Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man

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Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man
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Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man, from The Doom Patrol #89, art by Bob Brown.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance The Doom Patrol #89 (August 1964)
Created by Arnold Drake (writer)
Bruno Premiani (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoSven Larsen
Species Metahuman
Team affiliationsFront Men
Notable aliasesAVM-Man
Abilities

Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man (Sven Larsen) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a foe of the original Doom Patrol whose name is derived from the antiquated concept of the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms in Linnaean taxonomy. [1]

Contents

The character appears in Doom Patrol (2019), portrayed by Alec Mapa.

Publication history

Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man first appeared in The Doom Patrol #89 (August 1964) and was created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani. [2]

Fictional character biography

Sven Larsen is a Swedish scientist and former student of Niles Caulder who gains shapeshifting abilities after falling into a vat of amino acids. [3] [4] In subsequent appearances, he allies with General Immortus and joins the Front Men, a team of guards at Mister Somebody Enterprises. [5] [6]

In The New 52 continuity reboot, Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man is captured by the Chief and used to defend his underground complex. [7] In Doomsday Clock , he joins India's sanctioned superhero team, the Doomed. [8] [9]

Powers and abilities

The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man can change any part of his body into animal, vegetable, or mineral forms, as well as combining several more at once. [10] In most appearances, he possesses extensive knowledge of biology.

In other media

Television

Miscellaneous

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References

  1. ↑ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. pp. 5–6. ISBN   0-8160-1356-X.
  2. ↑ Wells, John (2015). American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-64. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 180. ISBN   978-1605490458.
  3. ↑ Morris, Jon (2017). The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains: Oddball Criminals from Comic Book History. Quirk Books. p. 138. ISBN   978-1594749322.
  4. ↑ The Doom Patrol #95 (May 1965). DC Comics.
  5. ↑ "Giffen New Chief Of 'Doom Patrol'". ComicBookResources.com. 7 February 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  6. ↑ The Doom Patrol (vol. 5) #12 (September 2010)
  7. ↑ The Ravagers #11. DC Comics.
  8. ↑ Doomsday Clock #5 (May 2018). DC Comics.
  9. ↑ Doomsday Clock #12. (December 2019). DC Comics.
  10. ↑ The Doom Patrol #89 (August 1964)
  11. ↑ "Animal Vegetable Mineral Man Voice - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 31, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  12. ↑ Oddo, Marco Vito (December 12, 2024). "Creature Commandos: Every DCU Character & Franchise Referenced in Episode 3". ComicBook.com . Retrieved December 12, 2024.
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