Professor Thorton

The Professor
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Marvel Comics Presents #73
Created by	Barry Windsor-Smith
In-story information
Alter ego	Truett Hudson
Team affiliations	Weapon X Weapon Plus
Notable aliases	Professor Andre Thorton, Number One
Abilities	Genius-level intellect

Professor Andre Thorton (real name Truett Hudson; also known as The Professor) is a character in Marvel Comics, a great enemy of Wolverine.

History

In 1972 nearly twenty years before Logan was romantically involved and abducted with Silver Fox at Windsor snow lodge, Thorton experimented on numerous mutants including Sabretooth and Mastodon. He hired Carol Hines as his assistant and the scientist Abraham Cornelius. He experiments on Wolverine and is responsible for his admantium-laced skeleton. He is also connected to the creation of Alpha Flight on to developing super-soldiers for the US government. During the process, the pain of past memories wakes Wolverine up and enables him to break through the chamber right after it was completed. Wolverine ends up cutting Professor Thorton's hand off and supposedly killing him in a mad rage. This ending scene clarifies to the reader that the virtual reality simulation of him killing hundreds of personal was indeed hallucinatory and an escape attempt.

Sometime later, Professor Thorton and Carol Hines lure Wolverine into an abandoned warehouse in Canada which was once the secret location for the Weapon X program. Codenamed Project X, Wolverine soon discovers Weapon X was funded by the CIA and sheltered in Canada. Professor Thorton's secret weapon, a robotic android named Shiva, is activated to destroy him. Wolverine discovers the apartment complex is not a Pest control outlet but a trap for revenge. Silver Fox (who works for another secret organization called HYDRA) is revealed to be behind the entire plan. In the end, the missing character and cohort Silver Fox surprises them amidst the fighting there by killing the professor.

In other media

Television

• Professor Thorton is seen briefly in the X-Men episode "Out of the Past."
• Professor Thorton appears in the X-Men: Evolution episode "Grim Reminder", voiced by Campbell Lane.
• Professor Thorton appears in Wolverine and the X-Men voiced by Tom Kane.
• Tom Kane reprises the role of Professor Thornton who appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "Behold...The Vision." He is heard at a Weapon X facility when Vision attacks.

Film

• Professor Thorton appeared in the Wolverine portion of Hulk Vs voiced by Tom Kane.

Video games

• Professor Thorton appeared in X2: Wolverine's Revenge voiced by Don Morrow.

Bibliography

• Wolverine #50
• Marvel Comics Presents Weapon X vol. 1 #73-87

External links

• Professor Thorton at Comic Vine
• Professor Thorton at Marvel Wikia