Mercurio the 4-D Man

Mercurio the 4-D Man is a male extraterrestrial comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Mercurio

In a bid to save Gramos, Mercurio was chosen to project his consciousness across the galaxy to Earth, where he took control of a wealthy landlord named Karl Sarron and used his resources to build a device to siphon off Earth's electromagnetic field. (Thor v1 #204)

In Donald Blake's absence Sarron had Blake's office closed. (Thor v1 #204) Mercurio accumulated energy residue left behind by Blake's transformations into Thor from inside Blake's office. He hoped to gain enough power to return him to his natural form, from which he could then transfer Earth's electromagnetic field to Gramos, restoring its polarity. (Thor v1 #208) When Blake returned to Earth from a lengthy adventure in outer space as Thor, he was surprised that his office was closed. Sarron introduced himself to Blake as the building's new owner, and told Blake that he would have to prove his former arrangements and payments to Sarron before Blake's office would be opened again. Sarron expected to see Blake in his office the following Monday. (Thor v1 #204) After receiving a potent charge from Blake's office into his Dimensional Oscillator, Mercurio contacted the leader of Gramos, who reiterated the urgency of his mission. Mercurio used the oscillator to restore his true form, but found it only possessed the charge to do so halfway, leaving only his left half his normal dark-blue, with his right half now red. Realizing he needed more power directly from Thor to complete the transformation, he waited for Thor to return and then attacked him. Mercurio continued to accumulate power as they fought, and Thor found all of his power ineffective against him. When the Warriors Three arrived to help Thor, he fled, returning after reviewing some literature as Don Blake. A plan in mind, Thor hurled a steel girder at Mercurio, who melted it, but was then coated in molten metal. The iron covering contained the forces within Mercurio so thoroughly that his powers overloaded, and Mercurio was seemingly consumed in the process. (Thor v1 #208) Mercurio seemed to die, but was instead summoned to another level of space, where he found himself drawn into a mystic whirlpool that drew him to Xorr the God-Jewel. Detecting Mercurio's approach, Xorr determined that "in this plane of existence, he cannot harm us, and he may pass." Mercurio heard this "ghost-voice" as he struck the surface of the vast crimson jewel, and something happened within his mind and body. (Thor v1 #214)

Notes

• Mercurio the 4-D Man was created by Gerry Conway and John Buscema where he made his first appearance in Thor v1 #208 (February, 1973)

Appearances

• Thor v1: (1973)
• Captain Marvel v1:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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