Doomsday Man
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Silver Surfer Vol. 1, #13 (February 1970) |
| Created by |
Stan Lee (writer) John Buscema (artist) |
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| Species | Robot |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Team affiliations | Advanced Idea Mechanics |
| Partnerships | Destructor |
| Abilities | Lasers Teleportation Superhuman strength and durability |
Doomsday Man is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Primarily an enemy of Carol Danvers, the character exists within Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema, the character first appeared in Silver Surfer Vol. 1, #13 (February 1970).
The Doomsday Man was introduced in Silver Surfer Vol. 1, #13, and reappeared in Ms. Marvel Vol. 1, #3-4 in a two-part storyline that ended with it fusing with Kerwin Korman, a villain who had previously appeared in Ms. Marvel Vol. 1, #1-2 under the name Destructor. The aggregate of Doomsday Man and Korman was subsequently featured in a story-arc that took place in The Avengers Vol. 3, #15-17 before making its final appearance to date in Ms. Marvel Vol. 2, #11-12.
After the Apollo 11 moon landing, the United States government commissioned Doctor John Kronton to create an automaton that could assist mankind with exploring and colonizing other worlds, a project supervised by Carol Danvers. When construction of the nigh-invincible robot was complete, Danvers, fearing that it could possibly turn against humanity, successfully convinced a Senatorial Commission to abandon the project, and seal the android away with other apocalyptic weapons on a desolate island in the Pacific Ocean.
The robot (dubbed "the Doomsday Man" by the tabloids) activates, and breaks free of its prison, taking with it a Cobalt Bomb. Learning of the Doomsday Man's existence, the Silver Surfer attempts to destroy it and prevent the detonation of the Cobalt Bomb with the assistance of Doctor Kronton, who eventually reveals that he had secretly programmed the Doomsday Man to awaken and threaten mankind, intending to stop it himself, thus becoming a hero in the eyes of the people of Earth. The Surfer separates the Doomsday Man from the Cobalt Bomb, and attempts to trap it in in a pit formed with his Power Cosmic. Doctor Kronton tries to help his creation climb back up to the surface, and is killed by it when the Doomsday Man swats him away, an act that causes it to lose its grip and fall deep beneath the Earth's surface while the Surfer safely disposes of the Cobalt Bomb.
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