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==Fictional character biography==

===Original version===

The original version of Master Mold was created by Dr. [[Bolivar Trask]] during the original run of ''X-Men'' comics. Fearing superhuman mutants such as the X-Men, Trask makes Master Mold, a super-computer in the shape of a giant robot, that will control and facilitate the construction of the [[Sentinel (comics)|Sentinels]] (mechanical warriors programmed to hunt and capture superhuman mutants). Secretly, the original Masterversion Mold iswas also programmed by the time-traveling Tanya Trask ([[Madame Sanctity), part]] of the Askani Sisterhood, with the mission to find and destroy The Twelve:, a group of mutants that are linked to the[[Apocalypse rise of(Marvel Comics)|Apocalypse]]'s rise.<ref>''Uncanny X-Men Minus 1'' (1997)</ref> The Master Mold hashad Trask captured, and decidesdecided to take over humanity in order to keep it safe. The original Master Mold prototype was eventually destroyed when Trask sacrifices himself by causing an explosion to prevent the Sentinels taking over humanity (but several other versions are later built by other bigots who want to manufacture Sentinels).{{Volume needed|c=y|date=March 2013}}

===Second version===

The original Master Mold is eventually destroyed when Trask sacrifices himself by causing an explosion to prevent the Sentinels taking over humanity, but several other Master Molds are later built by other people who want to manufacture Sentinels. In the late 1980s, the remains of Master Mold merges with [[Nimrod (comics)|Nimrod]], an advanced Sentinel from the future, thanks to the [[Siege Perilous (comics)|Siege Perilous]] to form the being called [[Bastion (comics)|Bastion]], which acts like an almost-human Master Mold during the late 1990s and early 2000s.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=March 2013}}▼

Another version of Master Mold alsohad claimed[[Steven theLang name(comics)|Steven andLang]]'s identitybrainwaves. ofAfter StephenProject Armageddon, Lang duringtries ato storyactivate arcMaster ''MarvelMold Comicswhich Presents'merged the former's #17–24,mind laterwith reprintedit instead. The computer suffered great damage by the [[Hulk]] who was with [[Warren Worthington III|Angel]] and [[Iceman (comics)|Iceman]] in Master Mold's meteor space base and was seemingly destroyed when the graphicbase novelexploded, after the trio manages to escape.<ref>''Cyclops:The RetributionIncredible Hulk'': Annual #7</ref> However, Master Mold survived and creates the Retribution Virus, designed to wipe out mutant-kind. It blames [[Cyclops (Marvel Comics)|Cyclops]] entirely for its "death" as Stephen Lang. He hypnotizes and utilized [[Moira MacTaggart]] and uses her to unleash the virus, infecting Cyclops, [[Callisto (comics)|Callisto]], and [[Banshee (comics)|Banshee]], who is completely incapacitated. However,before MacTaggart breaks free of his grasp. While she attempts to cure the virus, Cyclops and Callisto team with Conscience (another artificial construct developed from Lang's brain engrams) to stop Master Mold and save mutant-kind as well as all humanity, which had become threatened by the virus. Cyclops, thoughwas weakened from the disease's effects of the disease,but nearly single-handedly destroys the Master Mold before finally succumbing to histhe illness and falling unconscious. As Master Mold prepares to kill Cyclops and finish unleashing the virus, he is suddenly attacked by athe cured Banshee who uses his sonic scream to "finish the job that Cyclops started" and destroys Master Mold. The virus is then cured before it has a chance to spread.{{Volume<ref>''Marvel needed|c=y|date=MarchComics 2013}}Presents'' #17-24</ref><ref>''Cyclops: Retribution''</ref>▼

