Gremlin (comics)

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Gremlin
The Gremlin as the Titanium Man II in Iron Man #229 (April 1988)
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceIncredible Hulk #163 (May 1973)[1]
Created bySteve Englehart
Herb Trimpe
In-story information
Alter egoKondrati Yurivich Topolov
SpeciesHuman mutant
Team affiliationsSoviet Super-Soldiers
Notable aliasesTitanium Man
Abilities
  • Superhuman intelligence
  • Use of advanced devices and weapons
  • Armored suit grants:

The Gremlin (Kondrati Topolov)[2] is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #163 (May 1973).[3]

Although initially an adversary of the Hulk, the Gremlin is apparently killed in battle with Iron Man during the Armor Wars.

Concept and creation

Co-creator Steve Englehart recounted, "I’ve always treated the entire run of a book, up to the point that I took it over, as worthy of respect. So I was always interested in where series started out, and how they developed in their early days. The Gargoyle had indeed been in Hulk #1, so I thought it would be fun to connect to him—but I had to make something interesting for my time, not just wave at the past. I thought, ‘Gargoyle + Kremlin = Gremlin’."[4]

Fictional character biography

Kondrati Topolov is the son of Russian scientist Yuri Topolov, also known as the

power armor. He operated out of a secret base named Bitterfrost in Khystym, Siberia. He created a pet for himself named Droog, which was an intelligent, talking, Triceratops
-like monster created through genetic engineering.

As the Gremlin, he first clashed with the

Rom and Starshine, the Gremlin helped defeat the alien Dire Wraiths. The Gremlin then officially joined the Soviet Super-Soldiers.[8]

The Gremlin next appeared as the second Titanium Man, wearing a new suit of the power armor he had originally created for Boris Bullsky. With the other Soviet Super-Soldiers, he contended with the X-Men and the Avengers in an attempt to capture Magneto.[9] Later, the Gremlin fought Iron Man while wearing the Titanium Man armor during the "Armor Wars". Iron Man - despite using his weaker stealth armor - managed to defeat the Crimson Dynamo in the fight but was unable to neutralize the Gremlin, who destroyed Iron Man's negator pack. When the Gremlin grabbed Iron Man and the armored Avenger attempted to escape, his booster jets ignited the titanium armor. The Titanium Man armor exploded, apparently burning the Gremlin to death within it and forcing Iron Man to flee.[10]

Powers and abilities

The Gremlin is a mutant who has inherited the immense intelligence of his father, the Gargoyle, where he gained it from an atomic accident. He had completed doctoral programs in various sciences and attained mastery over many areas of technology. Towards the end of his career, he wore the Titanium Man battlesuit that granted him tremendous strength, physical resistance, hypersonic flight, and the ability to utilize energy as weapons.[11]

Other characters named Gremlin

  • There was a Gremlin who appeared in Sub-Mariner #61. He is an agent of Doctor Hydro and one of his Hydro-Men where he hijacked an airplane that Namorita and Betty Dean Prentiss were on. The Gremlin used a disc which could hypnotize others.[12]

References

  1. ISBN 9780780809772
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  2. ^ Iron Man Manual Mark 3 (June 2010)
  3. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0
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  4. ^ Buttery, Jarrod (February 2014). "Hulk Smash!: The Incredible Hulk in the 1970s". Back Issue! (70). TwoMorrows Publishing: 8.
  5. ^ Incredible Hulk #1
  6. ^ Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #163
  7. ^ Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #187-188
  8. ^ Rom #44
  9. ^ X-Men vs. the Avengers #1-3
  10. ^ Iron Man #229
  11. ^ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #5 (November 2008)
  12. ^ Sub-Mariner #61
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