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{{Short description|Fictional character in comic books by Marvel Comics}}
{{other uses}}
{{Infobox comics character
|image= Marvel Team Up 90.png
|image_size= 200
|caption=The Modular Man as depicted in ''[[Marvel Team-Up]]'' #90 (January 1980). Art by [[Al Milgrom]] (penciller) and [[Jack Abel]] (inker).
|character_name=Modular Man
|real_name=Stephen Weems
|species=Human mutate
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|debut=''The [[Rampaging Hulk]]'' #2 (April 1977)
|creators=[[John Warner (comics)|John Warner]] and [[Val Mayerik]]
|alliances= [[Roxxon Energy Corporation]]
|aliases=
|powers=*Reconfigurable body
*[[Superhuman strength]] and durability
*Microwave absorption
}}

The '''Modular Man''' ('''Stephen Weems''') is a fictional supervillain appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. He first appeared in ''[[Rampaging Hulk]]'' #2 (April 1977) and was created by [[John Warner (comics)|John Warner]] and [[Val Mayerik]].

==Fictional character biography==
Stephen Weems was a physicist employed by the Brand Corporation (a subsidiary of [[Roxxon Energy Corporation]]) to perform experiments using [[microwaves]] to induce molecular dissolution. An accident destabilized his body and gave him the ability to transform it at will. However, he was forced to wear an [[exoskeleton]] to prevent his body from separating entirely.

An organization known as [[Conspiracy (comics)|The Conspiracy]] promised to cure Weems of his affliction if he aided them in their plans. They gave him the [[code name]] "Modular Man" because of his ability to take his body apart and put it back together without ill effect.

Agents of The Conspiracy mailed parts of Weems' body in several packages to Delenor Hospital, where fellow agent [[Killer Shrike]] was comatose after a fight with [[Ulysses Bloodstone]]. Members of the Conspiracy reassembled Weems in the hospital's mail room.<ref name="RH2">''The Rampaging Hulk'' #2 (April 1977)</ref>

Weems kidnapped Killer Shrike and brought him to his masters in the Conspiracy. Unfortunately, the Conspiracy's leadership had been killed while attempting to acquire the Hellfire Helix. Weems managed to make Killer Shrike conscious again, but could not cure his [[amnesia]]. Killer Shrike promised to help Weems if he would reveal the Shrike's past to him. The two stole scientific equipment from labs at Empire State University, and came into conflict with [[Spider-Man]] and [[Beast (Marvel Comics)|Beast]].

Weems and Killer Shrike took a helicopter to the [[Empire State Building]] prior to a television broadcast that would provide the necessary microwaves for Weems to restore himself.<ref name="mnyc">{{cite book | last = Sanderson | first = Peter | title = The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City | publisher = [[Pocket Books]] | date = 2007 | location = New York City | pages = 49–51 | isbn = 978-1-4165-3141-8}}</ref> This initially caused Weems great pain, but then, instead of curing him, caused him to increase in size and power. He revealed that his true intent had never been to be cured, but to transform into a powerful energy creature. Spider-Man and Beast then appear and use Shrike's energy gauntlets to overload Weems' exoskeleton, causing him to dissolve.

==Powers and abilities==
The Modular Man possesses immense strength and durability, as well as the ability to reconfigure his own body in any way he wishes. He could absorb [[microwave]] [[radiation]] to vastly grow in size, but cannot survive without his exoskeleton. Weems carries numerous, but detachable weapons at his disposal, such as a gas gun and others that are unrevealed.<ref>''Marvel Team-Up'' Vol 1 #90 (February 1980)</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Comics characters introduced in 1977]]
[[Category:Fictional characters who can change size]]
[[Category:Marvel Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability]]
[[Category:Marvel Comics characters with superhuman strength]]
[[Category:Marvel Comics mutates]]
[[Category:Marvel Comics scientists]]
[[Category:Marvel Comics supervillains]]

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