Radioactive Man (real name Chen Lu) is a fictional

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appearing in

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s published by

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. Various other individuals in the Marvel Universe with similar powers have also used the name Radioactive Man for short periods of time.

Publication history

The Chen Lu version of Radioactive Man first appears in ''

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'' #93 (June 1963), and was created by

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and

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. The Igor Stancheck version of Radioactive Man first appears in ''

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'' vol. 4 #3 (June 2005) and was created by

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and John Romita Jr. Green Death of Eurth is an imaginary creation from ''Avataars: Covenant of the Shield'' #3 (Nov 2000) created by

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. Warhead is another short-lived adolescent iteration from ''Young Allies'' vol. 2 #1 (Jun 2011) with

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and David Baldeón as creators/illustrators. The Radioactive Kid is a teenage iteration of a different character who featured in ''Vengeance'' #1 (Jul 2011) made by Nick Dragotta and

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Fictional character biography

Chen Lu

Chen Lu is a

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and

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agent in the

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. Ordered to find a way to defeat

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- who thwarts the Red Army's invasion of

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- the character exposes himself to small doses of

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until he is able to endure a massive barrage, becoming a living "Radioactive Man". He plans to take over the world. Traveling to

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, Chen battles Thor who is first defeated when Chen hypnotizes Thor into throwing the hammer away. But Donald Blake is able to recover the hammer from a river, and defeats the villain by creating a

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, sending Chen back to China, where he apparently explodes. Radioactive Man becomes a recurring foe of the Avengers, being coerced by Baron Zemo to join the original

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in a bid to destroy the Avengers. He is the first to confront the Avengers, and sticks

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and Giant-Man to the pavement with an adhesive, which Thor dodges. He is defeated by Giant-Man and

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when they imprison him in

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coils. He is then deported back to China. The character reappears with the new Masters of Evil, organized by the robot Ultron. The villains, however, are betrayed by the

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. Radioactive Man and his teammates appear once again during a

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and are defeated by a coalition of superheroines called the Lady Liberators. Chen escapes and travels to

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, where he joins

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villains Titanium Man and Crimson Dynamo as part of a team called the Titanic Three. Acting as crime fighters in Vietnam, the trio is duped by a

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and petty

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called the Slasher and end up battling the Avengers until the deception is uncovered. After an encounter with Iron Man, the characters go their separate ways. After a humiliating defeat by time-traveling villain

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in ''Giant-Size Avengers'', Chen joins another incarnation of the Masters of Evil - led by Egghead - but is defeated by

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and deported back to China. Radioactive Man continued to feature in ''Iron Man'', and is employed by Iron Man's arch-enemy Mandarin. Chen is employed in his civilian capacity as a physicist by

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(taken over by

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). Radioactive Man appears in the graphic novel ''Deathtrap: The Vault'', among other supervillains attempting to escape from the

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. Chen, however, aids the heroes in preventing a nuclear reactor

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. Radioactive Man also features in an issue of ''The Sensational She-Hulk'' and once again in ''The Avengers''. After appearing in the second volume of ''Avengers'' that takes place in an alternate universe and briefly in ''Thunderbolts'', the one-shot ''Heroes Reborn: Masters of Evil'', the third volume of the ''Avengers'', and alternate universe title ''

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'', Radioactive Man features in the limited series ''Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''. Chen attempts to reform and in '' New Thunderbolts'' joins the

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, a team composed almost entirely of reformed supervillains. During the

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storyline, the character aids heroes

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and

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in building a holding

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for dissenting superpowered beings, and also battles the anti-registration heroes. A major development occurs in the title ''Thunderbolts'' when the group encounters the

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member the Grandmaster; the Radioactive Man absorbs an excessive amount of radiation and is forced to wear a radiation suit at all times. The radiation eventually subsides, but industrialist

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convinces the character to retain the suit to distract the American public from his clearly Asian features and quell any lingering fears about his radioactivity. The Radioactive Man is featured in the one shot ''Thunderbolts: International Incident'', the limited series ''Avengers/Invaders'', one shot ''King-Size Hulk'', and ''Thunderbolts: Reason In Madness'' before appearing briefly in the ''

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'' storyline. As part of the Thunderbolts, Radioactive Man fought

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and Anti-Venom during the ''

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'' storyline; during the fight, Radioactive Man had a portion of his radiation powers drained by Anti-Venom. He continued with the team however, going after the super-hero

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. Radioactive Man was one of Songbird's strongest allies within the team, often supporting her when she fought against Osborn. Ultimately, following the events of the ''

'', Norman Osborn and Moonstone began the process of neutralizing the members of the Thunderbolts who would oppose Osborn in his plan to exploit the invasion for his own personal agenda, in order to gain more power. Osborn arranged for Chen to be deported back to China, leading to a bittersweet departure involving himself and Songbird. The Radioactive Man reappears in ''

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'' as part of People's Defense Force, China's indigenous group of metahumans. The Radioactive Man demonstrates that at close proximity he can safely absorb the radiation of Inhuman Xerogen crystals and presumably safely absorb Terrigen Mist. However, the People's Defense Force is largely defeated by an invading entity known as ''

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'', a

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former king of the

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. The Unspoken is defeated in China by the Mighty Avengers. During the '' Heroic Age'' storyline, a young man named Warhead appeared as a member of the Bastards of Evil, claiming to be the son of Radioactive Man. He has been shown to have similar powers, but killed himself in a mass explosion that killed hundreds of people. Radioactive Man later released a Chinese dragon made of magic in the Federal Bank Reserve. While

, Iron Man, the female Thor, and Vision fought the Chinese dragon,

, Ms. Marvel, and

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encounter Radioactive Man. The senior Avengers managed to destroy the dragon, but upon reuniting with their wards, they learn they let Radioactive Man escape. The young heroes explain they were forced to leave Radioactive Man alone as there was a man that needed to be rescued. The senior Avengers are proud of what the young heroes did as heroes are meant to protect people first and foremost and welcomes them to the team.

