Arthur Nagan (Earth-616)

Gorilla-Man
Name	Arthur Nagan
Current Alias	Gorilla-Man
Aliases	Nicknames: Hairy Man, Ape Man, Monkey Boy Other Aliases: King of the Gorilla Men, Dr. Ruhart Gnaan
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Headmen, Gorilla Men, Lethal Legion, Real Unity
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′7″ (2.01 m)
Weight	603 lbs (273.52 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Grey
Hair	Black
Unusual Features	Nagan has the head of a human supplanted onto the body of a gorilla.
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human Mutate over a Gorilla body
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	San Diego, California
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Professional criminal, surgeon
Education	BS in biology and BA in classics; MD; American College of Surgeon
Base of Operations	New York City, New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Paul S. Newman, Bob Powell
First	Mystery Tales #21 (May, 1954)
First	Mystery Tales #21 (May, 1954)

...People may forget my face, but they seldom forget where they've seen it... A human head grafted onto the body of a six-hundred pound gorilla!

—Arthur Nagan[source]

History

Dr. Arthur Nagan was a former surgeon who took the organs from gorillas to use in people. However, his scheme was allegedly thwarted by the gorillas, who somehow transplanted his head onto a gorilla's body. He was the leader of the Headmen. Among his "achievements" was transplanting the head of Chondu the Mystic onto a variety of unsuitable bodies, including a monstrous body with tentacles and wings, as well as transplanting Chondu's brain alone into the head of Nighthawk. He also managed to shrink the Defenders, Nebulon, and US President Gerald Ford to miniature size and trap them under a glass bowl so he could study their behavior.

After being bested by Luke Cage in a fight, Nagan developed a particular fixation on taking his revenge upon the Hero for Hire.

Gorilla-Man later appeared as a member of Porcupine's Lethal Legion. He and the Lethal Legion fought some superheroes at the Marvel Comics office where Gorilla-Man was taken down by Captain America and Beast.

After designing a life support to attach to Chondu the Mystic, Gorilla-Man and the Headmen tracked Spider-Man to the part of Lyja (who was posing as Alicia Masters) at the time. They were defeated by Spider-Man and Human Torch and were arrested by the authorities.

At the time when he was in the services of Norman Osborn and H.A.M.M.E.R., Quasimodo researched Gorilla-Man and the rest of the Headmen.

Sometime later, Nagan was incarcerated in Prison 42 in the Negative Zone. After the prison was overrun by Blastaar's forces, Nagan sided with the Negative Zone warlord alongside Bison, Condor, and Skeleton Ki. He then fought alongside Blastaar's forces against an invasion by the Shadow Initiative, whom they were intent in retaking Prison 42. However, the prison fell to the Shadow Initiative, and Nagan was recaptured.

During the threat of the Serpent and after Juggernaut in the form of Kuurth: Breaker of Stone damaged the Raft, Gorilla-Man was among the villains seen taking part in the breakout and detained by Justice.

When he was behind a hostage situation, Gorilla-Man was defeated by Captain Ultra.

The Headmen with Angar the Screamer and Doctor Bong

Gorilla-Man later battled Spider-Man along with a group of other villains including; Angar the Screamer and the rest of the Headmen. Led by Doctor Bong they planned on conquering the Multiverse by creating a “Cosmic Bong” in the world’s quietest room. They were defeated by Spider-Man and arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D..

After an experiment that resulted in the heads of gorillas being grafted onto human bodies, Gorilla-Man became the King of the Gorilla Men and led them in a fight against the U.S.Avengers. Gorilla-Man tried to remove Robert Maverick's head after he had regressed back from his Red Hulk form, but was subdued by flying squirrels summoned by Squirrel Girl.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

• Superhuman Strength: Nagan's gorilla body is superhumanly strong and can lift 2 tons.
• Superhuman Agility: Nagan's gorilla body is surprisingly agile and fast for its size.

Abilities

• Genius Level Intellect: Nagan is a brilliant surgeon who can transplant almost any living living tissue or organ into another organism.

See Also

• 40 appearance(s) of Arthur Nagan (Earth-616)
• 6 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Arthur Nagan (Earth-616)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Arthur Nagan (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Arthur Nagan (Earth-616)
• 4 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Arthur Nagan (Earth-616)
• 13 image(s) of Arthur Nagan (Earth-616)
• 9 quotation(s) by or about Arthur Nagan (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Arthur Nagan on Wikipedia.org
• Gorilla-Man on Appendix