Fin Fang Foom
Fin Fang Foom | |
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Makluan/Axonn-Karr | |
Team affiliations | Dragon Lords of Kakaranathara Fin Fang Four Beyond Reason Spiritual Fellowship Lethal Legion |
Notable aliases | "He Whose Limbs Shatter Mountains and Whose Back Scrapes the Sun" |
Abilities | Superhuman strength Supersonic flight via wings Extreme durability Regenerative healing factor Acid mist breath Telepathy Prolonged lifespan Shapeshifting Size alteration Gifted intellect Possesses advanced alien technology |
Fin Fang Foom is a fictional character appearing in
The character has also appeared in associated Marvel merchandise including
Publication history
Debuting in Strange Tales #89 (Oct. 1961) during the Silver Age of Comic Books, Fin Fang Foom appeared during Marvel Comics' "pre-superhero" period, which would not become integrated into Marvel's mainstream fictional continuity until the 1970s.
Writer-editor Stan Lee's inspiration for the character's name was the title of the 1934 movie version of the long-running British stage musical Chu Chin Chow. As Lee described in 2005:
When I was a kid, I loved going to the movies. When I say a kid, I mean 10, 11, 12 years old. And there was one movie I'd seen. I remember nothing about it except the name. It took place in China, I believe, and the name of the movie was Chu Chin Chow. Now I have no idea what it meant — I don't know if it was somebody's name or a country or a city, but I never forgot that name. Those three words just stuck in my memory: Chu Chin Chow. So when I was looking for the name of a monster, I remember Chu Chin Chow... and that particular meter, that beat, somehow led to Fin Fang Foom.[4] (transcript of 2005 interview)
The character first appeared in the standalone story "Fin Fang Foom" in
An alternate version appears in Mutant X Annual 2001. Foom briefly appeared in the
The character's origins and early days are developed in Marvel Monsters: Monsters On The Prowl #1 (Dec. 2005) and
Fictional character biography
It is revealed in
Sometime during the early
In the 1960s, Fin Fang Foom is awakened by a scholar Chan Liuchow, whose homeland of Taiwan is under threat from invading forces of
The
Although Fin Fang Foom's body is destroyed, the alien's spirit survives and bonds itself to a small dragon statue, which was stolen from a curio shop by teenager Billy Yuan at Fin Fang Foom's mental urging. Using Yuan's body as a conduit for his power, Fin Fang Foom summons thousands of lizards from the sewers beneath New York, merging them with Yuan's body to recreate his own form. Iron Man, however, defeats Foom with assistance from the last remnants of Yuan's mind. Due to legal complications, the defeated dragon is sent to Monster Isle once again.[13]
In the four-issue crossover miniseries JLA/Avengers, Fin Fang Foom and several other monsters are seen briefly battling the dimension-displaced superhero team the Justice League of America.[14]
Fin Fang Foom is captured by the
With the other members of the Makluan crew dead, Fin Fang Foom decides to reform and becomes a follower of
Fin Fang Foom is later confronted and defeated by Squirrel Girl.[19]
There have also been two imitations of Fin Fang Foom. The Midgard Serpent imitated Foom to attempt to trick the thunder god Thor,[21] while the villain Nightmare changed a Mindless One into a copy of Fin Fang Foom to battle the Hulk.[22] Thor also claims to have killed the true Fin Fang Foom in battle, and uses the dragon's bones to build a tomb in the realm of Nidavellir.[23]
Under orders from the Roxxon Energy Corporation, Mentallo controls the mind of Fin Fang Foom and other giant monsters in a plot to take over an island and drill for oil.[24]
During the "Monsters Unleashed" storyline, Fin Fang Foom, Gorgilla, the Green Thing, and Zzutak confront Kei Kawade in the forest outside his house and warned Kei Kawade against the preceding monster summoning.[25] He was later seen falling from the sky alongside the other monsters, because they had been summoned by Kei Kawade to help superheroes fight the Leviathons.[26] He was told by Tim Boo Ba that he and the other monsters are not fighting of their own volition.[27] Kei Kawade later sends Fin Fang Foom to assist the Heroes for Hire against the Leviathons in Hell's Kitchen.[28] When the Leviathon Mother shows up and calls out to Kei Kawade, Fin Fang Foom shows up to challenge her. When Kei Kawade confronts the Leviathon Mother and gets her attention, she spits out Fin Fang Foom. Following the Leviathon Mother's death, Fin Fang Foom and the other Goliathons confront Kei Kawade. Even though Kei Kawade thanks the Goliathons for their help in fending off the Leviathons, Fin Fang Foom warns him about summoning them again before the Goliathons are teleported away.[29]
