Ani-Mator

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Ani-Mator
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance New Mutants #59 (Jan 1988)
Created by Louise Simonson and Bret Blevins
Characteristics
Alter ego Dr. Frederick Animus

The Ani-Mator was a geneticist employed by Cameron Hodge to research a means of stopping the process that creates mutants. Dr. Animus instead created a race of "Ani-Mates", which combined the characteristics of human beings and other animals, intending them to be a slave races for humanity.

One of the Ani-Mates, Bird-Brain, escaped the Ani-Mator's island and befriended the New Mutants. The New Mutants returned to the island with Bird-Brain to stop the mad scientist's experiments. The Ani-Mator, attempting to shoot Wolfsbane, instead killed the New Mutant Cypher. Magik exiled the Ani-Mator to the dimension of Limbo in retailiation.