Gorgon (DC Comics)

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Gorgon
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Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Justice League Europe #15 (June 1990)
In story information
Full name	Dr. Mortimer
Team affiliations	Extremists
Abilities	Possesses superhumanly strong tentacles

Gorgon is a fictional character, a DC Comics supervillain, part of the evil gang called Extremists. He is based on the Marvel Comics supervillain Doctor Octopus, and like him has several super-strong tentacles, though they are organic rather than mechanical.

A statue of Gorgon was located in the Villains Gallery on the Justice League's moon base.

In the new Lord Havok and the Extremists series (2007), A new version of Gorgon features, a denizen of Earth-8. In #2 his origin is revealed; Dr. Mortimer was working on genetic alteration to give a person the ability to deal with threats by changing into a monster form and creating an entirely different personality. When he was caught in an explosion at his lab, Mortimer was changed, becoming the Gorgon creature, with a different personality for every tentacle on his head. When one of his personalities killed his girlfriend, a distraught Mortimer was recruited by Lord Havok.

[edit] Other media

• Gorgon has appeared in Justice League Unlimited along with the other Extremists when they attacked a city. He was defeated by Batman and Hawkgirl.