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| Character Name: | Emrys Killebrew |
| Real Name: | Emrys Killebrew |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Debut: | Deadpool: Sins of the Past #1 (August, 1994) |
| Creators: | Mark Waid (writer) Ian Churchill (artist) |
| Alliances: | Deadpool |
| Aliases: | Dr. Killebrew |
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| Cat: | super |
| Subcat: | Marvel Comics |
| Hero: | y |
| Sortkey: | Deadpool |
Emrys Killebrew is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics as a supporting character of Deadpool. The character was created by writer Mark Waid and artist Ian Churchill.
Emrys Killebrew was created by writer Mark Waid and artist Ian Churchill in Deadpool: Sins of the Past #1 (August, 1994).[1]
Dr. Emrys Killebrew was a scientist employed by the Weapon X program, running a facility called "the workshop" where he was given failed test subjects and permitted to do whatever experiments he wanted on them so long as they were eventually terminated. Killebrew hired Francis Freeman (who would go on to become the cyborg known as "Ajax"), then known by the alias "the Attending", as an "enforcer" to keep the subjects under control, while he indulged his sadistic impulses by putting the subjects through all manner of horrific and unethical procedures.
Many of his experiments would prove fatal as time went on at the workshop. Wade Wilson, who would become Deadpool, became one of Killebrew's favorite patients because he endured levels of pain and torture that killed lesser subjects, encouraging Killebrew to find ever more creative ways to hurt him. Finally, the Attending became sick and tired with Wilson's disrespectful attitude and arranged it so that Killebrew would have to kill Wade for disobedience and get rid of him once and for all. However, Killebrew's final experiment, involving the transplant of DNA from Wolverine to see whether he could recreate the latter's healing factor, caused Wade's enhanced healing factor to finally fully activate when he nearly died from the attempt to kill him. As soon as it happened, Wade was able to kill the Attending and make an escape out of the workshop with some fellow prisoners, while Killebrew made his own escape without being noticed by the others.
Sometime later, Killebrew returned to the Weapon X facility to help a dying Black Tom Cassidy, who was dying of illness, but before Killebrew could begin, Juggernaut came crashing through to rescue Tom and ended up taking Killebrew with him too, so that he could continue to find a cure for him. When Deadpool teamed up with Banshee and his daughter Siryn to find their cousin Black Tom, they also ended up finding Killebrew as well. At first, Deadpool wanted to kill Killebrew for what he did to him at the workshop, but eventually decided to spare him.
Killebrew met up with Deadpool again when his healing factor was beginning to fail him; Killebrew allowed Deadpool to find him and eventually helped him by using some of the Hulk's blood to restabilize Deadpool's healing factor. Even though he saved him, Deadpool still wanted to kill Killebrew for all he had done to him in the past. Deadpool spared him again because Siryn, who was with him, managed to convince Deadpool to be a better man and let Killebrew live.
Even so, Deadpool vowed to kill him if they ever met again. Their next meeting came when Killebrew's former assistant, the Attending (Francis Freeman), was resurrected through cybernetics as Ajax. Ajax wanted revenge on Deadpool and started tracking him down, killing all of the escaped patients from the Weapon X facility and finally tracking down the retired Killebrew. After torturing him for info, he was able to learn Deadpool's whereabouts and find him.
When Killebrew woke up, he found himself watching Deadpool fight Ajax. Overcome with guilt and regret for his past actions, the doctor sacrificed himself to burn off Ajax's protective helmet, thus giving Deadpool an opening to kill the cyborg.
Dr. Killebrew had no special powers, but he was a brilliant scientist with degrees in genetic engineering and splicing.