Fin Fang Foom later embarks on a relationship with Gwenpool's tailor Ronnie, helping her drum up customers for her Pantsgiving Day sale.[30]
Meeting Kei again, Foom would be called upon when an alternate verse of itself had influenced the young Nuhuman into summoning him.[31] This doppelgänger; a venomized entity enthralled to the poisons, sought to push Kid Kaiju into bringing more of their hive into Kei's native reality. But the prime universe Foom was able to convince Kawade that their adversary had been using its own mental abilities to undermine Kei's strength of will, thus weakening his titanic companions. The confidence boost enabled both Kei and prime Foom to topple their assailant, forestalling the eventual incursion by the rest of its kind.[32]
Powers and abilities
Fin Fang Foom possesses super-strength and endurance, the abilities to fly via his wings at
Other versions
Iron Man: Las Vegas
Fin Fang Foom battles Iron Man in the limited series Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas.[38]
Marvel 1602
In the Marvel 1602 universe, Fin Fang Foom rampaged through China before he was killed by the Hulk at the Great Wall of China.[39]
Mutant X
In an
Nextwave
Fin Fang Foom appears in the miniseries
Pet Avengers
Foom returns from his slumber and transforms Earth's Mightiest into frogs, he and several Makluans come into conflict with the Pet Avengers. But hostilities are pacified when Lockheed explains that the space dragons were simply looking for space dragon hatchlings buried there thousands of years ago.[42]
Poison version
An unidentified reality iteration of Foom had been assimilated by the Poisons after being bonded to a symbiote. Upon sensing
Stig's Inferno
Fin Fang Foom appears in a cameo in Ty Templeton's comic Stig's Inferno #4, in a parody cigarette advertisement on the inside back cover.[44]
Thor: The Mighty Avenger
In
In other media
Television
- Fin Fang Foom appears in the first season of Iron Man (1994), voiced by Neil Ross.[46] He initially serves the Mandarin before eventually betraying him to reunite with his fellow dragons. However, they and Fin Fang Foom meet their demise following a battle with Iron Man and Force Works.
- Fin Fang Foom appears in the Gene Khanand his friends to confront Fin Fang Foom and claim the ring its guarding for himself. However, Khan defeats the dragon, claims the ring from inside its body, and proves himself as the Mandarin's true successor.
- Fin Fang Foom appears in The Super Hero Squad Show with vocal effects provided by Steve Blum. This version is a mindless beast and a member of Doctor Doom's Lethal Legion.
- Fin Fang Foom appears in the Ultimate Spider-Man episode "The Avenging Spider-Man" Pt. 1.
- Fin Fang Foom appears in the Avengers Assemble episode "The New Guy".
- Fin Fang Foom appears in the Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. episode "Mission: Impossible Man".[47] This version is incapable of speech.
- Fin Fang Foom appears in the Guardians of the Galaxy episode "One in a Million You". After the Guardians of the Galaxy escape from the dragon, the Collector adds it to his collection of alien creatures as Fin Fang Foom is the last of his kind. However, the Guardians eventually free the creatures and arrange for them to be released on another planet.
- Fin Fang Foom appears in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, voiced by Keiji Hirai in the original Japanese version.[citation needed]
- Fin Fang Foom appears in the M.O.D.O.K. episode "If This Be... M.O.D.O.K.!" This version runs a restaurant called "Fin Fang Farm to Table".[48]
Film
- Fin Fang Foom appears in The Invincible Iron Man as the Mandarin's guardian before Iron Man kills him.[citation needed]
- Fin Fang Foom serves as inspiration for films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
- An image of the character appears in Iron Man (2008), created by artist Adi Granov based on Fin Fang Foom's depiction in the Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas comic book miniseries.[49]
- A heroic dragon from Ta-lo inspired by Fin Fang Foom called the "Great Protector" appears in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).[50]
Video games
- Fin Fang Foom appears as a boss in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, voiced by James Sie.[46] This version is a member of Doctor Doom's Masters of Evil.
