Who Is Thermal Man? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Thermal Man is a Marvel comic book character, with over 10 comic issue appearances. A powerful near indestructible robot foe to Thor.

Who is Thermal Man?

Origin Thermal Man is an artificial being or robot that was created and designed by Professor Chen in China who served the Mandarin during his Counter-Revolution. Thermal Man was designed to be a super-worker to help further the aims of the revolution by achieving technological breakthroughs during robotics "Golden Years". However the Cultural Revolution changed everything and the Chinese government intervened and seized the robot. Mr. Chen would be placed in prison for protesting against the government. Thermal Man was reprogrammed and unleashed on American soil to test its offensive and defensive capabilities. A fault in its reprogramming caused Thermal Man to malfunction and the government lost control of the robot. China realized they unleashed a doomsday weapon and tried to make amends by providing an implosion device to destroy Thermal Man.

Key facts

Thermal Man is of robot origin and first appeared in "Galactus Found!". The character is published by Marvel. With 10 recorded issue appearances, Thermal Man ranks among the most featured characters in comics.