PUPPY
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Inhuman
canine mutate
Occupation: Pet
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Bounty, Caledonia
(Alysande
Stuart of Earth-9809), Dione,
Fantastic Four (Human Torch/Johnny Storm,
Invisible Woman/Sue Richards, Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards, Thing/Ben
Grimm), Hercules (Alcaeus), Marvel Girl (Valeria von Doom of
Earth-99315),
Alyssa Moy, Persephone,
Franklin Richards, Sinbad,
Wonder Man (Simon Williams)
Enemies: The armies of Hades, the Avengers (Captain America (Steve Rogers), Firestar (Angelica Jones), Justice (Vance Astrovik), Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff), Thor (Thor Odinson)) (they were nanite-controlled), Awesome Android, the Bacchae (Hippolyta, others), Cerberus, Hela, Jihad and his hydra, Kraven, Pluto (Hades)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations:
Pier Four, Manhatten, New York, USA
First Appearance:
Fantastic Four III#9 (September, 1998)
Powers/Abilities:
Puppy
was able to teleport
himself and others within a close proximity vast distances, even
interdimensionally. Being a dog, he
also had very keen senses, especially a sense of smell.
Height: 2'6"
(at the shoulder)
Weight: 260 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown and white
History:
(Fantastic
Four
III#9 (fb) - BTS)
– After Franklin Richards became overly fearful about monsters, the
Human
Torch, Spider-Man and Caledonia got Puppy for Franklin, after finding
Puppy, whom was being tracked by Kraven the Hunter, in the abandoned
ruins of the former Four Freedoms Plaza building.
(Fantastic
Four III#9) – As
Invisible Woman and Mr. Fantastic were arguing about Franklin’s fear of
monsters, the Human Torch interrupted, claiming he had a solution to
the
problem. He then opened the door, revealing Puppy, who instantly fell
in love
with Franklin.
(Fantastic
Four III#10) – After
tucking Franklin in for the night, Mr. Fantastic petted Puppy on the
head,
commenting that the antennae on Puppy’s head suggested where Puppy came
from.
Mr. Fantastic continued to ponder how they might send Puppy home but
then monologued
that doing so would not only break Franklin’s heart, but Puppy’s as
well.
(Fantastic
Four III#20) – Puppy
joined Alyssa Moy, Caledonia and Franklin Richards as they relaxed with
a slew
of rental videos. Puppy, among the other guests, was shocked to see the
emergence of Earth-99315’s Valeria von Doom from the Pier Four bathroom.
(Fantastic
Four III#21) – Puppy
was captured, along with Alyssa Moy, Franklin Richards, Caledonia, the
extradimensional Bounty and Earth-99315’s Marvel Girl, and taken to
Club Danae
by Hippolyta and her Bacchae. When Caledonia began battling Hippolyta,
Alyssa
Moy tried to lead Puppy and the others to safety but were stopped by
other
members of the Bacchae. The Bacchae eventually retreated when Pluto
disappeared, with them and Caledonia in tow, and Puppy quickly
discovered their
scent. Marvel Girl then announced that Puppy would teleport her and
Bounty to
rescue Caledonia but Puppy immediately went to Franklin Richards’ side.
Despite
her objections, Marvel Girl agreed to let Franklin accompany them since
Puppy
would not go with them unless Franklin also came. Puppy then teleported
them
all away but mistakenly teleported them all to the Asgardian Hel, where
Hela
prepared to punish them for transgressing on her realm. After Bounty
threatened
Hela’s life, they all quickly had Puppy teleport them away from Hel,
arriving
shortly thereafter in the Greek Tartarus. Finding the Bacchae there,
Puppy ran
after some of them while Bounty and Marvel Girl battled them as well.
Hippolyta
soon unleashed Cerberus and the armies of Hades on the assembled
Fantastic Four
associates. During the fight, Puppy remained by Alyssa Moy’s side,
helping her
to defend herself. When the odds began to become overwhelming, Marvel
Girl
asked Franklin to have Puppy teleport them out of there but Franklin
replied
that Puppy was too scared. Hercules then arrived, along with the
Fantastic Four
and Pluto’s wife Persephone, to demand that Pluto release the children.
Despite
Pluto’s pleas that the children had invaded Hades, Persephone announced
that
they had good reason and ordered Pluto to end hostilities.
(Fantastic
Four III#23 (fb) –
BTS) – Marvel Girl used Franklin and Puppy to teleport into Reed
Richards’ lab
so that she could use his equipment to investigate the nanites inside
the
Thing’s body from afar.
(Fantastic
Four III#23 (fb)) –
While Reed Richards and Alysande Stuart contemplated the idea that
Franklin
Richards could have created Earth-99315’s Marvel Girl from his own
imagination,
Franklin was feeding Puppy a bag of potato chips. Marvel Girl warned
Franklin
that if Puppy barfed, Franklin would be cleaning it up. Puppy later
accompanied
Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman and Marvel Girl to a San Diego
industrial plant
near Miramar Naval Air Strip, where Marvel Girl had deduced the source
of the
nanites that had recently infected the Thing, She-Hulk and Bounty.
After Marvel
Girl was nearly infected by nanites present in the plant, Invisible
Woman had
Puppy teleport them out of the plant. Puppy teleported them to the San
Diego
Convention Center, where the San Diego Comic Con was going on with
special
guests, the Avengers. Arriving with Puppy just as the Avengers had been
infected by nanites and the Mad Thinker’s Awesome Android was
rampaging,
(Fantastic
Four 1999 Annual)
– While the Fantastic Four and Alyssa Moy test drove a flying vehicle
designed
by Moy and the Thing, Franklin stayed at Pier Four playing with Puppy
and being
supervised by Caledonia and Marvel Girl. Puppy appeared shocked with
the others
when a mystic wave erupted and destroyed the vehicle, and licked Mr.
