Gregory Gideon
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| Gregory Gideon | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Fantastic Four #34 (Jan 1965) |
| Created by | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby |
Gregory Gideon is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
Gregory Gideon was a ruthless multi-billionaire who once intended to dominate the world through his financial power. Meeting with his international business rivals, Gideon declared that he would meet any challenge they proposed; they challenged him to defeat the Fantastic Four within one week. He sent an impostor of the Thing to aggrivate Mister Fantastic, and managed to convince the Invisible Girl that her brother, the Human Torch had been replaced with a robot by Doctor Doom. Gideon's son, Thomas, was a fan of the Fantastic Four and went to warn them of his father's plan. When Gideon nearly lost Thomas, he swore off his plan and vowed to spend more time with his family.
With his wife Claire and son Thomas, Gideon was aboard a private jet when it was caught in the heat-pulse and blast wave of a Russian nuclear weapon test. The plane crashed, killing all but Gregory and Thomas. Picked up by a Russian trawler, the two Gideons were eventually hospitalized. There they were told that they were dying of radiation poisoning. The elder Gideon dedicated his remaining months to designing a device to tap the mutated genes of the Fantastic Four which he believed would somehow reverse his cellular decay and that of his son at the expense of the Fantastic Four's lives.
His selfish scheme was thwarted by the hero team, and the elder Gideon was killed when his pawn, the robot Dragon Man, broke free of his control.[1] The alien Shaper of Worlds later took Thomas Gideon, cured him of his fatal disease, and helped him attain his true potential as Glorian.
[edit] References
- ^ Fantastic Four #135
