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Grey Gargoyle

Grey Gargoyle (Paul Pierre Duval) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Journey into Mystery #107 (August 1964). Duval is a French chemist who gave himself the ability to petrify anything via his right hand. Originally appearing as an enemy of Thor, Grey Gargoyle has battled various other heroes throughout his publication history. During the storyline Fear Itself, Grey Gargoyle was temporarily transformed into Mokk, one of the Serpent's Worthy.

Grey Gargoyle
The Grey Gargoyle battles Thor on the cover of Journey into Mystery #107 (Aug. 1964).
Art by Jack Kirby.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceJourney into Mystery #107 (Aug. 1964)[1][2]
Created byStan Lee (writer)
Jack Kirby (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoPaul Pierre Duval
SpeciesHuman mutate
Team affiliationsMasters of Evil
A.I.M.
The Worthy
Lethal Legion
Hood's crime syndicate
Notable aliasesPaul St. Pierre, Mokk: Breaker of Faith, Medusa X[3]
AbilitiesGenius chemist
Superhuman strength and durability
Petrification

The character has made appearances in various media outside comics, including animated series and video games. Chris Wiggins, Ed Gilbert, and Troy Baker voice Grey Gargoyle in The Marvel Super Heroes, Iron Man, and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes respectively.

Publication history

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The Grey Gargoyle first appeared in Journey into Mystery #107 (Aug. 1964) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.[4]

Fictional character biography

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Paul Pierre Duval is a French chemist whose right hand was transformed into stone following a chemical accident, granting the ability to petrify anything it touches.[5][6][7][8] Duval becomes bored and attempts to achieve immortality by confronting Thor and stealing his hammer, Mjolnir.[9] Thor defeats Grey Gargoyle by luring him into the Hudson River in New York City, leaving him buried at the bottom.[10] The Grey Gargoyle eventually reappears after being hauled up from the river, whereupon he turns the two people examining him to stone. Believing that Blake can help him find Thor, the Grey Gargoyle goes after him. He pursues them through the streets, becoming angry at their escaping him and finally deciding to eliminate Blake. However he is delayed by an Asgardian blinding him with an arrow that gives off light, after which the Asgardian restores Thor's power. The Grey Gargoyle is incapacitated by Thor once again as he uses his hammer to trap the Grey Gargoyle by tapping a lamppost as a power source and sending a bolt which fuses Grey Gargoyle's limbs. Odin then fully restores Thor's power.[11]

An appearance in the title Marvel Team-Up against Captain America and fellow hero Spider-Man ends with Grey Gargoyle being trapped in a rocket and launched into deep space.[12] The character reappears in the title Thor, and is revealed to have been rescued by the crew of the alien spaceship the Bird of Prey and nominated their captain. After a battle with Thor the character is lost in space once again.[13] The character reappears in the title as part of Helmut Zemo's incarnation of the Masters of Evil. In an encounter with the Avenger the Black Knight, Grey Gargoyle grasps the hero's enchanted sword and is reverted to human form, his power temporarily neutralized.[14][15]

Grey Gargoyle is recruited to join a "crime army" formed by the villain the Hood in the title The New Avengers.[16] During the "Dark Reign" storyline, the Grim Reaper recruits Grey Gargoyle into a new incarnation of the Lethal Legion, who oppose Norman Osborn.[17]

In Fear Itself, Grey Gargoyle obtains one of the Serpent's hammers and becomes Mokk, the Breaker of Faith.[18] Mokk transforms the entire population of Paris to stone.[19] When Iron Man intervenes, Mokk damages his armor and energy supply, forcing him to flee.[20] Mokk is reverted to Grey Gargoyle by the end of the storyline, and Odin returns those he affected to normal.[21][22]

In a lead-up to the "Sins Rising" arc, Count Nefaria forms a new version of the Lethal Legion with Grey Gargoyle, Living Laser, and Whirlwind in a plot to target the Catalyst.[23] The Lethal Legion attack Empire State University and confront Spider-Man, but are attacked by Sin-Eater. Sin-Eater uses his gun to steal the powers and sins of the Lethal Legion's members. When they are sent to Ravencroft, the villains act as model inmates. It is implied that their sins being stolen affected their behavior.[24][18][25][26] After Sin-Eater's death, the Lethal Legion's members regain their sins.[27]

