Thezoologist2008

Real Name: Bradley "Brad" Alan Dotson

Known Nicknames/Aliases: Brad, B-Rad,

Big B, Radley, the Zoologist, the Animal, Heatstroke, the Animal Man, etc.

Occupation: High School Student (Senior)

Identity: Publicly known

Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina

Citizenship: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record

Martial Status: Single

Known Relatives: No one you guys know

Group Affiliation(s): None

Base of Operations: My house

Education: High school

First Appearance: January 11th, 1990

Real Name: Doctor Alan Douglas

Known Nicknames/Aliases: Faunos,
The Animal, King Animalia, the Highest Authority of All
Things Animal, the Walking Animal Kingdom, the Animal Man,
the Animal Master, Animalis Rex, the Beast, the Beast Man,
the Creature, the Creature King, the Crimson Chimera, the
Crimson Creature, Menagerie Man, Menagerie Master
Mister Menagerie, Mister Zoology, Zoomaster; Dr. Bradford
Allen, Dr. Alan Dotson, Dr. Alan Rose

Occupation: Ruler, protector, creator, and god of the kingdom
Animalia (the animal kingdom in general, as well as the planet
he himself created, called Animalia), protector of the
natural world/universe, universally-renowned and respected member
of the zoological community (zoologist), animal rights activist,
costumed crimefighter, superheroic adventurer, explorer;
Former member of the Zoologists of the World

Identity: Known to the general public

Place of Birth: Unrevealed

Citizenship: Ruler of Animalia with diplomatic immunity,
citizen of the United States with no criminal record

Martial Status: Married

Known Relatives: Chelsea Fauna Rose-Douglas (Specia, wife),
Rose Kimera Douglas (Chimera, biological daughter), Thomas "Tommy"
James-Douglas (Kid Creature, adopted son), Austin & Andrea Douglas
(biological parents, deceased); Gaia (Mother Nature, "creator"/"spiritual
mother"), Faunos ("spiritual ancestor"), Floros (Professor Phineas P. Pines/
The Botanist, "spiritual ancestor"/"spiritual brother"); The PseudoZoologist
(clone), the Veterinarian's Animal Men (Fang, Claw, Talon, Gill, Horn, Stinger,
clones), the Animal Assassin (clone); technically, since the entire animal kingdom
was created/originated from him, the entire animal kingdom is related to him.

Group Affiliation(s): The Animal Kingdom; the Pack (leader), partnership with
Specia, Chimera, and Kid Creature; the Maximums, honorary member of the
Four of Nature; former member of the Zoological Society of the World

Base of Operations: The Zoo, Animalia; the Hero Hood, New York City,
NY from time to time

Education: Doctorates in all fields of zoology, animal sciences, veterinary
sciences, and all other fields related to animals

First Appearance: The Zoologist, King of the Animals#1

History: Exactly 3.7 billion years ago, when the Earth was still very young, its creator Gaia, also known as Mother Nature, conceived two sons from the Earth itself, and gave them both life. She named the two Floros and Faunos. They were granted incredible power and made gods, creators, and protectors of the universe’s life. While Floros would create, protect, and rule over the plants, fungi, and algae of the universe, Faunos would create, protect, and rule over the animals, bacteria, and protozoa of the universe. As millions of years passed, the two watched as their creations evolved from single-celled organisms to wonderous, incredible organisms of complexity and beauty. However, the plant god, Floros, soon began to tire of Mother Nature constantly telling the two brothers how she wanted their creations to be and soon began plotting to rebel against the goddess.

But, when he asked his brother to join him in his rebellion, Faunos refused and told Mother Nature. Outraged by this, Mother Nature exiled him to the nearby Moon. Filled with rage and hatred, especially at Faunos, Floros secretly returned to the planet and soon began manipulating his plants to attack Faunos' creatures. As they did as he commanded, many animals were killed, eventually causing the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. Faunos, outraged in return by this affront, commanded all animals to attack the plants in retaliation. Eventually, a bloody war began between the two sons and the two kingdoms, ending only when Mother Nature appeared, who quelled the fighting and destroyed both her sons' physical bodies and minds. Encasing the two gods' spirits in two separate, impenetrable gems, green for Floros, red for Faunos, she placed the gems into two separate caves, one mile opposite from one another, in what would become South America, leaving them there for all of eternity while she continued to let the two kingdoms evolve.

Many millennia later, however, Father Time, master and creator of all time, foresaw the return of Floros' wrath in some form and warned Mother Nature. Around this time, the human known as Alan Douglas was born to famed biologists Austin and Andrea Douglas towards the beginning of the twentieth century, when the couple was on a scientific expedition through the Amazon. Mother Nature knew this and chose Alan to be the new king of the animal kingdom. Alan grew up with a love for all animal life, becoming a brilliant individual and child prodigy who excelled in his studies on all things animal, quickly earning doctorates in all fields of zoology, animal biology, and veterinary sciences. By the 1930s, he became one of the most respected, and youngest, members of the zoological community.

