Doppleganger (comics)

For the unrelated character also featured in Marvel Comics, see Doppelganger (comics).

Doppleganger
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	X-Factor Annual #1
Created by	Bob Layton, Bret Breeding
In-story information
Alter ego	Wolfgang Helmut Heinreich
Species	Human Mutant
Notable aliases	Iceman
Abilities	Shapeshifting

Doppleganger (Wolfgang Helmut Heinreich) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in X-Factor Annual #1.

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. He uses the Crimson Dynamo as the guard for his facility.

Cameron Hodge, the public relations officer for X-Factor, is contacted through unofficial channels, thanks in part to Father Alexi Garnoff's mutant exile cell. X-Factor, under the story of sharing their mutant-hunting tech with the Russians, takes a trip in order to investigate.

Impersonation

Bobby Drake, Iceman is drugged, captured and replaced by Heinrich. Bobby's life is saved by rebellious forces. The impersonation is discovered and a battle breaks out. The Crimson Dynamo is neutralized thanks to a code Beast has overheard. Heinrich, using Bobby's powers, creates too much ice and the floor beneath him collapses.

He is seen alive, on board a plane bound for the United States.^{[volume & issue needed]} Apparently, Dr. Heinreich retains his mutant powers after the M-Day.^{[volume & issue needed]}

See also

• Doppelgänger

References

External links

• Doppelganger at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe