GREGSON GILBERT
Real Name: Gregson Gilbert
Identity/Class: Human;
varies between benign researcher and "mad scientist"
Occupation: Biologist
Group Membership: State University faculty;
formerly Columbia University faculty;
formerly Empire State University faculty
Affiliations: Basilisk, Cloak (Tyrone Johnson), Cockatrice,
Dagger (Tandy Bowen), Dragon Man, Fantastic Four (Human Torch/Johnny
Storm, Invisible Woman/Sue Storm, Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards,
Thing/Ben Grimm), Griffin, Dean Kendrick, Power
Pack (Energizer/Katie Power, Gee/Alex Power, Lightspeed/Julie Power,
Mass Master/Jack Power), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Troglodyte;
formerly Diane Arliss, Dean Asher, Diablo (Esteban De Ablo), Dr. Lemuel Dorcas, Dean Menckin
Enemies: Chic DiAngelo and his gang (including Jocko & Rocco), Diablo, Dorma, Namor the Sub-Mariner, unidentified Skrull imposter;
formerly Basilisk, Cockatrice, Dragon Man, Griffin, Troglodyte
Known Relatives: Unidentified father (presumably deceased), unidentified mother (presumably deceased), unidentified brother (deceased), unidentified sister (presumably deceased)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Last seen at State University, New York
formerly Columbia University, Manhattan, New York;
formerly Empire State University, New York;
Education: As a university professor, Gilbert presumably has a Ph.D.
First Appearance: Fantastic Four I#35 (February, 1965)
Powers/Abilities: Gilbert is a genius biologist specializing in super-powered humans.
He most notably has designed a
series of semi-humanoid robots, of which Dragon Man, the most powerful,
can contend with the entire Fantastic Four.
Spider-Man described him as childlike, eccentric, and brilliant.
Although a genius inventor, Gilbert sometimes fails to see simple solutions to problems confronting him.
Gilbert has little to no physical combat skills, and he avoids such conflict if possible.
Gilbert sometimes wears
eyeglasses. In other appearances, he may be wearing contact lenses, or
perhaps he had eye surgery.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'7")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 140 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed (perhaps brown)
Hair: Brown (receding hairline; has also been shown as black
(presumably died), or as gray with male pattern baldness); he may also
have had hair transplant surgery, as he was most bald in his earliest
appearance, but has had more hair on the top of his head to varying
degrees in later appearances
History:
(Power Pack I#7 (fb) - BTS) - Gregson Gilbert's brother died.
His sister, his parents, his whole family were gone, and Gregson was all alone.
(Power Pack I#8 (fb) - BTS) - To avoid the pain of his family's death, Gilbert retreated into science and fantasy.
(Power Pack I#7 (fb) - BTS) - With other scientists
having invented polymers as flexible as skin, computers as quick as a
mind, and anti-gravity machines, Gilbert decided to combine these
things to create a mythical beast who would stay with him always.
(Fantastic Four I#35 (fb) -
BTS) - At State University, Gilbert created the large, robotic Dragon
Man, combining the greatest features he could give an artificial
creation, including wings, a mighty tail, and heat-reactors that
emitted flame at the touch of a button.
(Power Pack I#7 (fb) - BTS) - Gilbert had plans for other robots.
(Fantastic Four I#35 (fb) -
BTS) - Dean Menckin instructed Professor Gilbert that he could not
carry on his personal experiments until the semester had ended.
(Fantastic Four I#35 (fb) -
BTS) - Obtaining an immense rock fragment that had fallen from space,
Gilbert planned to reduce it to its basic atomic structure in an effort
to discover the basic life force that may be hidden within (?).
(Fantastic Four I#35 (fb) - BTS) - Having nearly completed his work on Dragon Man, Gilbert grew impatient and began working on Dragon Man again.
(Fantastic
Four I#35) - After the Fantastic Four -- who were visiting State
University in preparation for Reed Richards' delivering a lecture --
spotted the silhouette of the immense Dragon Man, Dean Menckin
chastised Gilbert for working on his personal experiment and instructed
him to put a cover over "that hideous thing."
Reed Richards asked Gilbert the nature of his
experiment, and Gilbert explained his field of specialty, noting that
he was constructing a creature more powerful than anything that lived,
including the Fantastic Four, for the purpose of research and analysis.
Later, as Gilbert struggled to move his
extraterrestrial rock, the Thing returned, looking for Richards.
Although Gilbert swiftly told him he hadn't seen anyone and told him to
go away, the Thing picked up the rock to help him move it. Gilbert
urged him to be careful as it was priceless. When Gilbert explained his
plans, the Thing grew annoyed and departed.
Later still, Diablo (Esteban De Ablo) sought out
Gilbert, introducing himself as a fellow scientist who had learned of
Gilbert's lifeless creature and had the means to bring it to life. Not
understanding how Diablo could know of his robot when he hadn't
publicized it, Gilbert initially mocked Diablo as being mad for
claiming to be able to bring life to an inanimate structure; however,
intimidated by Diablo's commanding tone, Gilbert removed the cover over
his Dragon Man.
When Gilbert began to explain its features, Diablo
silenced him as he could tell its power by looking at it, and he
instructed Gilbert to obey him implicitly and he would see wonders
beyond his wildest dreams.
Continuing to work on the extraterrestrial rock,
Gilbert was stunned as Diablo's potions seemed to bring his creation to
life. When the Thing discovered Diablo's presence, he rushed to stop
him, but Diablo had Dragon Man attack the hero. Dumbfounded by Diablo's
success, Gilbert watched as the Thing and Dragon Man's battle carried
them outside and involved the rest of the Fantastic Four.
After Diablo summoned Dragon Man to the edge of Dead
Man's Lake, Gilbert -- horrified by what Dragon Man had become -- urged
Diablo to undo this terrible thing and return Dragon Man to his
previous state. When Diablo refused, plotting how he could use the
creature to gain power, Gilbert wondered how this madman might be
stopped.
The Fantastic Four soon arrived, and Diablo lost control of Dragon
Man in the subsequent struggle; the creature knocked Diablo and itself
into the lake, where they were lost to the area's strange currents.
Regretting his own involvement, Gilbert vowed to
stay at the university and destroy Dragon Man should it ever return.
(Power Pack I#7 (fb) - BTS) - Feeling like he was
being punished for his pride in creating this mimicry of life, Gilbert
gave up building robots, although he couldn't bring himself to destroy
the plans for Dragon Man or the others.
(Sub-Mariner I#15 (fb) -
BTS) - Gilbert eventually designed -- possibly with Dr. Dorcas' aid --
an Energo-Blaster that could control Dragon Man.
(Sub-Mariner I#15 (fb) - BTS) - Professor Gilbert
entered into an alliance with Dr. Lemuel Dorcas, utilizing Dragon Man
to capture the Atlantean Dorma (lover of Atlantean monarch Namor) via
the aid of Diane Arliss with the goal of using Dorma's capture to force
the Atlanteans to surrender their prisoner Tiger Shark (Diane's
brother, Todd Arliss).
Dorcas convinced Gilbert to let them keep Dorma in Gilbert's laboratory at Empire State University (see comments) with plans to control Dragon Man with the Energo-Blaster.
(Sub-Mariner I#15) - When
Arliss felt guilty for luring Namor into a trap, Dorcas and Gilbert
reassured her that they were just trying to recover and cure her
brother (although Dorcas definitely had plans for Namor).
(Sub-Mariner I#15) - When
Namor traveled to Empire State University, Gilbert was shocked that he
had arrived so quickly and rushed back to his laboratory to warn
Dorcas; en route, he regretted allowing Dorcas to talk him into keeping
Dorma there, fearing that Dean Asher would take away his tenure. Namor allowed Gilbert to maintain a slight lead until he
saw where he was going, at which point he grabbed Gilbert by the arm
before smashing through the laboratory door.
