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METEOR MAN

Real Name: Unrevealed (likely Norton Fester - see comments)

Identity/Class: Extradimensional (Earth-57780) human mutate

Occupation: Thief;
   formerly scientist

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: The Cat (Patsy Walker), J. Jonah Jameson, John Jameson, Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (all Earth-57780)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York, USA (Earth-57780)

First Appearance: Spidey Super Stories#53/5 (July, 1981)

Powers/Abilities: Originally a trained scientist (presumably in astrophysics), Meteor Man was exposed to extraterrestrial gas that increased his strength to superhuman levels for a short while.

Height: 5'9"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Brown

History:

(Spidey Super Stories#53/5 (fb)) - The scientist who would become Meteor Man broke open a meteor and the gas inside gave him super-strength. But the effect wore off and so he hunted more extraterrestrial rock specimens to loot.

(Spidey Super Stories#53/5) - Meteor Man raided an exhibition showcasing moon rocks retrieved by astronaut John Jameson. Meteor Man knocked back John Jameson while the newly arrived Spider-Man reinforced the collapsing ceiling caused by Meteor Man's violent escape. Spider-Man admitted he didn't know how to stop the crook when the Cat arrived and revealed Meteor Man's secret origin and fixation. Daily Bugle newspaper editor J. Jonah Jameson helped the heroes' plan by publishing a lie that the largest meteor (actually a booby-trapped fake) had been found. Meteor Man took the bait and attacked. The villain's enhanced strength allowed him to fling the Cat aside and rip through Spidey's webbing. He used a device to crack open the giant "meteor", which instead released sneezing powder. Spider-Man then enveloped the distracted Meteor Man in webbing. Spider-Man dismissed the thief's defiant cry to eventually procure more space rocks.

Comments: Created by Steven Grant (writer), Win Mortimer (pencils), Ricardo Villamonte (inks).

Meteor Man appears to be the Earth-57780 version of Earth-616's Looter (Norton Fester), who used "Meteor Man" as an early alias.

Physical stats are taken from the Earth-616 version (Looter), as they look very much alike.

Profile by Grendel Prime.

CLARIFICATIONS :
Meteor Man of Earth-57780 has no known connections to:


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Spidey Super Stories#53, p28, pan1 (main image)
   p26, pan3 (headshot)


Appearances:
Spidey Super Stories#53/5 (July, 1981) - Steven Grant (writer), Win Mortimer (pencils), Ricardo Villamonte (inks), Anita Malnig & Caroline Barnes (editors)


First posted: 04/09/2018
Last updated: 04/09/2018

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