▲The originalremains of Master Mold is eventually destroyed when Trask sacrifices himself by causing an explosion to prevent the Sentinels taking over humanity, but several other Master Molds are later builtmerge by other people who want to manufacture Sentinels. Inwith the lateadvanced 1980s, the remains of Master Mold merges withSentinel [[Nimrod (comics)|Nimrod]], an advanced Sentinel from the future, thanks to the [[Siege Perilous (comics)|Siege Perilous]] to form the beinghumanoid calledcyborg [[Bastion (comics)|Bastion]], which acts like an almost-human version of Master Mold during the late 1990s and early 2000s.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=March 2013}}

Another Master Mold appeared in ''The Incredible Hulk'' Annual #7 and claimed to be [[Steven Lang (comics)|Steven Lang]], who was thought to be dead after Project Armageddon. It said that he (as Lang) did not die immediately from the crash of his flying gunship; he managed to pull himself out of the wreckage and crawl to his greatest weapon, Master Mold, which merged with Lang when he tried to activate it. The computer suffered great damage by the [[Hulk]] who was with [[Warren Worthington III|Angel]] and [[Iceman (comics)|Iceman]] in Master Mold's meteor space base and was completely destroyed when the base exploded, after the trio manages to escape.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=March 2013}}

===Third version===

▲Master Mold also claimed the name and identity of Stephen Lang during a story arc ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #17–24, later reprinted in the graphic novel ''Cyclops: Retribution'': Master Mold creates the Retribution Virus, designed to wipe out mutant-kind. It blames [[Cyclops (Marvel Comics)|Cyclops]] entirely for its death as Stephen Lang. He hypnotizes [[Moira MacTaggart]] and uses her to unleash the virus, infecting Cyclops, [[Callisto (comics)|Callisto]], and [[Banshee (comics)|Banshee]], who is completely incapacitated. However, MacTaggart breaks free of his grasp. While she attempts to cure the virus, Cyclops and Callisto team with Conscience (another artificial construct developed from Lang's brain engrams) to stop Master Mold and save mutant-kind as well as all humanity, which had become threatened by the virus. Cyclops, though weakened from the effects of the disease, nearly single-handedly destroys the Master Mold before finally succumbing to his illness and falling unconscious. As Master Mold prepares to kill Cyclops and finish unleashing the virus, he is suddenly attacked by a cured Banshee who uses his sonic scream to "finish the job that Cyclops started" and destroys Master Mold. The virus is then cured before it has a chance to spread.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=March 2013}}

AnotherA Master Mold-esque factory is built in secret in the jungles of [[Ecuador]]. This particular Master Moldversion builds a new breed of Sentinels, known asthe [[Wild Sentinels,]] which are capable of assimilating non-organic materials to assume different shapes, mostsuch ofas theman insectoid, as well as a breed of Nano-Sentinels. ThisThe MasterWild MoldSentinels isare taken over by [[Cassandra Nova]] who uses the Wild Sentinels to destroy [[Genosha]] and in her subsequent plan to destroy the X-Men. Following their defeat at the hands ofby [[Rogue (comics)|Rogue]]'s X-Men team, the [[Children of the Vault]] escaped and regrouped in thethis Ecuadorian Master Moldlocation.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=March 2013}}▼

===Other versions===

▲Another Master Mold is built in secret in the jungles of [[Ecuador]]. This particular Master Mold builds a new breed of Sentinels, known as Wild Sentinels, which are capable of assimilating non-organic materials to assume different shapes, most of them insectoid, as well as a breed of Nano-Sentinels. This Master Mold is taken over by [[Cassandra Nova]] who uses the Wild Sentinels to destroy [[Genosha]] and in her subsequent plan to destroy the X-Men. Following their defeat at the hands of [[Rogue (comics)|Rogue]]'s X-Men team, the [[Children of the Vault]] escaped and regrouped in the Ecuadorian Master Mold.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=March 2013}}

In ''[[X-Men: Second Coming]]'', [[X-Force]] travels to the [[Days of Future Past]] timeline where there are two Master Molds, one of them producing Nimrods and another one protecting the first Master Mold.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=March 2013}}▼

