Doughboy (character)

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Doughboy
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Captain America #209 (May 1977)
Created by	Jack Kirby
In-story information
Abilities	Superhuman strength, durability, and agility Malleability

Doughboy is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

Doughboy first appeared in Captain America #209 (May 1977), created by Jack Kirby.

Fictional character biography

Doughboy is an artificial lifeform created by Arnim Zola as his servant at Castle Zola in Weisshorn Mountain, Switzerland. Doughboy is a non-humanoid bioform who normally assumes an enormous pie-shaped form with a face consisting of eyes, a mouth, and sometimes a nose, long rubbery arms with only two fingers each, and stalk-like legs with two toes each. His body resembles dough both in appearance and in consistency.

Doughboy was employed by Arnim Zola against Captain America in Zola's first encounter with the Captain.^[1]

Years later, Zola merged Doughboy with Primus, who took control of Doughboy and conspired with Baron Zemo against Captain America.^[2]

Several years later, Doughboy was separated from Primus, and was again serving Zola. Doughboy fought and defeated

Doughboy later fought the Thunderbolts when they invaded Zola's base in China.^[6]

Powers and abilities

Doughboy is a genetically-engineered bioform created by

• Doughboy appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Grant Moninger.^{[citation needed]}
• Doughboy appears in Avengers Assemble.^{[citation needed]} This version hails from Dimension Z and is part of a species of Doughboys.

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