Air-Walker

The Air-Walker battles Thor on the cover of Thor #305 (March 1981). Art by Keith Pollard.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	(robot form): Fantastic Four #120 (March 1972) (real form):Thor #305 (March 1981).
Created by	Stan Lee (writer) John Buscema (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Gabriel Lan
Species	Xandarian
Place of origin	Planet Xandar in the Tranta System, Andromeda galaxy
Team affiliations	Heralds of Galactus Nova Corps
Notable aliases	Archangel Gabriel
Abilities	Power Cosmic

The Air-Walker (Gabriel Lan) (also known as Gabriel the Air-Walker) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and John Buscema and first appears (in android form) in Fantastic Four #120 (March 1972).

Created by Stan Lee and John Buscema, Air-Walker first appeared in Fantastic Four #120 (March 1972). The character later appeared in Fantastic Four #211 (October 1979), Captain America #249 (September 1980), Dazzler #10 (December 1981) and Silver Surfer vol. 3, #41 (September 1990).

Gabriel Lan is a member of the Xandarian Nova Corps and the captain of the diplomatic and exploratory spaceship Way-Opener. Returning from a mission in space, the Way-Opener was confronted by the vessel of the cosmic entity Galactus, who abducts Lan and offers to transform him into a herald, in a similar fashion to the Silver Surfer.

A willing Lan accepts and becomes the Air-Walker. Pyreus Kril, the Way-Opener's first officer and Lan's friend, becomes obsessed with finding Galactus after the abduction. Lan becomes devoted to Galactus, and the closest thing Galactus has had to a true friend. On one journey to seek a planet for sustenance for Galactus, he battles the alien race the Ovoids, who kill Lan, but not before Galactus retrieves and transfers the last spark of Lan's soul to an android body.