Isaac Mendez

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Isaac Mendez
Ator	Santiago Cabrera
1ª aparição	Genesis
Sobre a personagem
Habilidades conhecidas	Precognition
Sexo
Idade	28
Residência	Nova York, NY
Profissão	Artista, Escritor de revistas em quadrinhos
Parceiro(a)	formerly Simone Deveaux

Isaac Mendez é um artista e autor de revistas em quadrinhos que vive em Manhattan. Tem um estúdio de sótão na Manhattan baixa. Sua negociante de arte e antiga namorada é Simone Deveaux. Isaac era viciado em heroína, tendo estado em reabilitação duas vezes. muitos de seus trabalhos são proféticos, precisamente mostrando eventos do futuro.

Sobre

Incitado por seu instrutor, Dominick Cabalo, Isaac afiou suas habilidades artísticas e participou de vários cursos de férias para ajudar desenvolver o seu talento. Não foi, porém, antes do colegial que começou a ganhar concursos de ilustração. Com ainda mais aulas em ilustração e cursos sobre design de revistas em quadrinhos das quais se orgulhar, Isaac se mudou para Nova York e logo depois do colegial teve diversos cursos, na universidade, sobre ilustração de gibis. Não foi até a convenção anual de gibis de Nova York que ele chamou a atenção da empresa Camacho Comics, a qual o contratou imediatamente. Ele trabalhou lá por 3 anos, o tempo todo aprendendo sobre as tendências do negócio. Então, em 2002, ele publicou sua própria série de gibis sob o nome de seu velho tio Burk - uma das poucas pessoas em sua vida que suportou o seu amor por revistas em quadrinhos. (9th Wonders! edição #14)

História do Personagem

Genesis

Por cerca de três semanas, os quadros que Isaac completou enquanto drogado pareciam prever o futuro.

Quando ele percebe isto, ele diz a Simone, mostrando a ela um quadro que ele fez semanas atrás de um bombardeio suicida em Israel, e a mesma imagem em uma foto no jornal daquela manhã. Ele pretende parar de usar heroína, e Simone o incentiva. Simone retorna mais tarde para constatar que em vez de sóbrio, ele estava tendo uma overdose. Ela liga para Peter Petrelli, um enfermeiro que está tomando conta do pai dela, para ajudar Mendez. Peter vê a pintura de Isaac de um homem que parece arrebatadoramente parecido com ele saltando de um prédio e aparentemente voando, que mais tarde convence o enfermeiro a tentar a mesma coisa. Isaac se desespera tempo suficiente para dizer a Simone "nós temos que impedir isso", indicando uma enorme pintura de uma explosão no chão de seu estúdio.

Don't Look Back

Isaac acorda e novamente insiste para Simone que ele vem pintando o futuro.

Hiro Nakamura, um manipulador do tempo, descobre uma divergente linha do tempo do futuro um pouco mais de cinco semanas de 2 de Outubro e acha uma cópia de "Os Nove Incríveis", uma revistinha feita por Isaac. Ele vai para o estúdio de Isaac, agora cheio de pinturas do the Symbol, e encontra Isaac assassinado. Seu crânio havia sido sawed off e seu cérebro não estava mais ali.

One Giant Leap

Isaac has recovered and has come to cope with the fact that he is "painting the future". Simone, however, does not believe Isaac's assertions about his paintings and is more concerned with Isaac meeting the deadline for his comic book. They argue, and when Isaac gives Simone an ultimatum, she leaves him. Later, Isaac finds a drawing he'd made earlier of a couple kissing which matches the actual event of Peter Petrelli and Simone kissing in the rain.

Collision

When Peter brings Mohinder to Isaac's studio to demonstrate his abilities, Isaac is in a precognitive trance, painting a picture of Claire being menaced by an unseen figure and does not answer the door.

Hiros

Peter arrives at Isaac's apartment and attempts to persuade him that he believes Isaac really can paint the future. At first, Isaac brushes him off. When Peter finds the unfinished painting and claims he can complete it, Isaac begins to regain his enthusiasm. When the phone rings, Isaac tells Peter to ignore it, but he answers it and tells Hiro he has a message for him.

Better Halves

At Isaac's apartment, Peter tells Hiro, through Ando, about his visit from Future Hiro. He relays the message and tells Hiro to meet him and Isaac in New York so they can locate "the cheerleader". Isaac and Peter then search the paintings for a clue as to the girl's identity. Peter realizes the last batch of paintings fit together like a comic page—but with one panel missing. Isaac tells him that Simone took a piece which was about the right size and shape to sell.

Later on, Eden arrives at Isaac's apartment, claiming to be a fan.

Nothing to Hide

Peter and Simone arrive at Isaac's apartment to tell him about Charles Deveaux's death. However, he is missing and the apartment is completely cleared out.

Seven Minutes to Midnight

Isaac and his paintings have been brought to the Primatech Paper Co. where he is recovering from his drug addiction. He has been unable to paint the future without the drugs, but Eden assures him they will help him learn to use his powers without them.

Isaac meets Mr. Bennet who tells him his power is a blessing and then tells him that his daughter is the cheerleader in Isaac's paintings. Mr. Bennet asks for Isaac’s help and finally offers him drugs so that he can paint the future again. Isaac tries again without the drugs but is still unable to access his abilities. Mr. Bennet has Eden user her power to convince Isaac to take the drugs. He does and is able to paint the future again.

Graphic Novel:Isaac's First Time

Isaac tells Eden about the first time he painted the future. At a show of his paintings at the Deveaux Gallery, he was confronted by a woman about a painting that shows her getting hit with a bus. She runs out of the gallery, and as Isaac chases her, she gets hit by a bus.

