Code Name: Radioactive Man
See Also: N/A
Real Name: Dr. Chen Lu
Other Known Aliases: None
Status: IN CUSTODY
Place of Birth: Lanzhou, People's Republic of China
Origin: Altered Human
Powers: Superhuman strength and durability; invulnerability (radiation); energy manipulation (hard radiation)
Skills: Nuclear physics
Equipment: Power-dampening harness |
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Physical Attributes:
- Gender: Male
- Age: 45
- Height: 6'5"
- Weight: 385lbs.
- Hair color: Black
- Eye color: Brown
- Ethnic/racial background: Chinese
- Other distinguishing features: Irridescent green skin
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Psychological Attributes:
- Noteworthy relatives: None
- Personality: Although Chen Lu is a scientist, his primary concern now is using his powers for criminal gain. Despite a brief stint as a "hero" of the Titanic Three, he has always returned to the criminal life.
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- History: Dr. Chen Lu was a respected nuclear physicist for the People’s Republic of China. After the thunder god Thor thwarted a Chinese military incursion into India, the Chinese government called upon its scientists and military strategists for a way to retaliate against Thor. Chen Lu had already been experimenting for several years with a way of harnessing nuclear radioactivity to induce superhuman powers in human beings. Chen Lu, concealing his own aspirations of world conquest, volunteered to become China’s human weapon against Thor.
Having already spent months immunizing himself against the harmful effects of radiation, Chen Lu exposed himself to massive doses of specific-particle radiation, thereby mutating his body. After impressing his superiors with a demonstration of the new superhuman powers he had gained, Chen Lu, calling himself the Radioactive Man, traveled to New York City to challenge Thor. After Thor defeated him, the Radioactive Man was reported to have been destroyed. In fact, however, the Radioactive Man went into hiding until Baron Heinrich Zemo located him and enlisted him in his criminal organization, the original Masters of Evil. By this time, the Radioactive Man was no longer serving China’s Communist leaders. The Avengers defeated the Masters of Evil, but years later the Radioactive Man joined a new Masters of Evil organized by the robot Ultron. This second Masters of Evil was also defeated by the Avengers, and the Radioactive Man was imprisoned in a cell designed especially to restrain a being with his powers. After breaking out of prison, the Radioactive Man fled to Vietnam, where he briefly teamed up with the Titanium Man and the third Crimson Dynamo as the Titanic Three, champions of Eastern Communism. These three former Communist agents had decided to serve their former masters no longer and wanted no longer to be considered criminals. In Vietnam, the Titanic Three instead acted to punish criminals. However, the trio later broke up, under circumstances that have yet to be revealed. Eventually, the Radioactive Man was contacted by criminal scientist Elihas Starr, otherwise known as Egghead, and agreed to join yet another incarnation of the Masters of Evil. But after Dr. Henry Pym defeated the group single- handedly, the Radioactive Man was deported by the United States government. It was reported that he later entered the service of the Mandarin, but the Radioactive Man’s current whereabouts and activities were unknown until he set off a nuclear incident designed to bring the US into military conflict with China over Taiwan. Due to the rapid response of the Avengers and the UN, the incident was contained and the Radioactive Man was remanded to Chinese authorities.
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