TANAKADON

Real Name: Tanakadon

Identity/Class: Unrevealed, possible Deviant mutate

Occupation: None

Group Membership: Mole Man's Monsters

Affiliations: Mole Man;
     formerly a group of Skrulls

Enemies: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Monster Island (aka Monster Isle)

First Appearance: Fantastic Four I#347 (October, 1990)

Powers/Abilities: Tanakadon is incredibly large, with proportionate strength, sharp claws and oversized teeth.

History:

(Fantastic Four I#347) - When a group of Skrulls landed on Monster Island in search of the renegade De'Lila, they shot several of the monsters with "slave darts" before teleporting them across the globe to rampage. 

(Fantastic Four I#348) - Tanakadon was sent to San Francisco, where he caused havoc.

Comments: Created by Walt Simonson, Art Adams and Art Thibert.

Tanakadon was never named in his appearances, but I asked his creator Art Adams about him and some other monsters, and Tanakadon is the name he came up with for it.

Profile by Madison Carter

Clarifications:

Tanakadon has no known connections to

images:
Fantastic Four I#348, page 8, panel 5

Fantastic Four I#347 (October, 1990) - Walt Simonson (writer), Art Adams (penciler), Art Thibert (inker), Ralph Macchio (editor)
Fantastic Four I#348 (November, 1990) - Walt Simonson (writer), Art Adams, Gracine Tanaka (pencilers), Art Thibert (inker), Ralph Macchio (editor)

Last updated: 10/22/07

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