Fantastic
when the Fantastic Four emerged from the wreckage.
(Fantastic
Four III#24 (fb) –
BTS) – Sensing an approaching chaos storm, Puppy began whining and
bouncing in
circles. He then attempted to pull the Fantastic Four and Franklin into
the
center of Pier Four, sensing that they would be safest there. Curious
about
what could be going on outside to make Puppy act in such a way, the
Fantastic
Four, Franklin, Caledonia and Marvel Girl went onto the Pier Four roof
to have
a look over Manhattan.
(Fantastic
Four III#24) – A chaos
flash erupted through Manhattan, causing the Fantastic Four and Puppy
to view
various alternate versions of Manhattan within seconds. Later, while
the
Fantastic Four were going over data collected by Mr. Fantastic about
the chaos
flash, Franklin rode Puppy around Pier Four, spying on the Human Torch
and
Caledonia before going to catalogue supplies. Growing bored, Franklin
overheard
the Thing’s voice and rode Puppy over to check it out. Finding the
Thing
communicating with various heroes about the impending crisis, Franklin
left and
rode Puppy over to Mr. Fantastic’s lab, where Marvel Girl offered to
play with
Franklin. While Marvel Girl played ball with Franklin and Puppy, Mr.
Fantastic
viewed various theories on avoiding the chaos storm via his lab’s
holograms.
Later that night, Puppy laid on the floor while the Fantastic Four had
a dinner
together with their friends. The following morning, the chaos wave
struck
Earth, generating a massive tidal wave. The Fantastic Four placed Puppy
and
Franklin into a protection rocket just before the wave hit.
(The
Fantastic 4th Voyage
of Sinbad) – When Franklin Richards and Marvel Girl returned home from
school, Puppy ran around them, excited about their return. Later that
night, a
mystical villain named Jihad released a giant multi-headed creature
within Pier
Four, prompting Puppy to bark at the creature. When the Fantastic Four
tried
fighting Jihad, they (along with Puppy) found themselves waking up
aboard an
ancient seafaring ship. Unsure of where they were, Mr. Fantastic placed
Franklin and Puppy in the ship’s crow’s nest to look for signs of land.
Later,
after all aboard investigated the ship and learned that they were the
only ones
onboard, Puppy and Franklin watched as the Fantastic Four went over the
ship’s
navigational charts. Later, when the Fantastic Four found an island
containing the All-Seeing Eye artifact they were searching for, Marvel
Girl argued that while the Fantastic Four retrieved the Eye, she and
Caledonia could find the captured Human Torch. Mr. Fantastic
immediately told Marvel Girl she was to remain onboard their ship, out
of danger, and Franklin whispered to Puppy that Mr. Fantastic meant
business. Puppy later accompanied the FF as they ventured nearer to
Jihad on the back of a giant bird. Once they were close enough, Puppy
teleported the Fantastic Four into battle against Jihad. During the
fight against Jihad, Puppy bit Jihad on the leg. Once Jihad had been
banished, Puppy joined the Fantastic Four in celebrating their victory
and laid down to rest as the team mingled. Sinbad then led their ship
back to New York, where the Fantastic Four and their allies went home
to Pier Four.
Comments: Created by Chris Claremont, Salvador Larroca and Art Thibert.
Puppy had an entry in the Marvel Pets Handbook (2009).
A
chess piece of Puppy is visible on Roma's chessboard in FF #10,
suggesting he was a pawn in a game she was playing. Given how contrived
his discovery was, and how contrived the situation with Caledonia being
rescued by the Torch was (more on that below), I'd say there was every
chance Roma had arranged for Puppy to be found and brought into the FF
family.
---Loki
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Puppy has no known connections to
Official Handbook of the Marvel
Universe A-Z HC Vol. 9, p94, Puppy entry main image (Puppy, main image)
Fantastic 4th Voyage of Sinbad, p46, pan2 (Puppy, headshot)
Appearances:
Fantastic Four III#9
(September, 1998) – Chris Claremont (writer), Salvador Larroca
(pencils), Art
Thibert (inks), Mark Powers (editor)
Fantastic Four III#10 (October, 1998) – Chris Claremont (writer),
Salvador
Larroca (pencils), Art Thibert (inks), Mark Powers (editor)
Fantastic Four III#20 (August, 1999) – Chris Claremont (writer),
Salvador
Larroca (pencils), Art Thibert (inks), Bobbie Chase (editor)
Fantastic Four III#21 (September, 1999) – Chris Claremont (writer),
Salvador
Larroca (pencils), Art Thibert (inks), Bobbie Chase (editor)
Fantastic Four III#23 (November, 1999) – Chris Claremont (writer),
Salvador
Larroca (pencils), Art Thibert (inks), Bobbie Chase (editor)
Fantastic Four 1999 Annual (1999) – Chris Claremont (writer),
Jose
Ladronn
(art), Bobbie Chase (editor)
Fantastic Four III#24 (December, 1999) – Chris Claremont (writer),
Salvador
Larroca (pencils), Bobbie Chase (editor)
The Fantastic 4th Voyage of Sinbad (September,
2001) – Chris
Claremont (writer), Pascual Ferry (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Andrew
Lis
(assist editor), Bobbie Chase (exec editor)
Last updated: 07/05/14
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