Baxter Stockman as a Fly or a Cyborg?

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

OK... but I mean, no payoff for specifically making him a fly and not... say, a moose or a hippo or something equally random?

A fly isn't as random as a moose or a hippo.

You've already mentioned the obvious reference to The Fly.

Plus a lot of people get creeped out by insects, and flies are pests, making a mutant fly a good choice for an antagonist.

I'd prefer mutant fly over cyborg, because someone becoming a cyborg feels more overdone. Someone becoming a fly monster obviously isn't original either, but I like the nod to The Fly. It's something for the adults who had to deal with Ninja Turtles being on TV all the time.

For the current comics, I'd say keep him human. There are going to be plenty of mutants running around anyway. Bebop and Rocksteady are more well known, so let the new Baxter Stockman get established as a mad scientist and not another mutant.