Mercurio the 4-D Man

Mercurio the 4-D Man
Mercurio the 4-D Man
CaptainMarvel51.jpg
Mercurio battles Captain Marvel in Captain Marvel #51 (vol. 1, Jul. 1977) Art by George Pérez.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Thor #208
(vol. 1, Feb. 1973)
Created by Gerry Conway
John Buscema
In-story information
Alter ego None
Species Gramosian
Place of origin Gramos
Team affiliations Thor
Notable aliases The Fourth-Dimensional Man, Karl Sarron
Abilities Superhuman strength
Ability to generate extremes of heat and cold
Flight

Mercurio the 4-D Man (abbreviation of four dimensional - a feature of Mercurio's home world) is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Mercurio first appears in Thor #208 (vol. 1, Feb. 1973) and was created by Gerry Conway and John Buscema.

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Fictional character biography

Mercurio is a native of the planet Gramos, a world threatened with extinction when a gravitational distortion blocks out all sunlight. In a bid to save Gramos, Mercurio was chosen as a government psycho-explorer to project his consciousness across the galaxy to Earth, where he takes control of a wealthy landlord and uses his resources to build a device to siphon off Earth's electro-magnetic field. Mercurio also detects strange energies coming from the offices of Dr. Donald Blake, the alter-ego of the Thunder God Thor. Witnessing a transformation from Blake to Thor, Mercurio siphons off some of the magical energy in an attempt to transport his body across space to Earth. The process is only partially successful as the right side of Mercurio's body is turned red and his normal fire-generating ability is changed to ice (on the left side only). Mercurio then battles Thor and the Warriors Three in an attempt to complete his transformation, but is quickly defeated and encased in molten iron by Thor.[1]

Several weeks after returning to Gramos, Mercurio leads an army to find the God Jewel, a gem containing enough energy to sustain Gramos forever. The God Jewel, however, proves to be sentient and evolves into a humanoid form called Xorr, and is capable of sucking the life energy from any source. Coincidentally, Thor and several allies are also seeking the God Jewel as it has imprisoned two Asgardian goddesses, Sif and Karnilla. With Thor's help Xorr is defeated, and Mercurio retrieves several fragments of the God Jewel for use on Gramos. [2]

Although Gramos is saved, Mercurio develops a desire to conquer, and attempts to trick Captain Marvel into visiting Gramos and building the Omni-Wave Projector - a device capable of emitting energies on a galaxy-wide scale. Captain Marvel's cosmic awareness, however, warns him of the trap and after defeating Mercurio he returns to Earth. [3]

Mercurio was later seen as a prisoner on the laboratory-world of the Stranger. [4] With the other captives, Mercurio escaped and attacked the Stranger, and Mercurio was defeated by the Whizzer of the Squadron Supreme.[5]

Some time later, Mercurio was among the extraterrestrial criminals exiled to Earth when it was transformed into a maximum security prison planet. In an attempt to escape, he again donned his Karl Sarron alias and lured Captain America to the Statue Of Liberty, with the goal of using the Captain's shield to power up a machine to teleport off the planet. Sensing a trap, and hoping the device could help remove all the aliens from Earth, Captain America played along until he had an opportunity to foil Mercurio's plans. During the battle, Cap regained his shield, causing the machine to overload. Mercurio began to overload as well, and though Captain America implored him to release the energies by using his powers, Mercurio neglected to do so, causing his apparent demise in an explosion. [6]

Powers and abilities

As a native of the planet Gramos, Mercurio possesses an alien metabolism granting him the ability to generate intense heat, usually in the form of a fireball or wall of flame. As a result of his "accident" and transformation into a half-negative being, Mercurio can now emit intense cold from the left side of his body. He is also able to use both abilities simultaneously. Mercurio also possesses enhanced strength and durability as well as flight, although it is not known whether the latter is an innate ability or is achieved via technological means. Mercurio's mind is capable of interplanetary teleportation. Gramosians are naturally blue-black, suggesting that the "negative" side of his body is the red side.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Thor #208 (vol. 1, Feb. 1973)
  2. ^ Thor #214 - 216 (vol. 1, Aug - Oct. 1973)
  3. ^ Captain Marvel #51 (vol. 1, Jul. 1977)
  4. ^ Quasar #14 (Sep. 1990)
  5. ^ Quasar #16 (Nov. 1990)
  6. ^ Captain America #36 (vol. 3, Dec. 2000)
  7. ^ Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe#4 (vol. 1, Apr. 1983)
  8. ^ Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe Master Edition#7 (vol.3, Jun. 1991)

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