Seeing Dorcas (and Diane Arliss) and correctly
assuming him to be the cause for the abduction, Namor released Gilbert
and grabbed Dorcas, demanding to know where Dorma was.
(Sub-Mariner I#15 - BTS) - Locating
Dorma, Namor battled Dragon Man who had been guarding her. Dorcas tried
to use the Energo-Blaster to slay Namor but when Arliss shoved his arms
away to protect Namor, the blast instead struck Dragon Man, sending it
into a frenzy that led to it destroying the Morphotron that was
intended to cure Tiger Shark.
Ultimately, Namor freed Dorma and departed with her after defeating Dragon Man (freezing him in solid ice).
I don't think Gilbert was seen again in this story after Namor released him.
(Power Pack I#6 (fb) - BTS) - Gilbert relocated to Columbia University.
(Power Pack I#6 (fb) - BTS / Power Pack I#7 (fb)
- BTS) - Criminal Chic DiAngelo determined that his enemies Cloak and
Dagger would be helpless against machines. To this end, DiAngelo had his agents steal Gilbert's plans for four other robots as well as an ultrasonic device to control them.
(Power Pack I#7 (fb) - BTS) - Once the ultrasonic
device was completed, DiAngelo used it to summon Dragon Man and force
him to collect the materials necessary to construct the other robots.
(Power Pack I#6 - BTS) - Learning of DiAngelo's
activities, Cloak and Dagger encountered Spider-Man while investigating
a warehouse damaged by Dragon Man. After they told Spider-Man of
DiAngelo's plans, Spider-Man sought out Gregson at Columbia
(Power Pack I#6) - As Gilbert lectured at
Columbia, Dragon Man (under influence from DiAngelo's ultrasonic
device) crashed through the ceiling and abducted Gilbert. Spider-Man
snagged Dragon Man with his webbing, but Dragon Man melted the webbing
with his fire breath and continued flying away. Spider-Man was caught
from falling by Power Pack's Gee (Alex Power), who had been following
Spider-Man in hopes of meeting him.
Still holding Gilbert as he flew through a
rainstorm, Dragon Man encountered Lightspeed (Julie Power) and
Energizer (Katie Power), who were out searching for their older
brother. As the two super-powered youths fled from the monstrous
creature, Gilbert called out an introduction and asked them to come
back and help him. Hearing this, the pair returned, and Gilbert thanked
them and assured them that Dragon Man was quite tame, and that he liked
them and thought they were dolls or angels ("you aren't, of
course...are you?"). Encouraging them to pet Dragon Man, he asked their
aid in getting Dragon Man to put him down, as he no longer listened to
his creator.
After Gilbert related his concern that evil men were
forcing Dragon Man to steal, Dragon Man was again pained by DiAngelo's
ultrasonic device; as Gregson explained how this was likely how his
creation was being controlled, Dragon Man flew away, heading back to
DiAngelo's base. The girls followed.
(Power Pack I#6 - BTS) - Mass Master (Jack Power)
spotted Dragon Man and told Spider-Man which direction he was headed
(south, and a little bit east), and Alex and Jack Power followed
Spider-Man in pursuing him.
(Power Pack I#6) - Julie and Katie watched as
Dragon Man brought Gilbert into an abandoned church. As DiAngelo's men
took Gilbert inside, DiAngelo used the weapon to punish Dragon Man for
not bringing Gilbert immediately as he had been instructed.
Julie and Katie sneaked into the church in hopes of
rescuing both Gilbert and Dragon Man. Failing to find Gilbert, they
nonetheless destroyed DiAngelo's ultrasonic controller, allowing Dragon
Man to flee with the girls
(Power Pack I#7 (fb) - BTS) - DiAngelo forced
Gilbert to construct a more powerful ultrasonic device to better
control Dragon Man.
(Power Pack I#7 (fb) - BTS) - DiAngelo presumably forced Gilbert to construct the other four robots and/or program them.