A very wealthy individual, Alan’s love for animals was matched only by his love for his middle and high school sweetheart Allison Dawson, who also held a great love for animals, having obtained doctorates in veterinary sciences. While at college, he was taught alongside Allison by Dr. Alexander von Zolos, who held great pride in the young couple. Alan graduated from the Zoological Society Community College in Illinois with honors and went on to become invited to the esteemed scientific community Zoologists of the World as their youngest member ever. Even more wonderful than that, Dr. Douglas proposed to Allison shortly after she graduated, and she unhesitantly accepted. Things seemed well however, until, little did Alan know, that his whole life would come crashing down because of one person: Professor Phineas P. Pines, his longtime classmate and archrival who held a deeply insane jealousy towards Douglas.

Pines, a formerly-renowned botanist who had lost the respect and admiration of his peers after killing 3 civilians when an insane experiment in plant animation went awry, was for the longest time thought of by Alan as his best friend, even asking Pines if he would be his best man at his upcoming wedding. Phineas, however, cared nothing for Alan, and only befriended Alan so he could spend time with Allison, whom he happened to of had a crush on since they went to middle school together. He grew so enraged at Alan and his successful life that he literally snapped, especially after Alan was asked to fill Phineas' teaching job at the college he formerly taught at. He would soon devise a sinister plot to destroy Douglas and ruin his life once and for all, using their supposed friendship and Alan's naivete to his advantage.

A wealthy individual as well, Phineas offered Alan and Allison an all-expense paid trip to South America, where Phineas would attempt to murder Alan or lose him in the wild, where he hoped Alan would die of lack of shelter or food. After giving them an excuse of a tour for a couple of hours, he began to unleash his plan when he saw Alan completely focused on observing some beautiful birds of the jungle. Driving Allison away from Alan, Phineas and Allison returned to their campsite, with Phineas hoping Alan would become lost. Indeed, after deciding to return to the campsite, time had past longer than Alan had expected, and he was soon caught in the midst of a tropical storm, with nightfall slowly approaching.

Alan attempts to find the campsite were in vain as he began to grow sick by the bitter cold and battering rains. He almost collapsed, when he was suddenly noticed a large temple nearby. Struggling towards the temple, he crawled up the stairs to find a huge shrine seemingly dedicated to the animal kingdom. Alan was slowly dying and delirious, he crawled onto the floor in the center of the shrine and rested. For awhile, he simply laid there, not noticing the gigantic ruby gem behind him. Alan soon realized this and was astonished at the mystical artifact. As Alan slowly approached the gem, he could see the animal kingdom within. Entranced by the beauty he saw, he was enticed to touch it, and was reborn. The artifact released a strange red form of mystical radiation that bombarded Alan and slowly began to transform him. His body and mind and spirit became connected and intertwined with every animal in existence, and soon the transformation was complete. He arose, and began to feel a power he had never felt before. He had become bonded to the entire animal kingdom and was now king of the animals.

He then noticed a panther entering the temple, startling him when she began transforming into none other than Mother Nature. Telling him that she had planned for his arrival for a long time, Alan, bewildered by this information, saw what he had become. His body rippled with muscle and power, his teeth now razor-sharp fangs, his fingers tipped with razor-sharp claws, his both his arms and legs became covered in feathers, fur, fins, and scales, gained sealable gills on both sides of his neck, insectoid wings on his back, wild hair and sideburns, and gleaming eyes. Mother Nature explained the power he possessed and why he was chosen to become bonded with the power of the animal kingdom: the universe was in danger, in the form of Professor Phineas P. Pines.

Phineas, who was relishing in his glory, continued his tour for Allison, not expecting Alan to return any time soon. However, they soon came upon ruins that were on the opposite side of the ruins that Alan was currently at. Phineas entered the ruins, telling Allison to stay outside in case of any dangers. Phineas found an artifact inside the ruins just like the one Alan found, although this one was green. Just like Alan, Phineas saw the plant kingdom before him, entranced by the power it held. Seemingly forced to touch it, he was bombarded by a strange green radiation and began to transform. His body became green, and his mind became one with the plants and he began to realize that he was to be king of the plants, and the king of the world. He also obtained vague memories of the god Floros and remembered Mother Nature and his “brother” Faunos and how they betrayed and humiliated him. Insanity filled his every thought.

Allison came to see what happened and was shocked to see Phineas transformed. He immediately realized what he could do, albeit insane, and transformed into a cactus humanoid to attack Allison, believing now that humans (being animals) were unfit to live in the new world he was going to create. Alan heard Allison scream and saw the other temple across the valley. He hurried over and found Allison being attacked by Phineas, and Alan slowly began to realize what has happened. Phineas, who was shocked and angry to see Alan alive, attacked him. Alan and Phineas fought a savage battle, with Alan quickly learning of Phineas' true nature, and ended the battle when Alan transformed into an amoeba and entered Phineas's body, and then becoming a blue whale.

After the fight was over, Alan looked for Allison. He found her, lying on the ground, dead. Alan was confused and tried to wake her up but no use. She was found to have a poisonous barb lodged in her throat. Phineas had killed her. Alan’s mind could not comprehend what had happened, losing both her and his former life. Now an animal, a creature, a feral beast, Alan left the temple and ran off into the wild, vowing never to return to humanity again. Alan traveled across the globe, exploring the world as a free... animal. He eventually realized that this was what he always wanted... Freedom.

