Ameridroid
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Captain America #218 (Feb 1978) |
| Created by | Don Glut and Sal Buscema |
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| Alter ego | Lyle Dekker |
| Team affiliations | Red Skull |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength |
Ameridroid is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
The Ameridroid is a 20-foot-tall android designed to resemble Captain America. The android possesses the mind of ex-Nazi spy, scientist Lyle Dekker.
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Dekker previously serves the Red Skull during World War II. In 1944 he is sent to America and becomes an employee at Democracy Studios. The company is working on a movie about Captain America. Dekker, in a special effects position, arranges several accidents in an attempt to discredit the movie. Ultimately, this fails. Dekker is tortured and nearly killed by the Red Skull in retaliation for this failure.
Dekker’s transfers his mind into the Ameridroid in modern times, allowing his own body to die. The android has the abilities of Captain America amplified to be proportional to its size. Dekker is initially demoralized by his new nature, but is later brainwashed and serves the Red Skull in a campaign to discredit Captain America. The Ameridroid is ultimately killed while attempting to destroy the Red Skull.