(Power Pack I#7 - BTS) - Under duress, criminal
Jamie Juarez told Cloak that a couple of "super-midgets" had fought
some syndicate men in a torn-down church in upper Manhattan, escaping
with Dragon Man.
(Power Pack I#7) - In the church tower,
surrounded by the inert but otherwise completed robots, Gilbert
informed DiAngelo that he had nearly completed the ultrasonic
controller, informing him that the previous device had been designed
for a more immature Dragon Man, but that the new one was calibrated for
his current status. Gilbert questioned why DiAngelo was doing what he
was doing, and DiAngelo outlined his plans to use the robots to take
down Cloak and Dagger and then to take over the criminal underworld.
(Power Pack I#7 (fb) - BTS) - Gilbert completed the ultrasonic controller.
(Power Pack I#7 - BTS) - DiAngelo subsequently
used the device to retake control of Dragon Man, forcing him to return
to the church; Julie Power was knocked out by crashing into the
abruptly stopping Dragon Man, and the creature saved her from falling
and brought her with him.
DiAngelo's men brought Julie inside the church and
put her in the room with Gilbert, who worried about the unconscious
girl.
(Power Pack I#7) - Gilbert was relieved as Julie
awakened, and he told her they were prisoners of "ruffians," after
which he shared how he had created Dragon Man. Gilbert further lamented
that he used to be like Julie, gentle, fanciful, and honest, whereas
now he made monsters. He wondered where the magic had gone.
(Power Pack I#7 - BTS) - As the rest of Power
Pack, alongside Cloak and Dagger, arrived in the church, the other four
robots -- Basilisk, Cockatrice, Griffin, and Troglodyte -- confronted them, after which DiAngelo entered, holding the
ultrasonic controller and followed by Dragon Man, who was holding
Julie. DiAngelo instructed the others to surrender or he would force
Dragon Man to kill Julie.
(Power Pack I#8 (fb) - BTS) - As DiAngelo used the controller to painfully force
Dragon Man to squeeze Julie Power, Gilbert heard her scream and rushed
outside before DiAngelo's men could stop him.
(Power Pack I#8) - After Gilbert futilely ordered
Dragon Man to stop, DiAngelo allowed Dragon Man to relax his hand, but
advised Gilbert that if he gave him any more trouble, Dragon Man would
be squeezing Gilbert next time.
Taking advantage of the distraction, Alex
degravitized Basilisk and used an aerosol can to propel him into Dragon
Man, causing him to release Julie; however, in the process, Dragon
Man's tail knocked out Dagger, and DiAngelo then had Dragon Man grab
Dagger. After Basilisk recaptured the weakened Julie, DiAngelo threatened to have Dragon Man injure Dagger, forcing Cloak and Power Pack's cooperation.
When questioned by the Power kids, Gilbert was
embarrassed to admit that it hadn't occurred to him to build in some
sort of weakness into the robots DiAngelo had forced him to build. The
kids pointed out that DiAngelo had imprisoned them in a room with
Gilbert's leftover equipment and that he could use it to build
something to block the ultrasonic controller.
(Power Pack I#8 - BTS) - Gilbert designed a headband to protect Dragon Man.
(Power Pack I#8) - After Gilbert finished, he had Julie
place it on Dragon Man's head. After Dragon Man was freed from
DiAngelo's control, Gilbert hugged Dragon Man, vowing to prevent him
from being used for destruction again.
Riding atop Dragon Man, Gilbert joined Dagger and
Power Pack in locating Cloak and DiAngelo. The kids took the controller
from DiAngelo and gave it to Gilbert, who then took control of the
other robots he had created, stopping them from attacking the heroes.
As the police approached, the heroes departed. Cloak
advised Gilbert that the drug shipment DiAngelo had been trying to
steal was hidden within the cars' tires, and Gilbert assured Cloak he'd
tell the police and press charges against DiAngelo.
One of the
policemen recognized Gilbert and advised him that his robots were
better than what they had at Disneyland, which intrigued Gilbert.
