Who Is Ahab? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Ahab is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Dr. Roderick Campbell, with over 272 comic issue appearances. A geneticist who in a dystopic future was the creator of the Hound program which captured mutants wherein they were processed and used to hunt down their fellow mutants.

Who is Ahab?

Origin When Rory Campbell joined Moira MacTaggert 's genetic research team at the Muir Island Mutant Research Center, he discovered that a series of events would lead to a possible reality, a future, where he would become a mutant hunter known as Ahab. Rory decided that his fate was Not set and tried to prevent this horrific prognostication from happening. While the British team known as Excalibur was stationed on Muir Island, they captured the feral mutant Spoor , an Acolyte devoted to Magneto . Rory created a containment cell, which had amongst its security protocols, a laser web activated by bio-sensors that would react to hostile captives, the web successfully contained Spoor. Unfortunately for Rory, Spoor controlled Rory, manipulating the doctor into attacking him using His mutant power of emitting mood-altering pheromones, seeing Rory as the aggressor, the web activated against him, the attack resulted in Rory losing His left leg. Later on, Rory accepted a position of Mutant Liaison and management within the restructured W.H.O. (Weird Happenings Organization). Desperate to regain a semblance of normality, to walk again, Rory traded information about the Legacy Virus to Sebast.

Key facts

Ahab is of cyborg origin and first appeared in "Days of Future Present (Part 2):". The character is published by Marvel. With 272 recorded issue appearances, Ahab ranks among the most featured characters in comics.