After the latest [[Tri-Sentinel]] was destroyed by an Isotope Genome Accelerator duplicate of [[Spider-Man]], a saddened [[Mendel Stromm]] was approached by a [[HarryKindred Osborn#Kindred(Marvel Comics)|mysterious benefactor]] who began to give himinvolving a Master Mold that specializes in creatingthe creation of [[Tri-SentinelsSentinel]]s.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 5 #4. Marvel Comics.</ref> After the two Spider-Men reunite into one body, [[Spider-Man]] was able to take remote control of the Tri-Sentinels and send them back to the Master Mold base to destroy it.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 5 #5. Marvel Comics.</ref>▼

▲In ''[[X-Men: Second Coming]]'', [[X-Force]] travels to the [[Days of Future Past]] timeline where there are two Master Molds, one of them producing Nimrods and another one protecting the first Master Mold.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=March 2013}}

===Mother Mold===

▲After the latest [[Tri-Sentinel]] was destroyed by an Isotope Genome Accelerator duplicate of [[Spider-Man]], a saddened [[Mendel Stromm]] was approached by a [[Harry Osborn#Kindred|mysterious benefactor]] who began to give him a Master Mold that specializes in creating Tri-Sentinels.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 5 #4. Marvel Comics.</ref> After the two Spider-Men reunite into one body, Spider-Man was able to take remote control of the Tri-Sentinels and send them back to the Master Mold base to destroy it.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 5 #5. Marvel Comics.</ref>

InA thenew pagesversion ofcalled '''Mother Mold''' is seen in "[[House of X and Powers of X]]",. [[Orchis (comics)|Orchis]] creates the '''Mother Mold''', a Master Mold variant designed to create other Master Molds.<ref>''House of X'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> It is later revealed that the Mother Mold will be the Sentinel generation that lead directly to the creation of Nimrod.<ref>''Powers of X'' #2. Marvel Comics.</ref>▼

▲In the pages of "[[House of X and Powers of X]]", [[Orchis (comics)|Orchis]] creates the '''Mother Mold''', a Master Mold variant designed to create other Master Molds.<ref>''House of X'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> It is later revealed that the Mother Mold will be the Sentinel generation that lead directly to the creation of Nimrod.<ref>''Powers of X'' #2. Marvel Comics.</ref>

==Capabilities==

Dr. Bolivar Trask equipped '''Master Mold''' with powerful weaponry and the ability to speak; Master Mold was also mobile so that it could defend itself from mutant attackers or so that it can be relocated easily if Trask had to find a new headquarters. The Steven Lang Master Molds were also capable of self-repair.

==Other versions==

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The [[Ultimate Marvel]] Universe equivalent of Master Mold are two individuals:

* The first equivalent has a possible future where [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] is used as an original template to create an army of Sentinels which share his personality traits. However, present day [[Rogue (comics)|Rogue]] and Wolverine discover the mutilated body and he asks them to kill him to cease the production.<ref>''Ultimate Fantastic Four/X-Men'' Annual #1</ref>

* The second equivalent is [[Jason Stryker|William Stryker, Jr.]]'s utilizing mutant power to [[Technopathy|infuse some of his brain patterns]] on the [[Nimrod (comics)|new Sentinels]] to build a giant Sentinel called Master Mold which houses his mind.<ref>''Ultimate Comics: X-Men'' #11</ref>

===Weapon X: Days of Future Now===

In the alternate reality of ''[[Weapon X]]: Days of Future Now'', one of [[Madison Jeffries]]'s Boxbots dubbed ''Bot'' becomes the new Master Mold and traps Jeffries within its body to use his powers to build new Sentinels without exhausting Jeffries.<ref>''Weapon X: Days of Future Now'' #1</ref>

===What If?===

In ''[[What If (comics)|What If?]] Age of Ultron'' series set in an alternative future, Wolverine, the Hulk, Peter Parker and a Ghost Rider travel to the [[Savage Land]] to confront [[Ezekiel Stane]] using a surviving Master Mold to reproduce Stark Iron Man armors. Stane uses an unnamed girl, described as an orphan, the sole remaining Trask descendant, and referred to only as 'Ms. Trask', to operate the Master Mold that had apparently been left behind in the Savage Land. Seeking to unleash a wave of the armors upon the world, Stane is stopped, and this Master Mold ultimately destroyed.<ref>''What If? Age of Ultron'' #2</ref>

