Air-Walker
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The Air-Walker (Gabriel Lan) (also known as Gabriel the Air-Walker) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
Created by Stan Lee and John Buscema, Air-Walker first appeared (in android form) in Fantastic Four #120 (March 1972).[1] The character later appeared in Fantastic Four #211 (Oct. 1979), Captain America #249 (Sept. 1980), Dazzler #10 (Dec. 1981) and Silver Surfer vol. 3 #41 (Sept. 1990).
Fictional character biography
Gabriel Lan is a member of the
A willing Lan accepts and becomes the Air-Walker.
Dissatisfied with the android, which lacked Lan's personality, Galactus sends it to Earth to re-enlist the Silver Surfer as his Herald. The Air-Walker encounters the Fantastic Four, and is then defeated by the Surfer, who guesses at the android's true nature.
The android eventually repairs itself and reactivates. Believing itself to be the original Gabriel Lan, the Air-Walker attempts to find the Surfer, but encounters the Thunder God,
Firelord and the Surfer eventually revive the android to aid in a battle against Galactus' most ruthless Herald, Morg,[7] who completely destroys the Air-Walker.[8] A version of the Air-Walker and Firelord aid young superhero team the New Warriors against a threat from the planet Xandar.[9]
Lan's consciousness is then absorbed into the computer of Galactus'
Powers and abilities
Gabriel Lan was a normal man until he was transformed by Galactus. Endowed with the
During his years of service as Herald to Galactus, Lan the Airwalker had been given a powerful cosmic relic through which he maximized his Power Cosmic, the Bow of Gabriel, a powerful weapon which enables its user to terraform whole worlds. This process hyper-enriched their nutritional properties while reducing their populations to docility, making far more fulfilling meals Galactus could feed upon.[12]
The android version of Lan appears to possess all the same abilities, in addition to a unique self-repair system and a homing beacon he could use to find Galactus' ship.
In other media
Air-Walker appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "Avengers Assemble".[13] This version is an air elemental whose body is composed of pure wind. He assists Galactus in his attempt to consume the Earth, only to be killed in battle with the Avengers.
References
- ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
- ^ All seen in flashback in Thor #306 (April 1981)
- ^ Fantastic Four #120-123 (March–June 1972)
- ^ Captain America #249 (Sep. 1980)
- ^ Thor #305 (March 1981)
- ^ Thor #306 (April 1981)
- ^ Silver Surfer vol. 3 #73-75 (Oct.-Dec. 1992)
- ^ Silver Surfer vol. 3 #79 (April 1993)
- ^ The New Warriors #40-42 (Oct.-Dec. 1993)
- ^ Silver Surfer vol. 3 #109 (Oct. 1995)
- ^ Annihilation: Silver Surfer #1-4 (June-Sep. 2006)
- ^ Black Order #2 (Dec. 12 2018)
- ^ (November 12, 2012), "Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes S02E26 Review, Red Headed Mule (accessed May 31, 2016)
External links
- Air-Walker at the Marvel Universe wiki
- Air-Walker (robot) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Air-Walker (Gabriel Lan) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)