Radioactive man. Fictional character from the Marvel Comics universe

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Radioactive Man is one of the bad guys in the Marvel comics series. He is known mainly to fans of the company's paper products, and not to fans of superhero films.

Marvel Comics

Marvel is one of the largest American comic book companies. In our country, it has become widely known thanks to a series of film adaptations. The main characters of the films were Spider-Man, Hulk, Daredevil, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, X-men and some others.

But our article will not be dedicated to superheroes, but to one of their opponents, known as the Radioactive Man. Marvel Comics created a single fictional universe in which all the created heroes and villains live, calling it Earth-616. It was in this world that our character was born.

Appearance

Radioactive Man's real name is Chen Lu. Initially, he lived in China, where he researched the effects of radiation on people. In the life of a scientist, everything was calm until army officials turned to him with a request to create a suit that would help defeat Thor. Lou took up development, but not forgovernment, but in order to gain incredible power herself. That is why he began to experiment with himself. The result of these experiments was the appearance of the villain, who became known as the Radioactive Man.

As soon as Chen got his superpowers, he went to fight Thor in New York. In the first fight, Lou won by subjugating Thor's mind. But at the second meeting, the god of thunder managed to create a tornado and send the villain to his homeland in it. When Chen arrived in China, there was a huge explosion, and he was presumed dead.

Avengers

Radioactive man became one of the main opponents of the Avengers, joining the league of Masters of Evil. A team led by Baron Zemo and then Ultron attempted to take over New York twice. However, the Avengers managed to fight back the villains and prevented their cunning plan from being implemented.

The radioactive man had to flee. So he ends up in Vietnam, where, together with Titanium Man and Red Dynamo, he creates the Titanic Three. The members of this organization decided to put an end to crime and embark on the path of correction, fighting on the side of good.

The Avengers accidentally find themselves in Vietnam, and one of the local criminals, Slasher, decides that they have come for his soul. By cunning, he managed to attract the Titanic Three to his side and force him to fight the Avengers. However, during the fight, Slasher became frightened and tried to escape, leaving behind all the loot. After that, the Titanic Three caught him and gave him to the Avengers. In the future, the organizationbroke up for unknown reasons, and all its members went their own way.

Chen returned to New York. Here he was found by the Egghead, who wants to revive the Masters of Evil, and offered to join the team. Lou agreed. Together they tried to defeat the Avengers again, but failed again.

Vs. Iron Man

Radioactive man is a fictional character, but his actions, thoughts and desires are portrayed as realistically as possible. And after another failure, Chen returns to China, where he decides to take revenge on his enemies. To do this, he begins working for the Mandarin and takes an active part in the fight against Iron Man (Tony Stark), who prevents the villains from transporting equipment and weapons.

During Radioactive Man's battle with Stark, they both find themselves locked in prison. Shortly before this, a prisoner escaped from there, and the security system of the correctional facility was activated. Now, in order to escape, the hero and the villain had to work together. However, Iron Man had great difficulty in convincing Chen to work together. As a result, they managed to turn off the deadly reactor located in the bowels of the prison, free themselves and even stop the escape.

But this collaboration did not reconcile Radioactive Man and Stark. After some time, Chen tried to destroy Stark International by de-energizing it. It cost Iron Man a lot of effort to defeat the eternal enemy and prevent the collapse of his company.

Homecoming and transformation

The radioactive man in the comics is not only a villain, but also a scientist. Therefore, Chen Lu investigated exactly how the radiation changed him and what effect it had after that. Through long introspection, he managed to understand that the fluctuations of radioactive radiation, which he constantly feels, strongly affect his emotions. Hence his desire to take over the world, to cause evil to people, selfish aspirations and impulses. Realizing that all this time he was simply blindly obeying his mood swings, Chen returns to the PRC. Here he decides to atone for his guilt by becoming a folk hero. To do this, he makes a list of all those who somehow suffered from his hands. This "Invoice", which the hero has set for himself, he will have to pay.

At the same time, several representatives of Atlantis, calling themselves the Phantom Five, attack China. Chen realizes that he cannot defeat the enemy alone, so he turns to the Thunderbolts superhero team for help. Thanks to this help, it is possible to cope with the Sea People. After Lu wins, he joins the Thunderbolts.

However, Chen didn't stay with them for long. He was soon expelled for infecting one of the members of the Phantom Five with radiation. Back in Atlantis, the infected begins emitting harmful waves. After the contamination is discovered, Chen refuses to absorb the radiation and believes he has the right to avenge the damage done to his country. Only a reminder of the compiled “Invoice” forces the Radioactive Man to save the Atlanteans fromterrible doom.

After leaving the Thunderbolts, Chen returns to his homeland.

Another Radioactive Man

There is another character with the same powers as Lou. He is from Russia and his name is Igor Stanchek. He appeared in the Black Panther comics as a mercenary who invaded the kingdom of Wakanda.

Despite their similarities, Stanchek and Chen have nothing in common and don't even know each other.

Abilities

Radioactive Man is a fictional character from the Marvel Comics Universe. Therefore, it is not surprising that he has inhuman abilities, among which the following deserve special attention:

• Radiation Control - Chen can increase and decrease the level of radiation emitted by his body. With this ability, he can disable other characters by irradiating them.
• Hypnotic trance - radioactive radiation affects the human mind, subordinating it to the will of Chen.
• Energy Shots - By emitting radioactive waves in a variety of ways, Lou can create blasts of energy and "shoot" them. He can also create flashes of blinding light.
• Electromagnetic Emissions – Chen can radiate those around him, causing them to become disorientated, have headaches, and become hostile towards others.
• Creating a force field - using radiation, Lou creates a protective field around himself, protecting him from most attacks, including from Mjolnir, Thor's hammer.
• Hugephysical strength - radioactive energy, penetrating the body of a scientist, endows him with incredible physical strength.

Weaknesses

Not only strength, but also a number of weaknesses, the Radioactive Man ("Marvel" - the creators of this character) has. He cannot control the strength of the radiation emitted by his body, he is only able to muffle it by wearing a hazmat suit. The intensity of the radiation also affects Chen Lu's emotions, which makes it very difficult for him to control.

Radioactive man in The Simpsons

In The Simpsons there is a comic book series whose main character was called Radioactive Man.

The story of this character is simple. He was an ordinary person, until one day one of his trousers caught on the barbed wire of the fence surrounding the nuclear test site. At that moment, an explosion occurred, but instead of dying from radiation, our hero acquired miraculous abilities and became a Radioactive Man. But unlike the Marvel hero, he took the side of good, dedicating his life to fighting evil.

Dates the publication of the first comic in the animated series in 1952. At that time, its price was 10 cents.