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Plantman

Plantman is the name of two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics: Samuel Smithers (created by Stan Lee, Joe Carter, and Dick Ayers) and Paul (created by Nick Spencer and Ramon Rosanas), both with the ability to control plants, Samuel via technology and Paul via biology. Samuel also goes by the name Blackheath as a…

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Publisher
Marvel Comics
Abilities
Plant manipulation · Device usage
Alter ego
Samuel Smithers Paul
Created by
Samuel Smithers: · Stan Lee & Joe Carter (co-writers) · Dick Ayers (artist) · Paul: · Nick Spencer (writer)
First appearance
Samuel Smithers: · Strange Tales #113 (October 1963) · Paul: · The Astonishing Ant-Man #7 (April 2016)
Notable aliases
Blackheath

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Plantman

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples64
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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Plantman

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related to history · 10
Plantman → Dick Ayers, Jerry Siegel, Joe Carter, Nick Spencer, Ramon Rosanas, Stan Lee, Strange Tales, The Astonishing Ant-Man, The Paul, The Samuel Smithers
related to Paul · 9
Plantman → App, Firebrand, Flying Tiger, He, Helmut Zemo's, Hench, New Masters, Paul, Power Broker Inc
related to Other versions · 8
Plantman → An, Earth-1610, Earth-20051, Marvel Adventures, Samuel Smithers, This, Ultimate Comics, X-Men
related to Samuel Smithers · 8
Plantman → American, Mocked, Plantman's, President, Samuel Smithers, The Avengers, United States, Utilizing
Created by · 6
Plantman → Dick Ayers (artist), Nick Spencer (writer), Paul:, Ramon Rosanas (artist), Samuel Smithers:, Stan Lee & Joe Carter (co-writers)
related to In other media · 6
Plantman → Captain, Charlie Adler, My Captain, Show, The Samuel Smithers, The Super Hero Squad
First appearance · 4
Plantman → Paul:, Samuel Smithers:, Strange Tales #113 (October 1963), The Astonishing Ant-Man #7 (April 2016)
related to Powers and abilities · 4
Plantman → Both, Paul, Terraformer, The Samuel Smithers
Abilities · 2
Plantman → Device usage, Plant manipulation
Alter ego · 1
Plantman → Samuel Smithers Paul

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thunderbolts samuel smithers blackheath paul plants hawkeye stan plant marvel comics created avengers first device powers lee joe carter dick

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PlantmanAbilitiesPlant manipulation1.00infobox
PlantmanAbilitiesDevice usage1.00infobox
PlantmanAlter egoSamuel Smithers Paul1.00infobox
PlantmanCreated bySamuel Smithers:1.00infobox
PlantmanCreated byStan Lee & Joe Carter (co-writers)1.00infobox
PlantmanCreated byDick Ayers (artist)1.00infobox
PlantmanCreated byPaul:1.00infobox
PlantmanCreated byNick Spencer (writer)1.00infobox
PlantmanCreated byRamon Rosanas (artist)1.00infobox
PlantmanFirst appearanceSamuel Smithers:1.00infobox
PlantmanFirst appearanceStrange Tales #113 (October 1963)1.00infobox
PlantmanFirst appearancePaul:1.00infobox
PlantmanFirst appearanceThe Astonishing Ant-Man #7 (April 2016)1.00infobox
PlantmanNotable aliasesBlackheath1.00infobox
PlantmanPublisherMarvel Comics1.00infobox
PlantmanSpeciesHuman mutate1.00infobox
PlantmanTeam affiliationsThunderbolts Maggia New Enforcers Lethal Legion1.00infobox
Plantmanis aname of two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics0.90text

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