But, as he traveled from continent to continent, he constantly stumbled upon humans harming and killing his “loyal subjects”. Eventually, he saw the cruelest act of animal abuse he’d ever seen when a poacher and his friends killed a mother martial eagle right out of the sky for simple pleasure, and then run right over the dead corpse like garbage. Enraged, Alan attacked the man’s partners and viciously killed them. However, he left the leader alive but severely wounded as a warning to others against abusing animals. From that day on, Alan intently dedicated himself to the task Mother Nature bestowed upon him. He would fight those who would harm his precious subjects and seek justice for their misfortunes. He would fight hunters, animal testing labs, animal abusers, corrupt corporations, polluting industries, anyone who would dare to harm another animal or the environment. He would become a hero for all animal kind.

A couple of years later, during his travels throughout Asia, Alan stumbled upon an ancient Shaolin temple that was under attack by an army of shadow-warriors secretly sent by the god of darkness, Dark Overlord. Watching the martial artists defend their home with great interest, Alan soon jumped in and helped defend the school from the evil ones. Realizing he would need morals and discipline if he was going to be a true hero, Douglas asked the Shaolin master if he would train him in learning to control his instincts and powers and redirecting them in a more positive light. The master, Shauo Lei, was delighted by the prospects of training an ancient god, as he perceived him, and quickly began teaching Alan martial arts.

Alan learned much quicker than anyone ever could, possibly due to his inadvertent mimicking of the master, and almost a decade later, he was a master of the Shaolin arts. Thanking Shauo Lei for everything, he set off to become a hero for the animal kingdom and the natural world. As the years went by, he became a legend throughout the world. Stories of bizarre animal attacks on poachers, animal testing labs, abusers, and other related people and facilities, as well as tales of an “Animal Man” began popping up over the globe, but were, of course, considered to be simply coincidental or unfortunate accidents and urban myths.

Many decades later, in the present day, while traveling through the wilderness of Canada, Douglas stumbled upon a young woman who was taking photographs of nature. Immediately entranced by her beauty, reminding him of Allison, he secretly followed her for several hours and watched as she began taking photos of a young Kodiak bear cub. However, he was forced into action when she was attacked by the mother. He defended her and simply mentally demanded the bear to leave with her cub in peace. The young woman, frightened to death, fainted. Bringing her back to her home in the natural parkgrounds, he watched over her while she recovered. Soon enough, the young woman slowly awoke, with Alan quietly and swiftly exitting, leaving behind a feather to let her know it was not a dream.

The young woman, however, was more interested in Alan than he realized, as he soon stumbled upon her secretly watching him fight a gang of illegal fur traders in a secret abandoned warehouse. When one of the fur traders attempted to fire a bullet at Alan, he dodged the bullet as it ricocheted off a wall and into the young lady's shoulder, severely injuring her and angering Alan to the brink of insanity. Killing the gunman, Alan took the woman back to his cave and attempted to heal her. When she woke up, she was startled at first but was soon relieved to see him again. The woman, named Chelsea Rose, told Alan she was a nature photographer, as well as a part-time biological scientist and that she wanted to know more about him.

Delighted by the fact that he finally had someone to talk to, Alan gladly told Chelsea his story, learning that she was actually a big fan of his work as a human, and eventually told her how much she reminded him of his former fiancé. When she had finished healing from her wound, she asked Alan if he could bring her back to civilization. Alan, however, wished to keep to his oath, and never return to civilization again. Chelsea, understanding, left to return by herself. Alan then realized he could not stand for her being out in the wilderness by herself and decided to escort her to the nearest civilization.

As they journeyed through the wilderness, Chelsea saw something in Alan that made her fall in love with him... compassion, for all life. Eventually, her feelings were returned, as Alan saw how kind and compassionate she too was to the nature surrounding them, and to him as well. During their trip, Chelsea kept thinking of other names she could call Alan, instead of “the Animal Man”, believing the name sounded too brutish. Alan didn’t believe he required a different name but Chelsea believed he should. Then she thought about how he was once one of the most renowned zoologists in history and soon labeled Alan the Zoologist. Enthusiastic, Alan happily agreed with the name and felt that the name reminded him of the old crime novels he had read as a boy.

However, things were to take a turn for the worst for the two when, back in South America, the Professor had just finished regenerating after many decades and quickly sought revenge. Sending a telepathic message to the entire Earth’s vegetation, he utilized them in searching for the Zoologist, and easily found him, along with Chelsea. Devising yet another terrible plot, he telepathically animated the vegetation in the surrounding area of the couple and commanded them to kidnap Chelsea in the dead of night and bring her to him.

The Zoologist then received a telepathic message from Phineas, who had decided to call himself the Botanist in response to reading Alan’s mind and learning of his new persona. Challenging him to one final showdown in New York City, the Botanist revealed that he had kidnapped Chelsea and planned to kill her and make Alan suffer for all the years wasted because of him. The Zoologist, devastated and enraged, traveled to New York City, contemplating how to fight him. When he arrived, he was startled when he saw the city was no longer a city but a literal urban jungle, devastated with trees and vines engulfing skyscrapers and monuments.

Locating the Botanist, who was delightfully working on his “garden”, the Zoologist savagely assaulted him, knocking him off guard. However, the Botanist soon regained himself and revealed that he had Chelsea inside of his body, ready to use her as a human shield or impale her with thorns at any second. The Botanist then battled the Zoologist, then knocked him a mile through skyscrapers as the Botanist escaped into the sewer system. Regaining himself, the Zoologist tracked down the Botanist to Central Park. Upon his arrival, he was devastated to find that the Botanist had transformed Chelsea into a plant-human hybrid. Even more so, the transformation was killing her. After finally dying from the drastic changes, the Zoologist, enraged to the brink of insanity, unleashed devastating power.

Unfortunately, even in a incredibly powerful superform, the Zoologist could not harm the Botanist. The Botanist easily dodged the Zoologist’s blows and eventually incapacitated him with an immense onslaught of incredibly powerful vines that entangled him. Beginning to impale him with thorns, the Zoologist desperately thought of how to stop this monster. Fortunately, he soon realized that the sun was right above them, energizing the Botanist to immeasurable levels. Quickly, the Zoologist summoned the entire Earth’s insect populations to engulf the skies and blot out the sun. With the Botanist’s powers swiftly draining, the Zoologist brutally beat the Botanist to near death before regaining enough control to stop, instead placing him within a sewer pipe.

The Zoologist returned to where Chelsea laid, crying for the loss of another loved one at the hands of his enemy. Mother Nature, however, had other plans, appearing before Alan. As thanks for protecting the planet and saving the entire world from almost certain destruction, Mother Nature allowed Chelsea to live by granting Alan the ability to bring her back to life through a kiss. Kissing her remains, she immediately returned from certain death, as well as restoring her humanity. However, the kiss not only returned her to normal, but also granted her a fraction of Alan's power. Happily reunited, Alan finally decided to propose to Chelsea, and were immediately wed by Mother Nature. The Zoologist and Chelsea then set off into the wilds to become the protectors of the animal kingdom, with Chelsea taking the name Specia.

After their encounter with the megalomaniacal Veterinarian and his superhuman lackey the Poacher, Specia learned she was in labor and, strangely enough, laid an egg. After several hours caring for the precious egg, their daughter, Rose Chimaera Douglas, was hatched. Little did the parents realize that Rose would grow up much faster than expected and soon afterwards, during a battle with the Veterinarian's failed experiment, the PsuedoZoologist, who was rampaging through Manhattan, Alan absorbed some of the PseudoZoologist's mental radiation and turned feral and accidentally killed a young child's parents. The child, ten-year old Thomas James, experienced a mutation due to the radiation emitted from the Zoologist, enabling him to communicate with and control animals. After Chelsea, Thomas, and Rose, who was now about the same age as Thomas, were able to bring the Zoologist back to his senses and returned him to normal, Alan and Chelsea adopted the young Thomas and dubbed him Kid Creature, hoping Thomas would find it in his heart to forgive Alan. The couple then decided, for the sake of the children, to take human identities and stay in New York City for a while.

The Zoologist, Specia, Chimaera, and Kid Creature later witnessed a massive invasion on Manhattan by the monstrous Tyrant King and his allies Blackmoon and Negnator, collectively known as the Treacherous Trio, who were resurrecting all of the extinct dinosaurs on Earth to make an army and take over the world. The recently-formed superhero team the Maximums were attempting to defeat the dinosaur army with less than spectacular results. The Zoologist and Specia then intervened and helped the Maximums fend off the prehistoric beasts and infiltrate the Treacherous Trio's HQ. However, they were captured by the Trio, who revealed their true intentions to utilize a monstrous being known as Extinction to devolve all of humanity into nothing. Thanks to the arrival of superhuman secret agent Cheetari, they managed to escape their confines and defeat the Trio's mad ambitions and save the world. The Zoologist and Specia were both eventually accepted into the team and then gifted with official membership into the Maximums. They even moved into the Hero Hood for a period of time with their children.

Over the course of several adventures with the Maximums, he developed a strong bond between himself and several members, including Michael Wolfman, known to the world at large as Bluemoon. Learning of Mike's struggle to tame the beast inside of him, Alan dedicated himself to training Mike in controlling his primal urges. He also formed, albeit reluctantly at first, a bond with technopath boy genius Lego Lad, who taught him how vastly human civilization has changed since he abandoned his former life many decades before and that not all technology is bad. The hydrokinetic Atlantean king Tidal Wave also developed a strong bond with the Zoologist, seeing him as a kindred spirit in their quests to protect their kingdoms. Another couple Chelsea and Alan became friends with were the pyrokinetic martial artist Heatstroke and his newlywed wife Cheetari. One major battle with the Maximums against the Abnormals caused Alan to explode into an immense form of radiation that transformed every human on the planet into animals, including the Maximums and their enemies. They eventually found the Zoologist in a hibernation state, and, after being awaken, restored the Maximums and the human race to normal. Alan eventually even decided to, along with Specia, reveal their secret identities to the general public.

