Who Is Grey Gargoyle? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Grey Gargoyle is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Paul Pierre Duval, with over 348 comic issue appearances. The Grey Gargoyle can turn his body into stone and others into stone for a period of one hour.

Who is Grey Gargoyle?

Origin Paul Duval becomes a man of living stone. Paul Duval was a young chemist from France whose experiment went awry after he noticed the solution he was working on turned blue instead of red. A strange foreign substance had affected the mixture and Duval accidentally spilled the potion on his right hand. The chemical felt like liquid fire as it started to transform his hand into stone. Duval's left hand turned into stone after he touched his right hand. Duval accidentally touched his face and realized he has become a man of living stone. Duval started to test his stone spell in public and transform strangers into stone statues. Duval discovered that the people he turned into stone would revert back to human form after one hour and would use his new found power to become a great thief.

Key facts

Grey Gargoyle is of human origin and first appeared in "When The Grey Gargoyle Strike!". The character is published by Marvel. With 348 recorded issue appearances, Grey Gargoyle ranks among the most featured characters in comics.