Gremlin (comics)

Gremlin
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Incredible Hulk #163 (May 1973)
Created by	Steve Englehart and Herb Trimpe
In-story information
Alter ego	Kondrati Yurivich Topolov
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Soviet Super-Soldiers
Notable aliases	Titanium Man
Abilities	Accomplished genetic engineer Superhuman intelligence Ability to create advanced devices and weapons (As Titanium Man): Armored suit grants: Superhuman strength Supersonic flight Concussive blasts Projection of constrictive force "rings" and electromagnetically paralytic beams Resistance to conventional artillery

Gremlin (born Kondrati Topolov) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Although initially an adversary of the Hulk, Gremlin is killed in battle with Iron Man during the Armor Wars.

Co-creator Steve Englehart recounted, "I’ve always treated the entire run of a book, up to the point that I took it over, as worthy of respect. So I was always interested in where series started out, and how they developed in their early days. The Gargoyle had indeed been in Hulk #1, so I thought it would be fun to connect to him—but I had to make something interesting for my time, not just wave at the past. I thought, ‘Gargoyle + Kremlin = Gremlin’."

Kondrati Topolov is the son of Russian scientist Yuri Topolov, also known as the Gargoyle, and is himself a mutant. Kondrati inherited his father's grotesque appearance and superhuman intelligence, although he was born disfigured unlike his father, who was mutated over time from the exposure of radioactive materials. His father was cured by a captured Bruce Banner using gamma rays and died killing other Soviets in an explosion. A brilliant scientist like his father, he created the high-tech gear used by the Soviet Super-Troopers (the immediate precursor to the Soviet Super-Soldiers), and for a time wore the Titanium Man power armor. He operated out of a secret base named Bitterfrost in Khystym, Siberia. He created a pet for himself named Droog, which was an intelligent, talking, triceratops-like monster created through genetic engineering.

As the Gremlin, he first clashed with the Hulk at the Gremlin's secret base in the Arctic. Gremlin's men then captured General "Thunderbolt" Ross. The Hulk and General Ross later invaded the Gremlin's Bitterfrost base in Siberia to rescue the captured Major Glenn Talbot. The Gremlin and his pet Droog contended with the Hulk, but Bitterfrost was destroyed by S.H.I.E.L.D. Later, with the Soviet Super-Soldiers, Rom, and Starshine, the Gremlin helped defeat the alien Dire Wraiths. The Gremlin then officially joined the Soviet Super-Soldiers.

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