Read more about Collective Man at: Wikipedia Official Site: Marvel Entertainment The Collective Man (Sun, Chang, Ho, Lin, and Han Tao-Yu) is a fictional character, a Chinese superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. The Collective Man is actually an identity shared by the Tao-Yu brothers, a set of quintuplets. They possess the mutant power to merge into one body, which variously possesses the collective abilities of all five men or of all of the people of China. The brothers also share a psychic/spiritual link that allows them to telepathically communicate and teleport to one another. The Collective Man first appeared in Incredible Hulk #250 (August 1980), and was created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema. The character subsequently appears in Marvel Super-Heroes: Contest of Champions #1-3 (June–August 1982), Incredible Hulk #279 (January 1983), Marvel Comics Presents #55 (1990), X-Force Annual #3 (1994), Citizen V and the V Battalion: The Everlasting #1-3 (April–June 2001), X-Men Vol. 2 #159-160 (September–October 2004), X-Men: The 198 Files #1 (January 2006), X-Men Vol. 2 #183 (April 2006), Civil War: X-Men #1 (September 2006), #4 (December 2006), Thunderbolts: International Incident (April 2008) The Collective Man received an entry in the original Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #2, and in the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #2 (2006). |
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Collective Man