Publisher Marvel Comics Team affiliations Alliance of Evil Creator Fabian Nicieza Notable alias Proteus | Alter ego Gilbert Benson First appearance New Mutants Annual #7 Species Mutant | |
Created by Fabian Nicieza
Guang Yap Notable aliases Proteus, Kevin MacTaggert Abilities Absorb energy frequencies and store them within his body. Similar Proteus, Harness, Joanna Cargill, Crimson Commando, Rusty Collins | ||
Piecemeal (Gilbert Benson) is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Universe. His first appearance was in New Mutants Annual #7.
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Fictional character biography
Young Gilbert Benson was a mutant with the ability to absorb different energy frequencies and store them within his body. His mother, the armored mutant mercenary known as Harness who had been employed by Advanced Idea Mechanics, cruelly exploited this ability and forced Gilbert, whom she dubbed Piecemeal, to travel across the world with her to absorb the dispersed energy of Proteus, the deceased reality-warping son of geneticist Moira MacTaggert.
Absorbing the energy, Piecemeal grew larger and larger until he looked like a 700-pound monstrosity. The mutant team X-Force, alongside the New Warriors and a makeshift group of Muir Island-based X-Men allies, did their best to help siphon off the energy, but they failed. Finally, Gilbert's body exploded, and in that instant his mind combined with that of the reformed Proteus to form a new amalgamated being. The new entity set about warping reality all over Scotland.
The amalgamated Proteus/Piecemeal also captured their mothers and held them hostage as the pre-government-sponsored X-Factor team arrived. Finally, X-Factor convinced the boys to disperse their energies, consigning them both to oblivion.
Powers and abilities
Benson could track and absorb energy fields, and alter his mutant cells to store and metabolize specific energy signatures.