(Human Torch II#12 (fb) - BTS) - Professor Gilbert returned to State University, working under the supervision of Dean Kendrick.
(Human Torch II#12 (fb) -
BTS) - Dragon Man periodically returned to Gilbert. Appreciating that
trying to contain Dragon Man led to its desire to escape, Gilbert
allowed Dragon Man to come and go of its own volition. Under these
circumstances, Gilbert found Dragon Man to be quite receptive to
training.
(Human Torch II#12 (fb) -
BTS) - An unidentified skrull captured Gilbert, immobilized him in a
stasis device in Gilbert's house, took Gilbert's form, and began working
in his place at his lab at State University.
(Human Torch II#12 (fb) -
BTS) - The Gilbert skrull was working in his lab, nearing completion of
his "latest, perhaps greatest project since the Dragon Man itself, when
the creature unexpectedly appeared. Dragon Man swiftly sensed that this
was not Gilbert, and it became angry, leading "Gilbert" to run away.
(Human Torch II#12) - At State University, during
a football game of the Gladiators against the rival Empire State
University Hawks, "Gilbert" ran out onto the field, dodging fire from
the flying Dragon Man. When the Human Torch and Thing arrived,
"Gilbert" asked for help, and the Torch flew him to safety and then
joined the Thing in fighting off Dragon Man until the creature departed
for its own reasons.
Dean Kendrick thanked the duo for saving their star
professor, after which "Gilbert" related that
he had tried to soothe Dragon Man, but was instead forced to flee after
seeing the rage and hatred in its eyes -- and noted that Dragon Man was
no longer functioning properly, had become dangerous, and needed to be
shut down. Both the Torch and Thing were opposed to completely
deactivating Dragon Man, and the Torch offered to take the creature in
and care for it. Acknowledging that it was the least he could do,
"Gilbert" agreed to help the heroes snare Dragon Man.
(Human Torch II#12 - BTS) - Figuring
Dragon Man was likely to the return to the last place at which he'd
sought out Gilbert, the Torch and Thing waited within Gilbert's lab.
Eventually, Dragon Man arrived, but shortly thereafter "Gilbert"
appeared alongside his newest creation, Zzord. As the two giant
creatures battled, the Torch warned Gilbert that his involvement was
too dangerous, at which point, "Gilbert" revealed that he was a Skrull
imposter. When the Torch threatened the skrull, the skrull reminded him
that he wouldn't be able to find Gilbert without him.
(Human Torch II#12 (fb) -
BTS) - Reasoning that Dragon Man had recognized the false Gilbert by
his scent and that the Skrull had hidden Gilbert somewhere where his
scent couldn't be picked up...or where it was already, the Torch
concluded that Gilbert was being held in his own home. The Torch then
knocked the skrull unconscious and rescued Gilbert.
(Human Torch II#12) - The
Torch returned with Gilbert shortly after Dragon Man had destroyed
Zzord, and Gilbert explained recent events, convincing the heroes to
let Dragon Man go.
(Human Torch II#12 - BTS) - As
thanks for saving one of State University's best professors, Dean
Kendrick awarded Johnny Storm an honorary diploma, but Storm destroyed
it, vowing that if he ever got a college diploma, he would earn it
conventionally.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Chic Stone.
There has been some long-running
confusion and contradiction regarding whether Reed Richards and Ben
Grimm's State University Alma Mater was the same as Empire State
University or not. It was the Human Torch (second series) comic
that had a State University vs. Empire State University football game,
confirming them to be separate.
Presumably, if the information as given is correct,
Gilbert was at State University in Fantastic Four I#35 and then at
Empire State University in Sub-Mariner I#15; it's perfectly reasonable
for him to have transferred...maybe he was even asked to leave State
University by Dean Menckin. In Sub-Mariner I#15, Gilbert is worried
about Dean Asher, so that also fits with it being a different
location/university, although Deans change as well. Gilbert's noting --
in Sub-Mariner I#15 -- that he feared losing his tenure would seem to
indicate he'd been there a long time, but it's not definitive...maybe
he meant that now he'd never gain tenure...or maybe he's just
distracted and flaky...because he is something of a space cadet...
