TRI-MAN

Classification: Terrestrial android

Creator: Masked Marauder

User/Possessors: Masked Marauder;
created via the abilities of Brain, Dancer, and Mangler;
loosely allied with the Gladiator (Melvin Potter)

Aliases: Tri-Android

First Appearance: Daredevil I#22 (November, 1966)

Powers/Abilities/Functions: The Tri-Man possessed the great (but not superhuman) strength of Mangler, the speed of Dancer, and the intellect of the Brain.

History:
(Daredevil I#22) - Seeking to prove himself worthy of heading the Maggia after the imprisonment of their former leader, Count Nefaria (@ X-Men I##23), the Masked Marauder designed the Tri-Man android. He combined the abilities of three criminals into his android and then informed the Maggia to watch his Tri-Man defeat Daredevil at Madison Square Garden. Daredevil got wind of the challenge and met the Tri-Man in the middle of the ring. However, despite the abilities of the Tri-Man, Daredevil's skills proved superior, and the android was soon on the ropes.

Knowing there was some connection between Daredevil and Foggy Nelson and Karen Page, the Masked Marauder threatened to kill his two friends if Daredevil didn't surrender.

(Daredevil I#23) - Daredevil paused to decide how to react, and the Marauder used a "levitation" device to sweep away the Tri-Man. Daredevil grabbed the Tri-Man's legs at the last minute, which is just what the Marauder had wanted, and DD arrived at his HQ in one of those nifty transparent containment tubes. The Marauder planned to add Daredevil's abilities into his Tri-Man (making him a Tetra-Man, I guess), but DD broke free. The Brain, Dancer, and Mangler each went after Daredevil, but none of them had any more luck than did the Tri-Man. DD defeated them all, as well as Gladiator, and the Maggia told the Masked Marauder to go take a long walk off a short pier.
 

Comments: Written with rapture by Stan Lee and drawn with drama by Gene Colan.

Clarifications:
This android is the predecessors of:

• Tri-Man, aka Tri-Animan, @ Werewolf by Night I#42
• Tri-Man, aka Birdroid and Bombdroid, @ Spectacular Spider-Man II#25

and is otherwise unconnected to other "Tri" or "Three" characters

Brain has no known connection to:

• Brain, Otto von Schmittsder, the disembodied head, @ Adventures into Terror#6
• Brain 2020, of the Midnight Wreckers, @ Machine Man II#1
• other "Brain" characters

Mangler has no known connection to:

• Mangler, Daniels, the brother of Spear, @ Power Man I#34
• Mangler, the strength augmented former agent of Power Broker, @ Captain America I#328
• Mangler Mike of Earth-Shadowline, a former professional wrestler, @ Powerline#1

Brain

An underworld mastermind

--Daredevil#22 (23

Dancer

A master safecracker known for his speed and agility

--Daredevil#22 (23

Mangler

A down-and-out wrestler who couldn't get any more matches because the other wrestlers were a-scared of him.

--Daredevil#22 (23

Appearances:
Daredevil I#22-23 (November-December, 1966) - Stan Lee (writer/editor), Gene Colan (pencils), Frank Giacoia (inks)

Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

Last Updated: 01/23/03

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