Ape-Man
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Ape-Man is the name of two fictional characters in the Marvel Universe.
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[edit] Monk Keefer
| Ape-Man I | |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | (as Monk Keefer): Avengers #12 (Jan 1965) (as Ape-Man): Daredevil #10 (Oct 1965) |
| Created by | Stan Lee and Don Heck |
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| Alter ego | Gordon Keefer |
| Team affiliations | Ani-Men, Unholy Three |
| Notable aliases | Monk Keefer, Gort |
| Abilities | (briefly) superhuman strength |
With a group of other criminals, professional criminal Gordon "Monk" Keefer attempted a robbery of a Stark warehouse, and was defeated by Captain America.[1]
Along with Bird-Man, Cat-Man, and Frog-Man, Keefer was recruited for his great strength by a man named the Organizer to form the Ani-Men. The Organizer was secretly Abner Jonas, a candidate for mayor of New York City, who sent the Ani-Men on missions to undermine the current administration. Daredevil defeated them and the Ani-Men and Organizer all went to prison.[2] Later, Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Cat-Man formed a team called the "Unholy Three" with the Exterminator, and fought Daredevil again.[3] The Unholy Three, as a team of independent thieves, fought Daredevil and Spider-Man and were defeated.[4]
Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Cat-Man later rejoined the Ani-Men, and the Ani-Men went to work for Count Nefaria. Nefaria's scientists submitted the unwitting Ani-Men to processes that gave them superhuman powers and animal-like forms. The Ani-Men invaded the Cheyenne Mountain missile base for Count Nefaria, and fought the X-Men.[5]
The Ani-Men lost their superhuman powers and reverted back to normal. Nefaria sent the four original Ani-Men to kill Tony Stark, however the Spymaster detonated a bomb with which he had intended to kill Stark, and the resulting explosion killed the Ani-Men instead.[6] In issue 443, Ape-Man married a Chinese midget lady named Wang Licker.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Originally, Keefer had no superhuman powers. He was an athletic man with a powerful build and considerable strength, and an excellent hand-to-hand combatant trained in boxing and wrestling techniques.
While employed by the Exterminator, Keefer wielded a "time-displacement ray" ("T-ray") gun that fired a ray which projected its victim into a limbo-like inter-dimensional void. The gun could thus "displace" a victim for a limited period of time, such as 30 minutes. A ray blast of sufficient intensity could exile a victim to the inter-dimensional void permanently.
Keefer was later subjected to an unknown mutagenic process administered by Count Nefaria's scientists which temporarily gave him a build resembling that of an ape, and gave him superhuman strength and enhanced his durability, agility, and reflexes.
[edit] Roy McVey
| Ape-Man II | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Daredevil #157 (Mar 1979) |
| Created by | Roger McKenzie, Mary Jo Duffy, and Gene Colan |
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| Alter ego | Roy McVey |
| Team affiliations | Ani-Men |
After the deaths of the original Ani-Men, the Death-Stalker recruits a new team of Ani-Men, with a new Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Cat-Man. He sends the new Ani-Men to capture Matt Murdock. The Death-Stalker murders Ape-Man and Cat-Man by electrocution upon the completion of their mission.[7]
[edit] Powers and abilities
McVey possessed the same abilities as the first Ape-Man, including ape-like superhuman strength, durability, agility, and reflexes.
