Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man (Sven Larsen) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a foe of the original Doom Patrol whose name is derived from the antiquated concept of the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms in Linnaean taxonomy.[1]
| Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man | |
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 Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man, from The Doom Patrol #89, art by Bob Brown. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | The Doom Patrol #89 (August 1964) |
| Created by | Arnold Drake (writer) Bruno Premiani (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Sven Larsen |
| Species | Metahuman |
| Team affiliations | Front Men |
| Notable aliases | AVM-Man |
| Abilities |
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The character appears in Doom Patrol (2019), portrayed by Alec Mapa.
Publication history
editAnimal-Vegetable-Mineral Man first appeared in The Doom Patrol #89 (August 1964) and was created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani.[2]
Fictional character biography
editSven Larsen is a Swedish scientist and former student of Niles Caulder who gains shapeshifting abilities after falling into a vat of amino acids.[3][4] In subsequent appearances, he allies with General Immortus and joins the Front Men, a team of guards at Mister Somebody Enterprises.[5][6]
In The New 52 continuity reboot, Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man is captured by the Chief and used to defend his underground complex.[7] In Doomsday Clock, he joins India's sanctioned superhero team, the Doomed.[8][9]
Powers and abilities
editThe Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man can change any part of his body into animal, vegetable, or mineral forms, as well as combining several more at once.[10] In most appearances, he possesses extensive knowledge of biology.
In other media
editTelevision
edit- Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Last Patrol!", voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.[11]
- Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man appears in Doom Patrol, portrayed by Alec Mapa. This version is a tourist named Steven Larson who travels to Paraguay in the hopes of receiving magnetic feet from Nazi scientist Heinrich Von Fuchs, only to accidentally remain in his machine for too long and transform into Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man. Following this, Larson becomes a bumbling supervillain known for a disastrous convenience store robbery, a subsequent arrest, and a failed assassination attempt on his life carried out by an admirer of Von Fuchs before writing the best-selling autobiography My Side.
Miscellaneous
edit- Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man appears in Teen Titans Go!.
- Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man makes a cameo appearance in Batman: The Brave and the Bold #7.
References
edit- ^ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. pp. 5–6. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
- ^ Wells, John (2015). American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-64. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 180. ISBN 978-1605490458.
- ^ Morris, Jon (2017). The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains: Oddball Criminals from Comic Book History. Quirk Books. p. 138. ISBN 978-1594749322.
- ^ The Doom Patrol #95 (May 1965). DC Comics.
- ^ "Giffen New Chief Of 'Doom Patrol'". ComicBookResources.com. 7 February 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ The Doom Patrol (vol. 5) #12 (September 2010)
- ^ The Ravagers #11. DC Comics.
- ^ Doomsday Clock #5 (May 2018). DC Comics.
- ^ Doomsday Clock #12. (December 2019). DC Comics.
- ^ The Doom Patrol #89 (August 1964)
- ^ "Animal Vegetable Mineral Man Voice - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 31, 2024. 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.