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FIRST APPEARANCE Incrwfble Mulk *403 (Mareh 1993)

REAL NAME Urvevealed

OCCUPATION Criminal BASE Locti N<m Scotland HEIOMT ’ fi 8 m WEIGHT 1.400 Ibs EYES Rod HAJR Cray SPECIAL POWERS. ABIUTI ES ^Jossossos aU ol tho ab.iit.es of the crlmmal New World Order. mclukng superhuman streogth. the abuny to f.re energy błasi*, and razor-sharp claws.

Plantman

Winie workmg in London as a botaimts assistant, Samuel Smithers became mvolvcd with experiments to explore the inentai jctivity of plants. After ten years the botanist diedL, and Smithers movx*d to the United States where he planned to eontinuc his work in trying to inerease the intelligcnce of plants so that humans could eommunicatc with them. Ho\vever.due to his lack of for nul education he had diłTiculty in finding support for his ideas and was forced to take a job as a gardener. Smithers tried to combine the job with his rcsearch, but was eventually fired for spending too much time on his e.\periments.

FACTFILE REAL NAME Samuel Smithers OCCUPATION

Professional criminal. formerty a

gardener

BASE

A submarine m the Atlantic Ocean

HEIOHT 6 ft WEIGHT 190 Ibs EYES Groen HAIR Dark gray

FIRST APPEARANCE

Strange Taks 9113 (Octoóer 1963)

Plantman

PlECEMEAL

Tłu* nun who would bccoine Piecemcal was an operative from the Commission on Superjiuman AcnvrnES sent to spy on the Rep Skuli .The Skuli captured him, intending to make him into .1 living symbol of his criminal organization. the New World Order. Imbued with the properties of members of the Order, and with memories of his prwious lite crascd, Piccemeal became enthrallcd with being alive. He began using his powers to absorb the lite-experiences of others, until the Hut k seemingly ended his mcnacc. TB

Pip the Troll

FIRST APPEARANCE Strange Tale* *179 tAprJ 1975)

REAL NAME Pip Gotem

OCCUPATION Former bearer of the Space Gem. prtnee of Uuodana and panter BASE Mob<ie with the M*y Way Gtttay HE IGHT t ft 4 m WEIGHT 144 IbS EYES Pnk HAIR Rod SPECIAL POWERSMBILITIES Claims to be rresotibte to wornen. coukl tełepon anywhere in the universe when he possessed the Space Gem.

Horn a princc on the alien world of Laxidazia. Pip was exiled from the court for

befriendmg a tribe of trolls.

Missionaries from the Univcrsal Church of Truth came to Laxidazu to comert the natives. When the trolls resisted. the Church began cxterminating them. Pip was captured and placcd on a I )eath-Ship where he met Adam Warlock. Thev became friends and later overthre\v the Church. Warlock called upon Pip to help stopThanos from using the Infmity Gems to control reality and later gavo him the Space Gem as a reward. making him a member of the Intinity Watch.Thc Watch disbandcd after losing control of the gems and Pip was last scen in New York City with Warlock and Gamora.

REVENGE

Not long after Smithers lost his job. a bolt oflightning struck Im experimenul plant ray-gun. clurging the devicc with the power to control and animate plant lifc. Smithers put on a costumc and. takmg the namc Plantman. sought revenge on the nun who lud fired him. but was stopped by the Humań Toro i, who destroyed the plant-gun. Undeterred. Plantman built a seeond. more powcrful weapon, and tried to kill the Humań Toreb, but his plan failed. Later he joined the International crime syndicate. the Mac.c.ia. Creating plant duplicates of himself. Plantman battled the X-Men, the Avengers, Sub-Marincr.TniTON, and SI IIELD. among others.

CHARACTER KEY

1    Plantman

2    Por04>»«'

3    Tho Eol

4    •■-Scai»-c:c%v

C RI M EWAVE

Plantman created a copy of himself, a simuloid. over which he lud total control, in order to takc part in the Crimcwave.This criminal society includcd the Cowled Commander (Brian Muldoon.a police comtnander) F.el. Porcupinu, Scarecrow.ViPŁR and various unnamed others.They aimed at cieadng chaos in New York City to bring about the introduction of a tougher pohcc lorce and wcrc repcatedly Ibught by Caimain America,

Falcon and Redwinc.. Plantman captured Falcon and Captain America and bruught them to the Cowled Commander to be killed.The heroes nianaged to cscape and defe.it the Crimewave. Plantman losing his fight against Falcon and Redwing. After their dcmise. the Crimewave were sent to pnson. MT

ThePtantman

slnnAnd

possossad ao tho powers of tho ongmnl Plantman.

Plantman^ proiector weapons altow h*n K) control plants. arwnatng

tho* tonbs lo attack a Młcttm. and mai«putole plants so thoy look Ifce d.jpŁcatus of Humana

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