Sunstroke is a Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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 supervillain.

Fictional character biography

When Dominus

Dominus (Marvel Comics)

Dominus is a fictional character, a villain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. It is a sentient super-computer, created by the alien Quists and sometimes controlled by Lucifer.-Publication history:...

 (a massive, sentient computer created by the Arcane race) lands in the American Southwest to take over the Earth, it creates its agents Butte, Cactus, and Gila. He makes one more to be his human agent...Sunstroke.

The Avengers stumbled upon Dominus' minions and encountered Dominus also. During the battle, Dominus fled into space upon seeing Moon Knight

Moon Knight

Moon Knight is a fictional character, a mercenary-turned-superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character exists in the Marvel Universe and was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin...

's different personalities. Sunstroke also disappeared.

Sunstroke was among the many villains attending a weapons expo hosted by AIM

Advanced Idea Mechanics

A.I.M. is a fictional terrorist organization in the . The organization first appeared in Strange Tales #146 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.-Publication history:...

. Sunstroke battled with Captain America

Captain America

Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...

 (who was posing as Crossbones

Crossbones (comics)

Crossbones is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by writer Mark Gruenwald and artist Kieron Dwyer in Captain America #359-360 . Crossbones usually appears as a henchman of the Red Skull...

 at the time).

He joined the Masters of Evil

Masters of Evil

The Masters of Evil is a name for a number of fictional supervillain teams that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first version of the team appeared in The Avengers #6 , with the lineup continually changing over the years....

 in their bid to blackmail the world governments.

Sunstroke later popped up as a member of Hood

Hood (comics)

The Hood is a fictional character, a supervillain, and a crime boss in the . Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artists Kyle Hotz and Eric Powell, the character first appeared in The Hood #1 .-Publication history:...

's crime syndicate.

Powers and abilities

Sunstroke absorbs solar energy and causes a variety of effects like generation of blinding flashes and projecting waves of heat, besides flying.

External links

• Sunstroke at Marvel Appendix