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Toxin

Here's another of Wingblade's villains, Dr. Sherman Howard a.k.a. Toxin. He's the villain I featured in this story. Wingblade first encountered the Cobra-Kai during his time training with Bronze Tiger.

 

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Dr Sherman Howard was a brilliant scientist whose specialty field was genetics. His genius was rewarded by becoming head of the Californian branch of S.T.A.R. Labs. While genetics was Dr. Howard’s specialty, his expertise did not stop there - he also had a fascination with mind control, interrogation, and cloning. The doctor is extremely meticulous with his work, preferring to be involved in every aspect of his projects. Dr. Howard’s obsession with manipulation and gene modification caused many of the experiments held at the laboratories to cross over into the realm of unethical experimentation and illegal genetic splicing. His colleagues were stunned and outraged by Dr. Howard’s evil tendencies and lack of ethics. They exposed him and reported him to the Director of S.T.A.R. Labs, who in turn stripped him of all his commendations and banned him from ever working for them again. After being made a pariah in the science community, Dr. Howard relocated to a remote laboratory in the jungle to conduct his illegal research – swearing to one day return to seek vengeance. There he continued his genetic experiments on the local wildlife. He also began to receive funding from criminal organizations and other private military groups who wanted him to provide them with such things as: controllable “super soldiers” and development of illegal biological weapons.

His terrifying work with genetic modification paid off when he created a human-snake hybrid. The first viable hybrid, dubbed “Subject Null “ exhibited enhanced speed, strength, and ferocity, he was also prone to overly aggressive behavior. Not completely satisfied with the results obtained with Subject Null, Dr. Howard continued to modify his formula: his goal was to make the subjects more in tune with the “beast within”, but at the same time more controllable, and thus the Cobra-Kai were born. With his hybrid experimentation complete, Dr. Howard shifted his focus on constructing biological weapons. While developing a lethal mutagenic nerve gas for a terrorist group, he was constantly exposed to the gas (due to an undiscovered leak in one of the pressure hoses), eventually causing him to be transformed into a walking, toxic, radioactive being.

 

Not letting such a unique opportunity go by, Dr. Howard took advantage of the situation and saw it as a sign to finally make his move. Now calling himself Toxin, he is ready to take his revenge on the science community that shunned him all those years ago.

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C&C welcomed and appreciated.

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Uploaded on September 24, 2012
Taken on September 18, 2012