Radioactive
Man
Nuclear physicist Chen
Lu underwent a mutation through exposure to
-- ready? -- radiation! Thus this scientist from China now had green skin,
and was able to emit radiation in the form of heat, energy blasts, force
fields, or "hard" radiation (he continually emits this, however).
An early foe of Thor
(Journey Into Mystery #93),
he then joined up with the first Masters of
Evil (Avengers
#6), where IM
literally wrapped him up in lead foil!
He showed up in IM's
own title as a slave to the Mandarin
(IM #179).
Mandy showed no remorse while torturing RM (IM
#180) after he let Iron
Man (Jim Rhodes)
trash some vital equipment Mandy needed. He later appeared as an employee
for Stane International
where he developed a "hand-held neutron grenade launcher" (seen on display
at a science conference). Here it is revealed that Chen Lu can also detect
radiation, and he has detected the radioactive blood of a one Peter
Parker, who is at the conference to snap photos!
Parker, as Spider-Man,
later returns after hours to investigate why he felt so "weak" earlier,
and is promptly captured by the RM. Iron Man
later gets a tip from former Stark security chief Vic
Martinelli about strange happenings at Stane
involving the RM. IM
jets off to confront RM, and eventually traps him in molten lead by melting
the ceiling of his lab -- and then immediately freezing it with a freon
blast! (Oh, and Spidey was rescued, too!)
Radioactive Man most recently
has turned up in the employ of "old" Stark nemesis Ty
Stone, his powers greatly enhanced. He tried
to "off" IM by
blowing himself up, but IM's
new teleporter saved him (IM vol. 3
#38-39).
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