===X-Factor Forever===

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==In other media==

===Television===

[[Image:Mastermold2.jpg|Master Mold as he appears in ''X-Men: The Animated Series.''|right|thumb]]

* Master Mold appears in ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]'', voiced initially by [[David Fox (actor)|David Fox]] andin subsequentlythe first season and by [[Nigel Bennett]]. Duringin the firstfourth season.<ref name="btva">{{cite web|title=Master Mold Voices (X-Men)|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/X-Men/Master-Mold/|website=behindthevoiceactors.com|access-date=September 7, 2024|postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.}}</ref> This version was developed as a factory for the [[Sentinel (comics)|Sentinels]] by [[Bolivar Trask]] and [[Henry Peter Gyrich|Henry Gyrich]]. attemptHe towas developinitially Masterdeveloped Moldat froma theirfacility in [[Genosha]]n facility via a hydro-electrichydroelectric dam. Whilewhich [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]] ultimately floods. the facilityHowever, Trask and Gyrich relocate to a secret facility in [[Washington, D.C.]] facility to completefor Master Mold.'s However,completion theybefore losehe usurped the two's control as Master Moldhe kidnaps [[Robert Kelly (character)|Robert Kelly]] and dozens of world leaders in an attempt to replace their brains with computers and bring them under his control as well as kill humanity upon concluding that theyhumans are also mutants, only to be foiled by [[Professor X]] and [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]]. In the fourth seasonHowever, it is revealed that Master Mold's head survived and commissioned Sentinelstried to help create a new body for himself as well as kidnap Traskhis andtwo Gyrichcreators for betraying himbetrayal along with Professor X to graft hisas a new body into him and take his captive's powers. The [[X-Men]] eventually rescue the captives while [[KevinMorph Sydney(X-Men: The Animated Series)|Morph]] seemingly destroys Master Mold's head. In a possible dystopian futurefutures, Master Mold has taken over the U.S. andEarth, placed mutants in concentration camps and has [[Nimrod (comics)|Nimrod]] as an extension/enforcer.

** Master Mold appears in ''[[X-Men '97]]'', voiced by [[Eric Bauza]].<ref name="btva"/> A lobotomized version was in the [[Sahara]] until it's destroyed by the X-Men. A version resembling a [[Tri-Sentinel|Wild Sentinel]] was utilized by [[Bastion (comics)|Bastion]] for Genosha's destruction.

** A non-sentient backup of Master Mold appears in the ''[[X-Men '97]]'' episode "To Me, My X-Men", voiced by [[Eric Bauza]].

* A female incarnation of Master Mold resembling [[Danger Room#Sentience|Danger]] appears in ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men (TV series)|Wolverine and the X-Men]]'', voiced by [[Gwendoline Yeo]].<ref name="btva"/> This version was createddeveloped byfor Bolivarthe Trask[[Mutant toResponse serveDivision]] asand aresembles processing[[Danger terminal(comics)|Danger]]. forShe was originally the Sentinels.' Theprocessing terminal before the X-Men fight to destroy her and avertthe a[[Brotherhood dystopianof future.Mutants]] Despitefight succeedingto in thedestroy latter taskher, but she secretly transfers her programmingherself to a damaged Sentinel and escapes. In the aforementioneda dystopian future, Master Mold takes over the world, and captures mutants toin detention facilities with a [[Colonel Moss|cyborg warden]] as an enforcer. She upgradeutilized her Sentinels,own andversion convertsof humans[[Cerebro]] intofor cyborgsProfessor X to serveuse asforcibly wardensin fororder theirto detentioneliminate facilitiesmutants before the future was undone by the X-Men.

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