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The Melter is the name of three characters in Marvel Comics. ==Publication history== The character debuted in ''Tales of Suspense'' #47 (Nov. 1963) and was created by Stan Lee and Sam Rosen. He was an industrialist who specializes in providing munitions to the United States government. After an initial encounter with hero Iron Man, the character reappears in ''Avengers'' #6 (Jul. 1964) as part of supervillain team the Masters of Evil. A version of the Masters of Evil return in ''Avengers'' #15 - 16 (Apr. - May 1965), with the Melter being jailed. The Melter reappears to battle Iron Man in ''Tales of Suspense'' 89 - 90 (May - Jun. 1967), and then ''Avengers'' #54 - 55 (Jul. - Aug. 1968) as part of the next version of the Masters of Evil (formed without the villains knowledge by the robot Ultron) and again in ''Avengers'' #83 (Dec. 1970). The character becomes a perennial villain in the title ''Iron Man'', appearing in issues #72 (Jan. 1974); #92 (Nov. 1976) and #123 - 124 (Jun. - Jul. 1979) and #127 (Oct. 1979). After another attempt to sabotage the company Stark International in ''Iron Man'' #166 (Jan. 1983), the character reappears in ''Marvel Two-in-One'' #96 (Feb. 1983) before being assassinated during the ''Scourge of the Underworld'' storyline in ''Avengers'' #263 (Jan. 1986). As writer Mike Conroy stated "Bruno Horgan was one of those villains who suited simpler times...Times moved on, though, and Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's creation didn't. Despite numerous upgrades to his weaponry, the Melter was never a major player."〔Conroy, Mike. ''500 Comicbook Villains'', Collins & Brown, 2004.〕 Long-time Marvel writer Roger Stern recalled: The character also made several posthumous appearances in the titles ''Fantastic Four'';〔''Fantastic Four'' #405 (Oct. 1995)〕 ''X-O Manowar/Iron Man: Heavy Metal'';〔''X-O Manowar/Iron Man: Heavy Metal'' #1 (Sep. 1996)〕 and ''Avengers''.〔''Avengers'' vol. 3, #8 - 9 (June - July 1997)〕 Another character using the name "Melter" debuted during the ''Dark Reign'' storyline in the limited series ''Dark Reign: Young Avengers'' #1 - 5 (July - Dec. 2009). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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