The villain
Mad Thinker creates an artificial lifeform based on the research notes of
Fantastic Four leader
Mister Fantastic. A synthesis of ape DNA and
unstable molecules incorporated into an almost indestructible body with a
microcomputer and a
solar-power source, the Awesome Android is directed against the Fantastic Four, although the
superhero team defeats both the Android and the Thinker. The Awesome Android, still as a pawn of the Thinker, returns to battle the combined efforts of the Fantastic Four and the
X-Men before being deactivated by
Professor X. After an appearance during the "War of the Super Villains" storyline, the Android is absent from Marvel continuity until directed by the Thinker to capture the
Galadorian spaceknight
Rom for further study. After a brief battle, Rom successfully deactivates the Android. The Android battles
Captain America, having been repaired by then abandoned by the Thinker. The
Super-Adaptoid, posing as the
Fixer, reprograms the Android and uses it as part of an assault team of advanced
robots called
Heavy Metal. After acquiring
sentience, the Android rebels against the Thinker and seeks legal aid from
law firm Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway (the firm that employs
Jennifer Walters). The Android is legally emancipated from the Mad Thinker, with a court recognizing the being as a male with a new name, "Awesome Andy." Andy becomes a general office worker for the firm. After being rejected by coworker
Mallory Book, Andy returns to the Mad Thinker. Awesome Android later appears as a member of the
Intelligencia alongside Mad Thinker. During an attack by the
Sinister Six, Awesome Android is shot into space by the Zero Cannon.
MODOK Superior manages to resurrect Awesome Android and the other Intelligencia members. During the "
Iron Man 2020" event, Awesome Android appears as a member of the
A.I. Army. He crashes a stability test at Brevoort Dynamics in Cambridge, Massachusetts and makes off with a robot that was being tested. During the raid, Arno Stark sent out a signal to keep the A.I. Army from escaping to the Thirteenth Floor.
Machinesmith is entangled in wires that work to place the submission code in him as he begs for Awesome Android to help him. When Mark One crashes to the ground, Awesome Android then picks up Mark One's body as the A.I. Army and other robots are left devastated at what happened. Awesome Android brings Mark One to a bio-tube to heal him. ==Powers and abilities==