If it was meant to be the same university, however,
the weight of the FF story being at Reed's Alma Mater would make State
University the location.
It looks like by the time of Human Torch II#12, Gilbert had gone to the hair club for men...
Stan Lee certainly liked to name
characters with first and last names with matching letters...Sue Storm,
Reed Richards, Peter Parker, Matt Murdock, Stephen Strange...I recall
him explaining that he liked to do that because there were no databases
back then, and naming characters thusly helped him remember their full
names...if he could remember one name, it would help him remember the
other name. Sure...but Gregory Gideon and Gregson Gilbert in subsequent
issues? Stan had a brain full of "G"!
Cloak and Dagger referred
to DiAngelo and his agents as “the gangsters whose injection gave us our
powers.” I had thought Simon Marshall was the one who did that, and Cloak and Dagger’s handbook entry
identifies Marshall thusly as well. I would think that Marshall was the chemist, while DiAngelo
was one of the Maggia criminals involved with Marshall.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Gregson Gilbert should be distinguished from:
- Gary Gilbert - see FIREBRAND--Iron Man I#27
- Roxanne Gilbert - sister of Firebrand, former romantic interest of Tony Stark--Iron Man I#59
- Simon Gilbert - father of Firebrand, attempted to take over Stark Industries--Iron Man I#45
- Gilbertech - technology design/construction corporation--Iron Man III#75
- Gregory Gideon, who appeared just one issue earlier; an extremely
wealthy man who targeted the Fantastic Four and was father to Thomas
Gideon, who became Glorian--Fantastic Four I#34
- other "Greg" or "Gilbert" characters
Basilisk, Cockatrice, Griffin, and Troglodyte robots
Basilisk is the dark brown one with
arm flaps and white projections over its nose, with forward facing
tusk-like structures.
Cockatrice is apparently the purple and yellow one with four yellow projections from each side of its face.
Griffin is the brown, furry one with talons, wings, and a beak.
Troglodyte is apparently the solid green one with purple gloves.
Both Griffin ant Basilisk could fly. The creatures
otherwise looked to be about 15' tall and had Class 10 strength.
(Power Pack I#6 (fb) - BTS / Power Pack I#7 (fb)
- BTS) - Criminal Chic DiAngelo determined that his enemies Cloak and
Dagger would be helpless against machines. To this end, DiAngelo
had his agents steal Dragon Man-creator Professor Gregson Gilbert's
plans for four other robots, as well as an ultrasonic device to control
them.
(Power Pack I#7 (fb) - BTS) - Once the ultrasonic
device was completed, DiAngelo used it to summon Dragon Man and force
him to collect the materials necessary to construct the other robots.
(Power Pack I#6 - BTS) - DiAngelo had Dragon Man
abduct Gilbert, taking him back to DiAngelo's base in an abandoned
church. The young heroes of Power Pack (Energizer/Katie Power, Gee/Alex
Power, Lightspeed/Julie Power, Mass Master/Jack Power) and Spider-Man
(Peter Parker) later liberated Dragon Man, but Gilbert remained
DiAngelo's prisoner.
(Power Pack I#7 (fb) - BTS) - DiAngelo presumably forced Gilbert to construct the other four robots and/or program them.
DiAngelo named these robots Basilisk, Cockatrice, Griffin, and Troglodyte.
DiAngelo also forced Gilbert to design a more powerful ultrasonic device to control Dragon Man.
(Power Pack I#7 - BTS) - DiAngelo subsequently
used the device to retake control of Dragon Man, who grabbed Lightspeed after she unwittingly crashed into him.