When the Botanist returned with a grand scheme of allying himself with several of the Zoologist's former foes and kidnapping Alan and Chelsea's children, Alan summoned several former colleagues and friends from past decades whom he endowed with animal powers, including Paul Velstein, a former poacher who changed his ways after his gang betrayed him and nearly killed him before a leopard saved him, Prof. Armando Sheldon, a former colleague of his who specialized in defense mechanisms of animals, Virginia Grace, an avid animal rights activist, Dr. Cassandra Appel, a specialist in evolutionary biology and a veterinarian, and Prof. Richard "Rick" Lear, another former colleague and specialist in biomechanics, along with the entire animal kingdom. Calling themselves the Pack, they journeyed to the Greenhouse, the Botanist's secret base deep within the earth and faced the Anti-Animal Alliance in the Zoologist's greatest fight yet.

When the Pack learned of the Botanist's true intention of destroying all of the animal kingdom with the monstrous Extinction, whom the Tyrant King had used not long before, the Pack attacked the monster, trying to destroy it before it could be activated. However, it was soon released from its chamber and was shown as able to fight for itself. The two teams fought, with neither side truly winning over the other, until the children managed to escape and the PsuedoZoologist and Bluemoon joined the fight and destroyed Extinction while the Veterinarian and his Animal Men switched sides and Dr. Zolos sacrificed himself to finally defeat the Anti-Animal Alliance. Rescuing the children after defeating the Alliance, the team decided to stay together as an extended family, as a pack. The Veterinarian's Animal Men and the PseudoZoologist also joined the Pack, vowing to do whatever the Pack commanded in the cause of justice.

After years of fighting crime, the Zoologist realized it was time to settle down for a while. The Zoologist and the Pack retreated to a dimension outside of time and space where he used his incredible power to create an entire planet, which he proclaimed Animalia. He created an enormous fortress called the Zoo and proceeded to collect one specimen of every species of animal in existence, past, present, and future. The Zoologist, being a respected member of the scientific community, has also made contributions to mankind, mostly revolving around the animal kingdom, having helped Lego Lad develop and discover a special formula of unknown atomic nuclei and electrons that “evolve” and “adapt” to the environment around them, developing it into a fabric that superhuman beings can wear to conform to the wearer’s body (he utilizes them in his costume and everyday attire), as well as a device that allows pets to communicate with their owners.

The Zoologist has now become one of the world’s most legendary heroes, becoming one of the most leading animal rights activists, freeing animals from laboratories, capturing animal abusers, and hunting down illegal hunters. He has also garnered the respect of the world’s entire zoological communities as well as the superhero community and even the general public and is constantly approached by those who require his insight on the animals of the universe, including the superhero community in general. He resides at the Zoo, waiting for his next adventure, all the while learning more and more about his role as the king of the animals. He continues to help the Maximums, especially on missions involving the animal kingdom, as well as spending time with his queen Specia & his children, observing and relaxing in nature, and calling on his associates, the Pack when he needs their assistance in protecting his precious kingdom.

Enemies:

• The Botanist: The evil amalgamation of the jealous plant god Floros’ life force and the insane botanist Professor Phineas P. Pines, the Botanist is the Highest Prodigy on All Things Plant, master of all plants, fungi, and algae, and the Zoologist's greatest, baddest, and deadliest archnemesis. Possesses complete and total mastery over the entire plant, fungi, and algae kingdoms, including possessing a superhuman, plant-like physiology, the ability to transform into, mimic the powers of, communicate with, control, read the minds of, animate, grow, and summon any species of plant, fungi, and/or algae. Devoid of any morality towards humans or any animals, the Botanist stops at nothing in his attempts to destroy the Zoologist in any way, along with the entire animal kingdom. His ultimate goal is to destroy Mother Nature and take over the entire natural world in order to make the universe a better place for all plants, fungi, and algae. However, he does understand the importance of the natural order and balance, and often attempts to offer the Zoologist a partnership, but to no avail. He resides within the Greenhouse, an underground plant paradise with its own artificial sun and virtually every species of plant, fungi, and algae residing there. Leader and founder of the Anti-Animal Alliance, creator of the Animal Assassin, "father" of his "Seedlings", and member of the Dark Overlord's Minions of Malevolence.
•  The Veterinarian: A former professor and teacher of both the Zoologist's and the Botanist's alter egos (Dr. Alan Douglas and Prof. Phineas P. Pines, respectfully), Dr. Alexander von Zolos turned to a life of attempting world domination after learning of his former pupil Alan's transformation into the Zoologist. Obsessed with creating an army of animal men from the Zoologist's DNA. After creating and losing his first clone, which would become the PsuedoZoologist, he continued his attempts to perfect the process and soon created six perfect specimens, whom he called his Animal Men. Later transformed into an Animal Man himself by the Botanist in a bid to coerce him into joining the Botanist's Anti-Animal Alliance. However, he rejected him after learning of his plans to destroy all animalkind. Sided with the Zoologist's Pack and subsequently sacrificed himself for the good of all life. His technology and notes, however, has repeatedly been used for evil since his heroic sacrifice, with the Botanist creating both the Animal Assassin and the Geologist, as well as the Animal Assassin creating the Creeping-Crawler. Former member of the Botanist's Anti-Animal Alliance. Also creator of the PsuedoZoologist and the Animal Men, and former benefactor of the Poacher and his Trophy Hunters.
• The PseudoZoologist: The first and most powerful of the Veterinarian's creations, engineered from a single strand of the Zoologist's hair. Originally perfectly cloned, the PseudoZoologist soon degenerated into a mindless beast of near-immeasurable power and ferocity after being forced to fight the Zoologist and subsequently being "killed". Gained the ability to inadvertently emit devolving mental radiation that caused animals to turn feral. Rampaged across the world, attacking cities, people, and animals alike. Soon fought the Zoologist several times, inadvertently devolving the Zoologist's mind to a similar feral state, and was nearly killed by the Veterinarian's newly-created Animal Men and the Poacher and his Trophy Hunters before being saved by a renewed Zoologist and subsequently returned to the wild. After an extended period in seclusion, the PseudoZoologist located the Zoologist and his Pack, who were battling the Anti-Animal Alliance, and losing. Helped the Zoologist and his Pack fight them, subsequently destroyed the Alliance's monstrosity Extinction, and later joined the Pack. Inadvertently responsible for causing Kid Creature's powers to activate.
• The Animal Assassin: Using the Veterinarian's notes, the Botanist set forth to create a truly evil copy of the Zoologist to pit against him. Finding the sample the Vet used to create what would become the PsuedoZoologist, he used that sample and genetically re-engineered it so that he wouldn't succumb to clone degeneration or devolution of mind or intellect. The Animal Assassin possesses the exact same powers, intellect, and abilities as the Zoologist, but uses them for evil purposes. Unintent on working for the Botanist, the Animal Assassin defeated him viciously and went on a mass murder spree. However, he eventually faced and fought the Zoologist, but managed to escape. Now works as a mercenary/assassin-for-hire and sells his talents to the highest bidders, notably including businessman Timothy Cox, who hired him to frame the Zoologist for a series of assassinations. He later formed an alliance with the ferocious werewolf clone of Bluemoon, Blackmoon, and went on a massive crime spree in order to blame both the Zoologist and Bluemoon. Were later defeated and imprisoned. Creator of the Creeping-Crawler.
• The Poacher: A ruthless Australian trophy hunter known for his brutal hunting methods, Ryan McCatcher was the first to encounter the Zoologist and survive, albeit severely beaten to near death. Nearly died several decades after meeting the Zoologist before encountering the Veterinarian and being given a serum that transformed him into a superhuman hunter with immensely powerful senses. Responsible for the near-extinction of the werecheetahs of Nigeria. Leader of the Trophy Hunters, ally of the Veterinarian, member of the Botanist's Anti-Animal Alliance, and member of the Negaknights. Also the archnemesis of the Maximums member Cheetari.
