the Minister of Home Affairs), Superia (as the Minister of Education in Bagalia), the female Super-Adaptoid (as the Minister of State in Bagalia), and the undercover Taskmaster (as the Minister of Defense).[11] Forson then leads A.I.M. into attending a weapons expo, which led to A.I.M. fighting against the Secret Avengers. During the battle, Forson takes the opportunity to steal the Iron Patriot armor.[12] Daisy Johnson launched an unsanctioned operation to send the Secret Avengers to A.I.M. Island to assassinate Forson, and the group seemingly killed him. Despite Johnson ending up suspended for breaking protocol and Maria Hill being put in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. again, Forson was revealed to be alive all along, and the news of A.I.M. being a new permanent member of the Security Council is known.[13]

Forson finds Superia badly injured after an incident on A.I.M. Island regarding an escaped creature.[14] An A.I.M. Agent then approaches Forson and Superia, showing the two a 2-D hologram of the organism beating the Avengers. Taking pride in this, Forson orders their translocator activated and to retrieve their "lost child".[15] When Taskmaster is shot and seemingly killed by Mockingbird now under Forson's control,[16] Forson revealed that Mockingbird was secretly working for Forson years ago, and that he used Mockingbird to "get Victorious out of the way" so that he could take over the Cult of Entropy.[17] Forson also uses Adaptoids from an alternate reality to combat the Avengers.[18] Using an unidentified device, Forson and A.I.M. accelerate the flow of time in the limits of A.I.M. Island, creating in a matter of hours for the real world year of progress and transforming A.I.M. into a technologically advanced empire.[19] When Smasher comes to the island, Forson has Jude the Entropic Man transform her into his messenger.[20]

Forson is an experienced scientist with genius-level intellect.

In other media

Television
  • The Lyle Getz iteration of the A.I.M. Scientist Supreme appears in Iron Man: Armored Adventures. In "Ready, A.I.M., Fire", he was shown to be among the A.I.M. agents working on MODOK. In “Designed Only For Chaos”, A.I.M. succeeds in MODOK's creation using the Living Laser but the Scientist Supreme is ultimately murdered by MODOK so MODOK can take control of A.I.M.; ironically, he had intended to put MODOK in command of A.I.M. anyway.
  • Two different versions of the A.I.M. Scientist Supreme appear on The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Nolan North (first iteration),[21] and by Kyle Hebert (Lyle Getz).[22] The first version that is seen comes off as the unknown iteration. In "Breakout" Pt. 1, the unidentified Scientist Supreme has a deal with Lucia von Bardas (on Doctor Doom's behalf) which gets interrupted by Iron Man (Tony Stark). He gets transferred to the Vault only just when the prison breakouts occur, escaping alongside other villains. In "Alone Against A.I.M", the Scientist Supreme gets his revenge via the Technovore within Stark Industries. He also holds Pepper Potts hostage until he's defeated by the Avengers. In "Prisoner of War", Getz is captured and replaced by a Skrull impersonator. Although imprisoned, he assists Captain America (Steve Rogers) and other captured individuals (Invisible Woman, Cobra, Madame Hydra, Clay Quartermain and Henry Peter Gyrich) in escaping from the Skrulls and the Super-Skrull. In "Secret Invasion", Getz's Skrull imposter uses his satellite weapon inventions that could destroy all life when Veranke's invasion wasn't in the Skrulls' favor, however, Getz's satellites were destroyed by Thor and his Skrull imposter is arrested by S.W.O.R.D. agents.
  • An amalgamated iteration of the A.I.M. Scientist Supreme appears in Avengers: Ultron Revolution, voiced by Jim Meskimen.[23] This version has George Clinton's appearance, Valdemar Tykkio's accent, and Andrew Forson's attire. In the episode "Adapting to Change", he has three advanced Adaptoids fight the Avengers. The Scientist Supreme then merges with the Adaptoids as the Supreme Adaptoid, resulting in a more challenging fight but eventually ends up defeated by the Avengers. However, Ultron's salvaged duplicate absorbs the man's technology and intelligence, presumably killing the Scientist Supreme in the progress.
  • The Monica Rappaccini version of the A.I.M. Scientist Supreme appears in the Spider-Man animated series, voiced by Grey DeLisle.[24]

Video games
  • A version of A.I.M's Scientist Supreme appears in Marvel Avengers Academy. While he is the leader of A.I.M., he is also headmaster of the A.I.M. Institute of Super-Technology.
  • A female Scientist Supreme appears in Marvel Strike Force.
  • The Monica Rappaccini version of the A.I.M. Scientist Supreme appears in Marvel Powers United VR, voiced by Jennifer Hale.[25]
gollark: Admittedly I can't program *well* or *usably* in all of them.
gollark: Yes I can. I can program in ALL languages.
gollark: Yep!
gollark: Suffer?
gollark: Submit a full bug report with preprocessed source if appropriate?

References
  1. Strange Tales Vol. 1 #164 (January 1968). Marvel Comics.
  2. Captain America #133 (January 1971). Marvel Comics.
  3. Super-Villain Team Up #17 (June 1980). Marvel Comics.
  4. Iron Man #201 (December 1985). Marvel Comics.
  5. Iron Man #204-207; 215-216 (March–June 1986; February–March 1987). Marvel Comics.
  6. Iron Man #247 (October 1989). Marvel Comics.
  7. Amazing Fantasy #7 (2005). Marvel Comics.
  8. Mighty Avengers #30 (October 2009). Marvel Comics.
  9. Mighty Avengers #34 (March 2010). Marvel Comics.
  10. Fantastic Four #610 (November 2012). Marvel Comics.
  11. Secret Avengers vol. 2 #2 (March 2013). Marvel Comics.
  12. Secret Avengers vol. 2 #3 (April 2013). Marvel Comics.
  13. Secret Avengers vol. 2 #5 (June 2013). Marvel Comics.
  14. Avengers vol. 5 #15. Marvel Comics.
  15. Avengers vol. 5 #16 (July 2013). Marvel Comics.
  16. Secret Avengers vol. 2 #13 (February 2014). Marvel Comics.
  17. Secret Avengers vol. 2 #14 (March 2014). Marvel Comics.
  18. Avengers vol. 5 #25-28 (January–April 2014). Marvel Comics.
  19. Avengers World #1. Marvel Comics.
  20. Avengers World #2 (January 2014). Marvel Comics.
  21. "Full cast and crew of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes "Breakout: Part 1". IMDb. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
  22. "Full cast and crew of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes "Prisoner of War". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  23. "Adapting to Change". Avengers: Ultron Revolution. Season 3. Episode 1. March 13, 2016. Disney XD.
  24. "School of Hard Knocks". Spider-Man. Season 2. Episode 30. July 9, 2018. Disney XD.
  25. "Voice of Scientist Supreme - Marvel Powers United VR (Game) | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 2018-09-20. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources
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