Doppleganger (comics)

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

Doppleganger

Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	X-Factor Annual #1
Created by

Characteristics
Alter ego	Wolfgang Helmut Heinreich
Species	Human Mutant
Affiliations	None
Abilities	shapeshifter.

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

[edit] 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. Using the Crimson Dynamo as the guard for his facility, he ran afoul of X-Factor when they were asked to investigate rumours of Heinreich's project, thanks in part to Father Alexi Garnoff's mutant exile cell.

Doppleganger was seemingly killed in the encounter, but was revealed to have escaped onboard a plane bound for the United States. Apparently, the Dr. Heinreich retained his mutant powers after the M-Day.