Earthman

Real Name: Unknown

Identity/Class: Normal human (but on an alien world where he is, in effect, like Superman, empowered by the low gravity)

Occupation: Astronaut

Affiliations: A group of bestial followers

Enemies: Unknown

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: Grongad (name given to him by his alien followers)

Base of Operations: Unnamed alien planet

First Appearance: Unearthly Spectaculars #2 (Harvey Comics, December 1966)

Powers/Abilities: The alien world's low gravity gives him superhuman strength and the ability to leap incredible distances.

History: When a human spaceman crashes on an alien world, he emerges from the wreckage with amnesia, only able to recall his planet of origin. Discovering that on this alien world he is a superman, he is forced into a series of adventures, gradually gaining a number of primitive followers. Eventually he discovers a futuristic city, but finds himself a pawn in the local politics, until he eventually abandons the place and returns to the wilderness to try and find something that will tell him who he once was.

Comments: Created by Wally Wood.

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with

• Superman, a strange visitor from another planet. Earthman is a strange visitor from this planet.

• Mercury

• Mercury, one of the Space Sentinels

• Venus

• Earth, a member of Tribal Force

• Earth-Mother, an ally of Megaton Man

• Earthworm Jim, an armoured worm

• Urth4, a group of Elemental heroes

• Marsman

• Pluto, God of the Underworld

• Pluto, Mickey Mouse's dog

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