Robo-Hunter
Real
Name: Sam Slade
Identity/Class: Normal human
Occupation: Robo-Hunter
Affiliations: Hoagy (robotic sidekick, idiot); Stogie (robotic cigar), Kidd
Enemies: God-Droid, Big Brain, Teeny-Meks
Known Relatives: Samantha Slade (granddaughter)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Brit Cit
First Appearance: 2000A.D. #76 (IPC, August 1978)
Powers/Abilities: Excellent shot, and capable detective. Mainly he gets by through simple persistence. When Sam was killed he managed to come back to life in a bizarre case that involved merging his ghostly spirit with his own clone. Currently he's a head in a jar.
History:
Sam Slade was an aging robo-hunter, a man who specialised in dealing with
rogue robots. Hired to visit the planet Verdus and find out what had happened
to the human colonists, he was restored to his twenties en route thanks to
sabotage which exposed him to time dilation. He discovered that thanks to
some faulty logic the Verdus robots had imprisoned the colonists, and eventually
destroy every robot on the planet. Returning to Earth he stopped the God-Droid's
plot to replace city leaders with robot duplicates, before somewhat reluctantly
relocating to Brit Cit, and further adventures.
Comments: Thanks to Foss for reminding me about Stogie, Sam's talking cigar.
CLARIFICATIONS: None.
Any Additions/Corrections? Please let me know.
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