Cyber (comics)

Cyber
Cyber (upper right) on the cover to Wolverine: Origins #15. Art by Marko Djurdjevic.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Marvel Comics Presents #85 (September 1991)
Created by	Peter David Sam Kieth
In-story information
Full name	Silas Burr (mind) Milo Gunderson (body)*
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Pinkerton National Detective Agency Undisclosed Canadian Paramilitary Training Facility Unnamed Drug Cartel Hell's Belles The Coven
Abilities	Original Body: Superhuman strength and stamina Adamantium skin Retractable claws tipped with powerful hallucinogens or poisons Psionic ability to track individual brain patterns Current Body: Superhuman strength Adamantium skin and retractable claws Psionic ability to track individual brain patterns

Cyber is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted usually as an enemy of Wolverine of the X-Men. Created by writer Peter David and artist Sam Kieth, he first appeared in Marvel Comics Presents #85 (September 1991), though his appearance was obscured by a trench coat and hat. He was first fully seen and named in Marvel Comics Presents #86 (September 1991).

Cyber, or "Silas Burr" as he is known, is believed to have been born in Canada. He was an agent for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, and in the spring of 1912, was eventually put on trial in Sioux City, Iowa. He was found guilty on 22 counts of murder and sentenced to death by hanging. Escaping from the courthouse, Cyber arrived at a Western Canadian military base, finding in the Canadian Army a new employer named Frederick Hudson, who took special interest in his unique ability to push the men under his command beyond their moral and emotional limits. Cyber's earliest known confrontation with Logan seemingly occurred around World War I, where he served as Logan's brutal drill instructor during his early days in the military. Cyber is given instructions to focus his attention on Logan in particular, and eventually receives orders to murder a woman at the base known only as Janet, in whom Logan was interested romantically, to further dehumanize his conditioning. After witnessing her death at Cyber's hands, Logan attacks and is severely beaten as Cyber effortlessly gouges out Logan's left eye. This is Logan's most severe beating and defeat up to this point in his life and the resulting psychological effects result in a deep-seated fear of Cyber. Without any memory of Burr's abuse, Logan again finds himself under the command of Burr while enlisted with the Devil's Brigade during World War II. He introduces Logan to U.S. Army soldier Nick Fury for the clandestine rescue mission of Captain America from German occupied Northern Africa.