Who Is Ameridroid? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Ameridroid is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Lyle Dekker, with over 31 comic issue appearances. The Ameridroid is a twenty foot tall android in the form of Captain America, inhabited by the mind of self-loathing former Nazi spy and scientist. Ameridroid has the abilities of Captain America amplified to be proportional to its size.

Who is Ameridroid?

Creation and Development Ameridroid was created by Don Glut , Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito in 1978 and first appeared in Captain America # 217. Origin and History World War II Lyle Dekker was a German scientist and Nazi spy during World War II. He was sent to America in 1944 as a spy to work at Democracy Pictures where they planned to make a film about Captain America to spread Allied propaganda and to glorify the super soldier. He worked as a special effects wizard and was suppose to sabotage the film by any means necessary. He managed to switch live ammunition into an automatic machine gun that was supposed to be filled with blanks. The actor playing Captain America was shot and wounded. The real Captain America took his place and continued to shoot the film. Dekker created a real laser that was supposed to be used in a film shoot but Captain America and Bucky were able to save the actress from the laser and disable it.

Key facts

Ameridroid is of cyborg origin and first appeared in "The Search for Steve Rogers!". The character is published by Marvel. With 31 recorded issue appearances, Ameridroid ranks among the most featured characters in comics.