Holden Radcliffe is a fictional character appearing in

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s published by

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. The character is an enemy of

Machine Teen Machine Teen is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in ''Machine Teen'' #1 beginning in 2005. Adam Aaronson, a high school student, has a good life: he is captain of the a ...

. The character made his live action debut in the

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series ''

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'' played by John Hannah.

Publication history

The character, created by

Marc Sumerak Marc Sumerak (born 1978 in Solon, Ohio) is a freelance comic book writer from Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2000 and worked as an editor at Marvel Comics before becoming a freelance writer. His credits includ ...

and

Mike Hawthorne Mike Hawthorne is an American comic book artist and artist, known for his work on books such as Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, the Superior Spider-Man, and Deadpool. Career Mike Hawthorne began his career self publishing his comic series''H ...

, first appeared in ''Machine Teen'' #1 (July 2005).

Fictional character biography

Holden Radcliffe is a businessman, scientist, and

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of the Holden Radcliffe Corporation who is interested in developing

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as soldiers. Radcliffe forces Dr. Aaron Isaacs on the run after he destroys his work. After years of searching for Isaacs, who had created the robot son

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, Radcliffe kidnaps Isaacs along with Adam and his friends. Radcliffe tortures Adam in an effort to brainwash and take control of him, but this is a ruse and Radcliffe is killed after Adam self-destructs.

In other media

Holden Radcliffe Holden Radcliffe is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is an enemy of Machine Teen. The character made his live action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series ''Agents of S.H.I ...

appears in ''

'', portrayed by John Hannah. This version is a scientist who was forced to work for Hive before being rescued by

S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. is a fictional espionage, special law enforcement, and counter-terrorism government agency appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, this agency first appeared in ''Strange Tal ...

In the fourth season, Radcliffe turns on S.H.I.E.L.D. after being corrupted by the ''

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'' and creates the Framework, a virtual reality.

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, Radcliffe's AI assistant, kills him after realizing that he is a potential danger to the Framework, but preserves his consciousness inside the Framework. In the episode "World's End", Radcliffe is killed when AIDA destroys the Framework.

References

External links

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