Biography:

       Matthew VanGarrett was always insecure and lived in his older brother Darren's shadow but he loved and idolized his brother almost obsessively. He was miserable when Darren went away to school or spent time with friends instead of his little brother. Matthew was really enraged and despondent when Darren began to date Rick Rocket. When Darren founded the Vanguard and began to spend all his time on the new team Matty took matters into his own hands. Matthew spent his portion of the massive VanGarrett fortune on getting a supersuit that would make him hugely strong and invulnerable. He premiered as the hero "Vanguard" but was woefully unprepared. He wound up hurting civilians and doing outrageous property damage. When he nearly got a whole train full of people killed when he went up against Big Cheese the Vanguard team intervened. This drove Matty absolutely crazy. He went into hiding and paid even more for more technology and genetic enhancements in order to copy the powers of every member of the team that had beat him and stolen his brother. Matty came back in an all-out assault on the VanGarrett Manor. He was once again stopped, defeated by his own brother and since then, the newly renamed "Replicator" has been an all-out villain. He is constantly trying to kill Rick Rocket and the rest of the Vanguard and to do things that would embarrass them or hurt Union City. He's had too many enhancements to count in an attempt to mimic the  powers of the team that he is obsessed with. Both he and his suite of powers are badly unstable, but he in nonetheless very dangerous and highly motivated. He is one of the biggest threats that the Vanguard can face.