History: (Fantastic Four I#211 (fb) - BTS) - The stone-like robot War-Men were animated by the power of Tyros the Terrible, whom they served.
THE WAR-MEN
Membership: "Chowderhead,"
others
Purpose: To serve Tyros the Terrible
Aliases: None
Affiliations: Tyros the Terrible
Enemies: The Fantastic Four (Human
Torch/Johnny Storm, Invisible Girl/Sue Richards, Mister Fantastic/Reed
Richards, Thing/Ben Grimm), H.E.R.B.I.E.,
the Landlaks
Base of Operations: The city-state of Terran,
Birj
First Appearance: Fantastic Four I#211 (October, 1979)
History:
(Fantastic Four I#211 (fb) - BTS) - The stone-like robot War-Men were
animated by the power of Tyros the Terrible, whom they served.
(Fantastic Four I#211) - Shortly after the Fantastic
Four were transporting to the planet housing the alien Landlaks, they
were met by the fleeing Landlaks, who were attempting to escape the
War-Men. Unsure of what was going on, Mister Fantastic asked who the
War-Men were and why they were after the Landlaks and one of the
Landlaks replied that if the War-Men caught them, they would be forced
to serve Tyros the Terrible. The War-Men soon caught up and immediately
attacked the heroes, prompting the Thing to hurl a rock through one of
the War-Men, revealing circuitry inside. Despite protests from the
Landlaks that they not attack the War-Men, the Fantastic Four, feeling
as if they didn't have to pull their punches on robots, went into
battle against the War-Men. One of the War-Men hit Mister Fantastic
with a blast from his sonic lance, prompting the Thing to leap to
Mister Fantastic's defense, completely smashing another War-Man. After
the Thing was hit by a sonic blast as well, one of the War-Men turned
towards the Invisible Girl, only to be melted into slag by the Human
Torch. The two then tended to the stunned Mister Fantastic and the
Thing until one of the fearful Landlaks knocked out the Human Torch
with a rock, explaining that the punishment for resisting the War-Men
was torture and death and the punishment for destroying them was worse.
More War-Men soon arrived and the
Fantastic Four were taken into custody. The War-Men subsequently
brought the Fantastic Four before their lord, Tyros the Terrible. When
the Fantastic Four bested Tyros in battle, the robot War-Men simply
broke apart without Tyros' power to sustain them.
Comments: Created by Marv Wolfman, John Byrne and Joe Sinnott.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The War-Men have no known connections to:
"Chowderhead" was one of the War-Men who apprehended
the Fantastic Four and brought them before Tyros the Terrible. While
ushering the FF towards Tyros, "Chowderhead" ordered the Thing to move
and called the hero a swine. The Thing assured "Chowderhead" that he
was moving and promised to turn "Chowderhead" into a crumpled up
sardine can as soon as he got his strength back. He was presumably
destroyed alongside the other War-Men after Tyros was defeated by the
Fantastic Four.
--Fantastic Four I#211d
images: (without ads)
Fantastic Four I#211, p3, pan3 (War-Men attacking the Fantastic Four
& Landlaks, main image)
Fantastic Four I#211, p4, pan2 (War-Men with Mister Fantastic)
Fantastic Four I#211, p3, pan5 (Thing smashing one of the War-Men)
Fantastic Four I#211, p4, pan3 (War-Men firing sonic blasts)
Fantastic Four I#211, p6, pan2 ("Chowderhead")
Appearances:
Fantastic Four I#211 (October, 1979) - Marv Wolfman (writer, editor),
John Byrne (layouts), Joe Sinnott (finishes)
First Posted: 09/30/2022
Last updated: 09/30/2022
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