Igor Stancheck

Featured in the fourth volume of ''

'', Igor Stancheck is a Russian mutate and is one of several

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(including Rhino, Batroc, and the Vatican

), orchestrated by

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into invading the fictional

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n kingdom of

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. The group makes an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the huge mound of the metal

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located at the heart of

's kingdom. He was killed in battle by Shuri using the Black Knight's Ebony Blade.

Powers and abilities

Chen Lu was a normal human until exposed to excessive amounts of radiation, which changed his skin coloring to an

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, and allows him to manipulate radiation across the microwave spectrum. Abilities include radiation emission as heat, "hard" radiation (inflicting opponents with nausea, dizziness, and radiation poisoning), EMP emissions to deactivate machinery,

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light and so much more. He can also absorb nuclear radiation without harm and convert it to energy for personal use such as physical enhancement or to

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wounds, create energy constructs such as

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or golems out of radiation wit greater physical strength & resilience than his own, convert different energies into any other radiology form along the electromagnetic spectrum. He has shown the ability to leave behind "radiation pills", i.e. infusing a single individual with enough radiation to give him severe radiation poisoning and let the contamination spread in a large population. While it was briefly implied that his radioactive makeup along with some further enhancements of his powers had left him radioactive and unable to have contact with unshielded people, he was

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ned to have always been in full control of his abilities. Even so, during his tenure in the Thunderbolts, Norman Osborn had his original costume replaced with a customized radiation suit, hiding his Asian features and quelling every lingering fear about his radioactive makeup. Chen Lu holds a Ph.D. in nuclear physics. Igor Stancheck has the same or at least similar powers.

Related characters

Radioactive Kid

A promising young supervillain who took to wearing a hazmat suit to contain his nuclear powers, the Radioactive Kid would tender is affiliation with the rejuvenated team of Young Masters after he'd murdered his own father. He would temporarily be depowered through unknown means only to be repowered under equally mysterious circumstances when reappearing with the masters in the criminal underworld nation of Begalia under Constrictor's tutelage. Although taking on the Radioactive Man's surname moniker, he loathes his predecessor as a sellout and dismisses any relations to him whatsoever.

Warhead

One amongst a plethora of voluntary test subjects who had undergone advanced mental conditioning and radiological experimentation in order for better reception to assimilating the mindsets of those whom their newfound powers are based upon by the mysterious benefactor known as Superior. Neutron ray bombardment gave the youth who would come to be called Warhead powers similar to the Radioactive Man. While apart of a teen villainous cabal known as the Bastards of Evil, Warhead would take to reciting Dr. Chen's nihilistic and anarchical rhetoric whilst doing a suicide run to spread their message. Detonating like a nuclear bomb in the heart of Manhattan.

Other versions

Avataars: Covenant of the Shield

In the pages of '' Avataars: Covenant of the Shield'', Radioactive Man's counterpart on Eurth is Green Death of the Minions of Evil. He aided them in their conflict with the Champions of the Realm whilst attacking Black Blade who they assumed had kidnapped Captain Avalon's son.

Heroes Reborn

In the Heroes Reborn universe, created by Franklin Richards, Radioactive Man appeared as a member of

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MC2

Radioactive Man is still active in the MC2 reality.

House of M

The Radioactive Man makes an appearance in the ''

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'' reality, on the team of villains who attempted to break

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out of prison. They were stopped and apprehended by Captain Marvel (

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), the

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army, and Major Erik Josten.

In other media

Television

* The Chen Lu incarnation of Radioactive Man appears in the "

" segment of ''

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'', voiced by Gillie Fenwick. This version is a member of Baron

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. * The Igor Stancheck incarnation of Radioactive Man appears in ''

'', voiced by Rick D. Wasserman. * The Chen Lu incarnation of Radioactive Man makes non-speaking appearances in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''. Introduced in the episode "Hulk Vs. The World", he is imprisoned in the

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. In the episode "The Casket of Ancient Winters", he fights

, and

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for the Arc Reactor's energy before he is defeated. In the episode "Assault on 42", having been imprisoned in the eponymous Prison 42, Lu volunteers to help the Avengers fight off

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and the Annihilation Wave, though he is killed during the fight. * An amalgamated incarnation of Radioactive Man appears in the '' Avengers Assemble'' episode "Secret Avengers", voiced by

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. This version is identified as Igor Stancheck, sports Chen Lu's suit, and is a member of the

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. Sometime before the episode, he was captured by HYDRA and placed in a radiation-proof capsule to be used as a power source. Crimson Dynamo obtains the key to the capsule so the Winter Guard can free him, but when the destabilized facility threatens a nearby village, the Winter Guard work with the

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to save it, leading to Crimson Dynamo and

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freeing Radioactive Man to dissolve the facility.

Video games

* The Chen Lu incarnation of Radioactive Man appears as a mini-boss in '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'', voiced by

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. This version is a member of

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's Masters of Evil. * The Chen Lu incarnation of Radioactive Man appears as a boss in the PSP,

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, and

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versions of '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'', voiced by Don Luce. * The Chen Lu incarnation of Radioactive Man appears as a playable character in ''

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''. * The Chen Lu incarnation of Radioactive Man appears in '' Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2''.

Publication history

Fictional character biography

Chen Lu

Igor Stancheck

Powers and abilities

Related characters

Radioactive Kid

Warhead

Other versions

Avataars: Covenant of the Shield

Heroes Reborn

MC2

House of M

In other media

Television

Video games

References

External links