In The Immortal Thor, Grey Gargoyle is hired by Dario Agger to assist Radioactive Man, King Cobra, and Mister Hyde in attacking Thor. Grey Gargoyle petrifies Thor's body, which is then shattered by Hyde. However, Thor manages to reassemble his body and return himself to normal. With help from Enchantress, Sif, and Magni, Thor defeats the villains. They are taken to Daedalus LLC, a subsidiary of Roxxon.[28]

When Thor's mortal form of Sigurd Jarlson enters Roxxon HQ through the servants' entrance, Donald Blake dispatches Grey Gargoyle to be his last line of defense should Jarlson get by the Sons of the Serpent. After Jarlson takes out most of the Sons of the Serpent, he is confronted by Grey Gargoyle in the stairwell. Before Grey Gargoyle can turn Jarlson to stone with his right hand, Jarlson manages to injure Grey Gargoyle's finger and knee before knocking him down the stairwell.[29]

Powers and abilities

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During an experiment, Paul Duval spilled an unknown organic chemical compound on his right hand, causing a mutagenic reaction that permanently transformed his hand into living stone.[7] Duval can turn any matter touched with his stone hand to a similar substance, with the effect lasting for approximately one hour. Duval can also use the effect to transform himself into a being of living stone who possesses superhuman strength and durability, with his mobility being unhindered.

In other media

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References

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  1. ↑ Misiroglu, Gina Renée; Eury, Michael (2006). The Supervillain Book: The Evil Side of Comics and Hollywood. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9780780809772.
  2. ↑ Conroy, Mike (2004). 500 Comicbook Villains. Collins & Brown. ISBN 1-84340-205-X.
  3. ↑ Christopher Hastings (w), Salva Espin (p), Salva Espin (i), Matt Yackey (col), Comicraft's Jimmy Betancourt (let), Devin Lewis (ed). Secret Agent Deadpool, no. 1-6 (September–November 2018). United States: Marvel Comics.
  4. ↑ DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
  5. ↑ Ashford, Sage (March 26, 2023). "10 Marvel Villains Transformed by Their Powers". CBR. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  6. ↑ Eckhardt, Peter (July 14, 2022). "10 Classic Thor Villains Who Have Never Been In A Marvel Movie". CBR. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  7. 1 2 Bagamery, Jonathan (July 22, 2022). "10 Avengers Villains Not Yet In The MCU". CBR. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  8. ↑ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains. New York: Facts on File. p. 149. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
  9. ↑ Brevoort, Tom; DeFalco, Tom; Manning, Matthew K.; Sanderson, Peter; Wiacek, Win (2017). Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History. DK Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 978-1465455505.
  10. ↑ Journey into Mystery #107 (August 1964)
  11. ↑ Journey into Mystery #113 (February 1965)
  12. ↑ Marvel Team-Up #13 (September 1973)
  13. ↑ Thor #257-259 (March - June 1977)
  14. ↑ The Avengers #271 (September 1986)
  15. ↑ The Incredible Hulk #363-364 (December 1989-January 1990)
  16. ↑ New Avengers #35 (December 2007)
  17. ↑ Dark Reign: Lethal Legion #1-3 (August - October 2009)
  18. 1 2 Zachary, Brandon (August 14, 2020). "Spider-Man: Every Villain the Sin-Eater Has Killed (So Far)". CBR. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  19. ↑ Allan, Scoot (February 26, 2021). "10 Most Dangerous Villains Iron Man Fought Against". CBR. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  20. ↑ The Invincible Iron Man #504 - #508 (July - November 2011)
  21. ↑ Yang, Paul (May 29, 2020). "How Marvel's Fear Itself Turned Its Strongest Fighters Into DARK Gods". CBR. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  22. ↑ Fear Itself #7.3 (January 2012)
  23. ↑ The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 5) #41 (May 2020)
  24. ↑ The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 5) #46 (October 2020)
  25. ↑ Zachary, Brandon (August 26, 2020). "Spider-Man: Sin-Eater's Next Target Is a MAJOR Marvel Villain". CBR. Archived from the original on March 20, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  26. ↑ Zachary, Brandon (September 22, 2020). "Spider-Man: Sin-Eater Gains the Powers of Another Brand New Day Villain". CBR. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  27. ↑ The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 5) #56 (March 2021)
  28. ↑ Immortal Thor #16 - 18 (December 2024 - February 2025)
  29. ↑ Mortal Thor #10 (June 2026)
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 "Grey Gargoyle Voices (Thor)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 24, 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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