Doughboy (character)

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Doughboy as depicted in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition #32 (May 1993). Art by Keith Pollard (penciller), Josef Rubinstein (inker), and Andrew Yanchus (colorist).
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Captain America #209 (May 1977)
Created by Jack Kirby
In-story information
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Doughboy is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Contents

Publication history

Doughboy first appeared in Captain America #209 (May 1977), and was created by Jack Kirby. [1]

Fictional character biography

Doughboy is an artificial dough-like lifeform created by Arnim Zola to be his servant. He assisted Zola against Captain America during their first encounter. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Years later, Zola fuses Doughboy with Primus before eventually separating them. [6] [7] [8] [9] After seemingly being killed by Thor, Doughboy later resurfaces and battles the Thunderbolts at Zola's base in China. [10]

Powers and abilities

Doughboy has a malleable body that enables him to fly, shapeshift, and absorb matter to grow in size. [8] [9] [5] However, he possesses limited intelligence and is largely incapable of acting without orders.

In other media

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References

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  2. Captain America and the Falcon #209-210
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  5. 1 2 Cohen, Jason (May 29, 2017). "The Mad King: 15 Jack Kirby Creations That Are Absolutely BANANAS". CBR. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  6. Captain America #277-279
  7. Captain America #383
  8. 1 2 Captain America #393
  9. 1 2 Captain America #395-396
  10. Thunderbolts: International Incident #1
  11. silenig (22 March 2013). "Iron Man X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal - PlayStation Longplay/ Playthrough". YouTube . Retrieved 2 September 2024. This is a video walkthrough of the PlayStation version of the game. Doughboy's profile appears at 1:05:06 and the battle against him starts at 1:14:29.
  12. "Doughboy Voice - The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 20, 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.