(Power Pack I#7 - BTS) - As the rest of Power
Pack, alongside Cloak and Dagger, arrived in the church, Basilisk,
Cockatrice, Griffin, and Troglodyte confronted them. Having been using
aerosol cans to propel his degravitized form, Gee sprayed Cockatrice in
the eyes but was grabbed by Basilisk. Cloak enveloped Cockatrice in his
cloak, but found it unaffected (he could have still trapped it in the Darkforce dimension...).
Dagger hurled light knives at each of these robots but found them to be
similarly ineffective. Griffin grabbed Energizer who panicked and fired
an energy ball into its head, destroying some of it so that its wiring
was exposed, although it still continued to function and restrain her.
Believing she had harmed a living creature, the 5 year old Katie
covered her eyes and started crying, and when Mass Master tried to
encourage her to keep fighting, Cockatrice swatted him unconscious.
DiAngelo then entered, holding the
ultrasonic controller and followed by Dragon Man, who was still holding
Julie. Cloak and Dagger threatened DiAngelo until he told them to agree to do his bidding or he would force
Dragon Man and the other robots to rip the children to shreds.
(Power Pack I#8) - Alex
degravitized Basilisk and used an aerosol can to propel him into Dragon
Man, causing him to release Julie; however, in the process, Dragon
Man's tail knocked out Dagger, and DiAngelo then had Dragon Man grab
Dagger. After Basilisk recaptured the weakened Julie, DiAngelo threatened to have Dragon Man injure Dagger, forcing Cloak and Power Pack's cooperation.
When questioned by the Power kids, Gilbert was
embarrassed to admit that it hadn't occurred to him to build in some
sort of weakness into the robots DiAngelo had forced him to build. The
kids pointed out that DiAngelo had imprisoned them in a room with
Gilbert's leftover equipment and that he could use it to build
something to block the ultrasonic controller.
(Power Pack I#8 - BTS) - Gilbert designed a headband to protect Dragon Man.
(Power Pack I#8) - After Gilbert finished, he had Julie
place it on Dragon Man's head, freeing him from
DiAngelo's control.
Riding atop Dragon Man, Gilbert joined Dagger and
Power Pack in locating Cloak and DiAngelo. The kids took the controller
from DiAngelo and gave it to Gilbert, who then took control of Basilisk, Cockatrice, Griffin, and Troglodyte, stopping them from attacking the heroes.
One of the
policemen recognized Gilbert and advised him that his robots were
better than what they had at Disneyland, which intrigued Gilbert.
--Power Pack I#7 (8
Note: The robots did not receive names until #8.
images: (without ads)
Fantastic Four I#35, pg. 3, panel 4 (face);
pg. 9, panel 3 (unveiling Dragon Man);
Sub-Mariner I#15, pg. 6, panel 4 (face);
pg. 8, panel 3 (dragged by Namor);
Power Pack I#6, pg. 14, panel 3 (held by Dragon Man);
#7, pg. 20, panel 1 (other robots);
pg. 21, panel 3-5 (griffin blasted);
#8, pg. 10, panel 1 (full);
panel 4 (face);
Human Torch II#12, pg. 18, panel 3 (greeting Dragon Man);
pg. 19, panel 4 (upper body)
Appearances:
Fantastic Four I#35 (February, 1965) - Stan Lee (writer/editor), Jack Kirby (penciler), Chic Stone (inker).
Sub-Mariner I#15 (July, 1969) - Roy Thomas (writer), Marie Severin (penciler), Vinnie Colletta (inker), Stan Lee (editor)
Power
Pack I#6-7 (January-February, 1985) - Louise Simonson (writer), June
Brigman (penciler), Bob Wiacek (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
Power
Pack I#8 (March, 1985) - Louise Simonson (writer), Mark Badger (layouts), June
Brigman (penciler), Bob Wiacek (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
Human Torch II#12 (June, 2004) - Karl Kesel (writer), Paco Medina
(penciler), Juan Vlasco (inker), Andy Schmidt & Nicole Wiley
(assistant editor), Tom Brevoort (editor)
First posted: 06/30/2019
Last updated: 06/30/2019
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