Botanist Samual Smithers is Marvel’s Plantman
"In his penultimate storyline, Plantman transforms into a giant plant monster and attacks the city of Los Angeles in retaliation for humans polluting the world.
In his final moments, Plantman was defeated by Ironman."
July 9, 1963
On this day, the Marvel comic botanist Samuel Smithers became Plantman when lightning struck his plant ray gun, giving it the power to control and animate all plant life.
Plantman dueled with the Human Torch in the Botanical Garden and lost.
He was taken to prison.
In his penultimate storyline, Plantman transforms into a giant plant monster and attacks the city of Los Angeles in retaliation for humans polluting the world.
In his final moments, Plantman was defeated by Ironman.
Here's one of Plantman'more famous lines:
Do not speak to the Plant Man of power!
Mine was the genius that gave the semblance of life to unthinking plant tissue!
There can be no greater power than that!
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Samuel Smithers a.k.a. Plantman
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