• Timothy Cox: One of the wealthiest men on the planet, but a corrupt politician and businessman who has no concern for the environment, Timothy Cox runs several companies, all of which have severely negative impacts on the environment, including Coxcorp Industries, an oiling company, Coxcorp Lumber and Wood, and several other, more secret operation, including several animal-fighting rings, especially dogfights, fur-trading, ivory-trading, fishing, etc. He sees the animal kingdom as one big cash racket. Constantly at odds against the Zoologist, who cannot harm him physically since he is protected by corrupt officials under his employ, but has destroyed several of his operations, costing him thousands of dollars as well as earning Cox’s ire for him. Has hired several villains to get rid of him, including the Poacher and his Trophy Hunters, the Lumberjack (whom was a former employee whom he outfitted), the Exterminators, and even the Animal Assassin has been hired to frame/kill him. Cox later hires the corrupt weapons developer and enemy of Lego Lad, Dal Ogel, to construct a gigantic powered-armored suit that could utilize the natural environment as a means to power it and could be used by himself to fight the Zoologist. Calling himself the Industrializer, Cox went on a rampage before fighting the Zoologist to a standstill. However, after destroying half of the nearby wilderness, he earned the spurn of the Botanist, who attacked the industrialist and destroyed his suit. Still intent on the destruction of the Zoologist, Cox kidnaps the biomechanical expert Dr. Fred Wheeler to construct a technoorganic machine capable of mimicking the Zoologist's powers. Succeeding in creating a machine capable of mimicking the appearances, powers, and traits of any species of animal, Cox orders Wheeler to conceive a process for his mind to be electronically transmitted and downloaded onto the robot or be killed. Successfully transmitting his mind into the machine, Wheeler is kept hostage by Cox, now calling himself the Animachine and begins rampaging throughout New York City to attract the Zoologist's attention. However, he was caught offguard by the Zoologist's newly-formed team, who was searching for Dr. Wheeler. Easily defeating them, he used them as bait to lure the Zoologist to him. Backed by the Maximums, however, the Zoologist managed to eventually defeat the Animachine who was sent to the Hero-Hood's supervillain vault.
• The Lumberjack: A former timber mill worker for Coxcorp Lumber and Wood whose home was destroyed and his family killed by a family of bears, Jackson Lumberly, better known as the Lumberjack wields two mechanical axes given to him by Timothy Cox's weapons specialists and scientists, capable of disintegrating nearly any material in his quest to destroy the habitats of all animals. Fought the Zoologist several times and later joined both the Anti-Animal Alliance and the Poacher's Trophy Hunters.
• The Creature Collector: An incredibly powerful extraterrestrial from another galaxy who collects animals to place on his "Master Menagerie" planetoid. Able to paralyze any animal through eye contact as well as superhuman strength and warping abilities. After learning of the Zoologist and his ability to transform into any animal imaginable, he became obsessed with him and sought to add him to his collection. Incapacitated him and kidnapped him, returning to his planetoid and placing him on display. He then forced the Zoologist to undergo a painful transformation cycle through the entire animal kingdom from A-Z in order to chronicle and learn about the entire animal kingdom. Specia asked both the Maximums and her Pack for help and they assisted her in getting to the Creature Collector's planetoid, defeating the Creature Collector, and rescuing the grateful Zoologist, as well as setting all of the Collector's specimens free, earning the Collector's undying spurn for the Zoologist and the Maximums. Later equipped the Poacher with a specialized metamorphing sentient gun and tasked him with the job of recapturing his collection, including the Zoologist.
• The Exterminator: A former down-on-his-luck pest controller who was getting rid of an infestation of cockroaches at an abandoned nuclear power plant, Quincy Xavier accidentally activated one of the reactors, was caught in the explosion, and was bombarded with radiation. The fumes within his backpack were genetically fused to his DNA and he gained the ability to transform all or any part of his body into any form of chemical, gas or vapor, as well as control any chemicals, gases, or vapors. However, he also became insane, especially after seeing the roaches he was sent to kill completely unharmed. Killing them, he set forth to bring the end of vermin everywhere, including humanity, whom he blamed for his plight. Hired by Timothy Cox to kill the Zoologist and failed. Joined the Anti-Animal Alliance in bid for vengeance. Later formed an alliance with the alien Princess Pollution, the mutant megalomaniac De Miser, and the mysterious monstrosity Creeping-Crawler, calling themselves the Exterminators. It is secretly believed he has feelings for Princess Pollution.
• Princess Pollution: An extraterrestrial princess from the planet Contamina, a filthy toxic waste dump, possesses the power to poison, contaminate, and decay anything she touches, as well as possessing shapeshifting abilities and the power of flight. Journeyed across the universe, polluting clean, pristine planets, eventually landing on Earth via a telekinetically-controlled asteroid of waste. Beginning to decay the environment around her, she encountered, not the Zoologist, but the Botanist. Enraged at what she was doing, the Botanist viciously battled her, but began to wither the second he touched her. Retreating, the Botanist located the Zoologist and pleaded for his help. Reluctantly, the Zoologist and his family agreed and battled the Princess with the Botanist, eventually sending her back into orbit. She subsequently returned to Earth and formed an alliance with the Creeping-Crawler, De Miser, and the Exterminator, whom she fell in love with.
• Creeping-Crawler: Created by the Animal Assassin originally as a wife for him, the Creeping-Crawler is a severely degenerated and mutated clone of the Zoologist's queen, Specia, as well as her archnemesis. She embodies all that Specia does not: the evil, ugliness, and cruelty of the animal kingdom. Able to mutate and devolve any animal, she will stop at nothing to destroy all of nature's beauty. Was abandoned by the Animal Assassin and blamed Specia for her ugliness. Fought Specia and the Zoologist several times before forming an alliance with the Exterminator, Princess Pollution, and De Miser. Still in love with the Animal Assassin.
• De Miser: A mutant megalomaniac with the superhuman ability to absorb the life force of any living being and turn it into raw power for himself, De Miser is bent on taking over the criminal underworld. Caught the attention of the Zoologist when he allied himself with the Exterminator, Princess Pollution, and the Creeping-Crawler in a bid to further his criminal ambitions. Learning of the Zoologist's incredibly powerful life force, De Miser made it his mission to absorb the Zoologist's life force and take over the world.
