| Coldblood | |
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Coldblood and Havok, art by Paul Gulacy |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #26 (August 1989) |
| Created by | Doug Moench Paul Gulacy |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Eric Savin |
| Team affiliations | S.H.I.E.L.D. Roxxon Oil |
| Notable aliases | Coldblood-7 |
| Abilities | Cyborg with artificial body parts Highly trained fighting skills |
Coldblood (Eric Savin) is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe who first appeared in Marvel Comics Presents vol. 1 #26 (August 1989).
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While still a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army at Camp Killian, Eric Savin was put in charge of Project: Ultra-Tech. There he met the love of his life, Lieutenant Gina Dyson. While on patrol, Savin stepped onto a freshly planted mine which blew him into pieces. He was dead for 2.3 minutes. Gina immediately performed cybernetic surgery on him. The surgery was successful — Savin was alive, but resurrected as a cyborg by Mako's Project: Ultra-Tech. Dyson, his former lover, aided him in battling Mako and his robots, and apparently slew Mako in combat.[1] The "7" in Coldblood's original name was stated to be a mere wordplay on Coldblood's real name "Eric Savin", as his surname is pronounced in the same way.
Coldblood became an urban soldier cyborg, operating as a freelance mercenary. He evaded capture by Mechadoom.[2] Coldblood hunted down and fought the third Deathlok in Paris. He then joined forces with Deathlok and Siege in defeating Harlan Ryker and his cyber-warriors.[3]
Coldblood gave in to his cyborg-form at one point but with the help of Gina was brought back to the human side in him.
In later missions, Coldblood was hired by Roxxon Oil and had to get a stolen biochemical weapon back from the lab of Dr. Jonathan Cayre. Coldblood gained the help of the original Excalibur team and succeeded in his mission. Again later, Savin worked together with fellow cyborg Deathlok, Silver Sable and her Wildpack against the villain group ULTIMATUM.
When next seen, Coldblood was one of the many super-heroes against the registration act forged during the Civil War event, and was arrested. He was transported to the Pro-Registration super-prison built within the Negative Zone, later freed during the mass exodus created by the resistance. Coldblood then participated during the battle between both sides, and was later referred to being missing in action.
Eric Savin was converted into the cyborg Coldblood-7 by Dr. Gina Dyson and other Project: Ultra-Tech surgeons following designs by Mako. This gave him superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and durability, and enhanced sensory systems. Coldblood also has the ability to interface with virtually any computer system, and, by mentally entering "cyberspace," to communicate with such systems. He has a wetware-grafted computer grafted to his organic brain, a plasti-steel-reinforced skeleton, an artificial heart, synthetic hemoglobin, and artificial right eye, and artificial limbs. The right half of his face is an armored cybernetic implant. The organic portion of Coldblood's body still requires food, drink, oxygen and sleep. His in-built computer requires a recharge of electricity every twelve months of active service. The portion of Coldblood's organic brain that controls personal memories was removed during surgery that made him into a cyborg.
Coldblood wears body armor and uses conventional firearms, including a .357 automatic gun implanted in his artificial left hand. Mako and Project: Ultra-Tech also specially designed a high speed automobile for him, with built-in guns, which can be remote controlled by a device in Coldblood's left wrist.
Coldblood is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, highly trained in commando fighting, and is a superb marksman with conventional firearms.