Collective Man
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Contest of Champions #1 (June 1982) |
| Created by |
Bill Mantlo Sal Buscema |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Sun, Chang, Ho, Lin, and Han Tao-Yu |
| Species | Human Mutants |
| Team affiliations |
People's Defense Force The 198 Mutant Liberation Front 3-Peace Death's Champions |
| Abilities | Ability to merge into a single being possessing five times the physical and mental ability of a single Tao-Yu brother Ability to temporarily increase the limits these powers by mentally drawing upon outside energy, while in a collective state Ability to communicate telepathically and teleport to each other via psychic/spiritual-link. |
The Collective Man (Sun, Chang, Ho, Lin, and Han Tao-Yu) is a fictional character, a Chinese superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Collective Man is actually an identity shared by the Tao-Yu brothers, a set of quintuplets. They possess the mutant power to merge into one body, which variously possesses the collective abilities of all five men or of all of the people of China. The brothers also share a psychic/spiritual link that allows them to telepathically communicate and teleport to one another.
The Collective Man first appeared in Incredible Hulk #250 (August 1980), and was created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema.
The character subsequently appears in Marvel Super-Heroes: Contest of Champions #1-3 (June–August 1982), Incredible Hulk #279 (January 1983), Marvel Comics Presents #55 (1990), X-Force Annual #3 (1994), Citizen V and the V Battalion: The Everlasting #1-3 (April–June 2001), X-Men Vol. 2 #159-160 (September–October 2004), X-Men: The 198 Files #1 (January 2006), X-Men Vol. 2 #183 (April 2006), Civil War: X-Men #1 (September 2006), #4 (December 2006), Thunderbolts: International Incident (April 2008)
The Collective Man received an entry in the original Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #2, and in the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #2 (2006).
The five Tao-Yu brothers were born in Wuhan, China. The Collective Man was first seen in the Grandmaster's contest, in which various international superheroes fought one another the proxies of either the Grandmaster or his unknown opponent (actually Death). The Collective Man was teamed with Storm and Shamrock (all unknowingly proxies of Death in the conflict) in battle against the Grandmaster's proxies Captain America, Sasquatch and Blitzkrieger; their battle was ended when Shamrock claimed the prize.
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