Homecoming

Isaac remains unconscious in Mr. Bennet's custody at Primatech Paper Co. after painting a mysterious picture of an exploding figure. Mr. Bennet, judging the painting useless for purposes of locating Sylar, tries to convince Eden to use her powers to make Isaac take more drugs and paint another painting, but she refuses.

Fallout

Isaac is sketching in his room in the secret facility within Primatech Paper Co.. Eden comes in and he tells her that while he's still having no luck using his powers without heroin, he's enjoying sketching just to sketch for a change. Eden tells him she's leaving, kisses him, and gives him a cell phone and a security keycard.

After leaving Primatech, Isaac calls Hiro and Ando and meets them at the bus terminal in Midland, TX. At the Burnt Toast Diner, Isaac examines Issue #14 of 9th Wonders!, the comic Hiro brought back from the future, and is amazed. He tells Hiro he hasn't even sent the issue to the publisher yet. Hiro tells him about the future he saw, including the explosion and finding Isaac dead in his apartment. Isaac tells Hiro and Ando about the painting he made at Primatech of the exploding man. When Isaac learns of Charlie's death, he shows Hiro a sketch he made while clean at Primatech of Hiro and Charlie together at the diner.

Later, in a motel room in Midland, Isaac, encouraged by the prophetic nature of his sketches, tries once again to paint the future without heroin. After some encouragement from Hiro, he manages to slip into a precognitive trance, and paints a picture of Hiro wielding a sword and facing a seemingly living dinosaur.

Godsend

Simone and Nathan go to Isaac's apartment. Isaac appears out of the back and tells her that he was in a clinic, that he's clean now, and he no longer needs heroin in order to paint. Isaac tells Simone that the only reason he is alive is because of her. He still loves Simone. Nathan asks Isaac about the painting of a man of fire and remarks that it resembles a man exploding. He asks Isaac how he knows about this, and Isaac tells him that he just paints what he sees.

Distractions

Simone visits Isaac at his studio to ask if he can use his power to tell her where to find Peter, but Isaac has already been trying without success; none of his recent paintings show Peter. He has, however, painted a view from the roof Charles Deveaux's apartment building showing a destroyed cityscape, and another of himself and Simone standing together there.

He meets Simone on that rooftop later, where he laments that the city he has grown to love is going to be destroyed, and there's nothing he can do to stop it. Simone tells him that he wouldn't have been given the power if there were nothing he could do. Back at his studio, Isaac paints yet another picture, but this one shows Peter half-invisible. Isaac realizes that Peter has been in all of the paintings he made during his search, and calls Mr. Bennet to report his findings.

Unexpected

In his apartment, Isaac tells Mr. Bennet that he called him because he didn't know whom to trust. After explaining to Mr. Bennet that Peter will be the cause of the explosion, he shows some paintings, to signify that Peter is indeed invisible. Mr. Bennet gives Isaac a gun. "What do you expect me to do with this?" he asks. Mr. Bennet replies, "Save the world." Later, Simone visits Isaac in his apartment. He explains that he believes Peter has left New York. She tries to return his key, but he convinces her to keep it, and tells her he believes Peter is dangerous.

Isaac finishes another painting, this time of Peter standing in his apartment. He turns around to find Peter standing there. Isaac explains he was trying to stop Peter, since he was dangerous. Peter exposes the Mark on Isaac's neck, and Isaac says that it means nothing. Peter throws Isaac into a painting. Isaac claims he revealed Peter's location to save the city, not out of jealousy. Isaac grabs the gun and attempts to shoot Peter, who turns invisible. Firing shots blindly at his invisible target, he accidentally shoots Simone, who is just arriving to the apartment.

Notes

• Isaac had an encounter with Uluru after getting high. This was right before his first exhibit in a while at the Deveaux Gallery, in which he painted a prophetic depiction of a woman being hit by a bus. (Isaac's First Time)
• As of Distractions, Isaac appears to be working with Mr. Bennet, possibly as an agent of the Company.

Powers

Isaac has the ability to "paint the future."

When Isaac is in a trance, he seems to be actually perceiving the future. His eyes become milky white and he sees the future events visually as if he's present. He also seems to have little awareness for sounds around him.

It's also worth noting that 9th Wonders! might depict present or past events in addition to future events. Since Issue #14 was released in the future timeline, and since Simone mentioned that the comic was late in the present, then it's possible that the events depicting Hiro before his journey to New York and after his return to the present occurred before or as Isaac drew them. This potentially means that his ability includes present-time or past clairvoyance in addition to precognition.

Isaac also paints a picture of Peter standing is his room, just as Peter becomes visible behind him, indicating he is able to paint present events as well. (Unexpected)

Initially, Isaac had only painted future events while high on heroin. After going through rehabilitation under Eden's care, and with encouragement from Hiro and Ando, Isaac finally succeeded in painting (and sketching) events without the heroin, but with intense concentration instead. However, after Simone's accidental death, Isaac relapsed.

While the events portrayed in Isaac's paintings appeared to be random at first, Isaac has begun to show the ability to focus his paintings on a particular person. (Distractions)

According to the 9th Wonders! comics, Isaac's power may include some form of translation of foreign languages.

See Also

• See Isaac's paintings for a gallery of Isaac's work
• See Prophecy for a side-by-side comparison of Isaac's predictions with real-life actualizations

Trivia

• Isaac lives at 215 Reed Street, Apartment 7, New York, NY 10010 (Genesis).
• In early versions of the script Isaac's name was originally Diego Medina.

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