- Fin Fang Foom makes a cameo appearance in Sir Arthur's ending in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.[citation needed]
- Fin Fang Foom appears in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.[citation needed]
- Fin Fang Foom appears as an unlockable playable character in Lego Marvel's Avengers, voiced by Patrick Seitz.[46]
- Fin Fang Foom appears as a boss in Marvel Avengers Academy.[51]
- Fin Fang Foom appears as a boss in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.[52]
Footnotes
- ISBN 9780780809772.
- ^ Markstein, Don. "Fin Fang Foom". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ "Fin Fang Foom is number 99 - IGN".
- ^ "Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Interview!". Alter Ego. 3 (#104): 21. August 2011.
- ^ Iron Man #274 (Nov. 1991). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Shang-Chi vol. 1 #1 (Sept. 2020). Marvel Comics.
- ISBN 978-1605490458.
- ^ Strange Tales #89 (Oct. 1961). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Astonishing Tales #23-24 (April and June 1974). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Legion of Night #1-2 (Oct. 1991). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Tales of Suspense #50 (Feb. 1964). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Iron Man #261 - 264 (Oct. 1990-Jan. 1991); 267 (April 1991) and 270-275 (July-Dec. 1992). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Iron Man vol. 2 #15-18 (April - July 1999). Marvel Comics.
- ^ JLA/Avengers #1 (Sept. 2003). DC Comics/Marvel Comics.
- ^ Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl #1 (Dec. 2005). Marvel Comics.
- Fin Fang Four#1 (Dec. 2005). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Fin Fang Four #1 (Dec. 2005). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Marvel Holiday Special 2006 (Jan. 2007). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Age of Heroes #3. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Howard the Duck vol. 3 #1 (Nov. 2007). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Thor #379 (May 1987). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Hulk vol. 3 #79 (May 2005). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Thor vol. 2 #80 (Aug. 2004). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Astonishing X-Men #36. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Monsters Unleashed vol. 2 #1. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Monsters Unleashed vol. 2 #2. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Monsters Unleashed vol. 2 #3. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Monsters Unleashed vol. 2 #4. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Monsters Unleashed vol. 2 #5. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Gwenpool's Holiday Special: Merry Mix-Up (vol. 2) #1. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Monsters Unleashed vol. 3 #7. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Monsters Unleashed vol. 3 #8. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Iron Man vol. 3 #15-17 (February - April 1999). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Incredible Hulks vol. 1 #634-635 (2011). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda vol. 1 #8 (Jul 2020). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Avengers vs. Pet Avengers #2. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Avengers vs. Pet Avengers #3. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas #1 - 2 (July - Oct. 2008). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Hulk: Broken Worlds #2. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Mutant X Annual 2001. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Nextwave #2 (April 2006): Nextwave #1 - 12 (March 2006 - March 2007). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Avengers vs. Pet Avengers #1-4. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Monsters Unleashed vol. 3 #7-8. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Stig's Inferno #4
- ^ Thor: The Mighty Avenger #6
- ^ a b c "Fin Fang Foom Voice - Iron Man franchise | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. December 20, 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Listings | TheFutonCritic.com - The Web's Best Television Resource". TheFutonCritic.com. February 9, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ Towner, Eric and Alex Kramer (director); Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt (writer) (May 21, 2021). "If This Be... M.O.D.O.K.!". M.O.D.O.K. Season 1. Episode 1. Hulu.
- ^ Granov, A. (January 2010) [Original work created May 2008]. "Artwork—Concept Art Gallery". Adi Granov Illustration. Cuevas, C. (des. & prod.). p. 2, r. 3. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
Fin Fang Foom: Special piece commissioned for use in the Iron Man movie. See if you can spot it in the film!
- ^ Matadeen, Renaldo (September 6, 2021). "Who Is Shang-Chi's Dragon? The Great Protector's Role & Fate, Explained". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Snyder, Justin (March 2, 2017). "Monsters Unleashed Upon 'Marvel Avengers Academy'". News | Marvel.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
- ^ Gullapalli, Vishal (October 30, 2021). "56 Marvel comic book references in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy". Polygon. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
External links
- Fin Fang Foom at Marvel.com