• The Geologist: Created by the Botanist through experiments with radioactive soil with the intent of creating a partner to help him destroy the Zoologist. Possesses shape-shifting abilities and the ability to manipulate the earth around him. Was accidentally destroyed after being shattered by a mimicked sonic blast of a pistol shrimp from the Zoologist during their first encounter. Later, he somehow managed to reform himself and formed an alliance with the abandoned Earth elemental Erosionist. Not to be confused with the superhuman T.V host the Geologist.
• The Erosionist: An evil Earth elemental who battles the superhero Terrain often for the title of Earth's elemental. Contacted by the Botanist as a replacement for his former creation the Geologist and joined his Anti-Animal Alliance in a bid to destroy all the animals who irritated his soil. Possesses terrakinetic abilities similar to the Geologist, whom he later formed an alliance with.
• Catastrophe: A mad scientist who created a device that harnesses the power of natural disasters and uses them as weapons for him to control, Prof. Sam Sastoria created major natural disturbances throughout the world, literally holding the world hostage unless his demands were met. The Zoologist and Specia, sensing the disturbances, asked the Maximums for assistance and they defeated Catastrophe. He later formed a gang of minor supervillains to create minor disturbances while he proceeded to hold the President of the United States hostage. However, he was soon defeated by the Four of Nature and the Pack.
• The Primordial: A group of extraterrestrial beings that were sent back in time through a portal generated by the superhero Bluemoon during one of his time-traveling excursions. The journey through the portal combined with their alien physiology altered their minds and bodies and landing in the primordial ooze of the Earth as it was being created by Mother Nature, granted them incredible power, but also drove them mad. Began altering the timeline to the point that the very first creation the gods Faunos and Floros made were made non-existant. Father Time called on Bluemoon to help him, who was immune to the alterations of time and asked him to save the Zoologist so he could help. The Zoologist and Bluemoon, as well as the Zoologist's ancestor Faunos and his brother Floros, defeated the Primordial, who were locked up by Father Time.
• Blackmoon: The supervillainous clone and archnemesis of the superhero Bluemoon, Blackmoon possesses all of the powers and abilities of Bluemoon, consumed in utter hatred. Joined the Animal Assassin in a bid to frame both Bluemoon and the Zoologist for a series of murders and crimes, succeeding in locking both heroes up in a maximum-security prison. Were later defeated by the two and the Maximums. Blackmoon later kidnapped Specia in a bid to kill the Zoologist, whom he wanted to get rid of, along with the rest of Bluemoon's closest friends, allies, and loved ones. Was subsequentally defeated single-handedly by Bluemoon. Member of the Treacherous Trio and the Dark Overlord's Minions of Malevolence.
• The Abnormal Man: A former vagrant turned into a megalomanical mutant monstrosity, the man known only as Hank became appropriately named the Abnormal Man after a vat of toxic waste made him the master of mutation, able to "abnormalize" (mutate) others at will. Leader of the Abnormals, he fought the Maximums several times before, once blasting the Zoologist with a mutation ray that seemingly caused him to implode while emitting a massive wave of radiation that transformed all of humanity into animals, the Maximums and their enemies included. Later attacked by the Exterminators, who saw the underground societies of New York as disgusting and attempted to kill the Abnormal Man and his Abnormals. Saved by the Zoologist, whom he reluctantly thanked for saving him and his team.
• The Tyrant King: Possibly the most powerful supervillain in the Maximum Universe, the Tyrant King was once hostile young man Bruce Tyrannos who transformed by the Dark Overlord into a megalomaniacal tyrannosaur humanoid by devolutionary rays. Set about to devolve all of humanity into nonexistance with his partners Blackmoon, supervillainous clone of superhero Bluemoon, and Negnator, supervillainous clone of the superhero Magnator, and take over the world. Defeated by the Maximums and the intervening Zoologist and Specia. He later challenged the Zoologist to a "Survival Face-Off", consisting of the two being transported into the most extreme environments in an attempt to out-adapt one another. The Zoologist succeeded in defeating him, but nearly died in the process. Later obtained the legendary Reality Rings that grant the one who could find them all the power to control reality to their whim. Archnemesis of the Maximums, leader of the Treacherous Trio, and member of the Dark Overlord's Minions of Malevolence. Creator of the monstrous Extinction.
• Extinction: A bio-engineered monstrosity created by the Tyrant King in a bid to destroy humanity by projecting rays of devolutionary energy through a satellite, Extinction was put out of commission by the Maximums before it could be activated. It was later found by the Botanist and upgraded so as to be able to move and fight itself. It was used in an attempt to destroy all of animalkind by linking him up to the same satellite the Tyrant King had used before and locking onto every animal, including the human race, on the planet. However, the Zoologist, Specia, and their newly-formed Pack broke the link and fought both the Anti-Animal Alliance and the newly-upgraded and mobile Extinction, who was subsequently destroyed by the intervening Bluemoon and PseudoZoologist.
• The Dark Overlord: The omnipotent and omniscient God of Darkness and Evil, the Dark Overlord created the monstrous Tyrant King and several others. First learned of the Zoologist during his army of shadow-warrior's assault on Master Shauo Lei's Shaolin temple. Would later manipulate all of the Zoologist's greatest enemies into battling the Zoologist in a plot to coerce him to use his powers for Dark Overlord's benefit. He was subsequently defeated by the Zoologist and his wife Specia. The Botanist was later chosen by the Dark Overlord to join his ranks in the Minions of Malevolence, of whom The Zoologist, Specia, and his Pack later joined the rest of the superhero community in fighting against. The Zoologist subsequently witnessed his "destruction" by the Almighty One. Archenemy of the Super Squad, the first global defenders of Earth. Enemy of the Maximums.