Michael Grant (Earth-AD)

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Real Name: Michael Grant
Nicknames: No known nicknames
Former Aliases: No known former aliases
Other Current Aliases: No other known current aliases

Status

Occupation: Scientist
Legal Status: Michael Grant was a legal citizen of Earth-AD, in the years leading up to the Great Disaster; criminal record unknown
Identity: Public
Marital Status: Marital status unknown
Group Affiliation: No known group affiliation
Base of Operations: Washington DC, Earth-AD

Origin

Place of Birth: Place of birth unknown
Place of Death: Washington DC, Earth-AD
Known Relatives: No known relatives
First Appearance: Kamandi #16
Final Appearance: Kamandi #16

History

Many years ago, on an Earth of an alternate dimension, there lived a man named Dr. Michael Grant. Grant was a scientist who had developed an experimental chemical agent known as Cortexin. He tested his mutagenic drug on several species of animals inside of his laboratory including, apes, rats, bats and tigers. The exact purpose or nature of the Cortexin compound remains shrouded in mystery however.

Shortly after beginning the initial stages of his experiments, the world fell sway to a global catastrophe commonly referred to as the Great Disaster. Earthquakes and tidal waves erupted all across the globe and the nations of Earth found themselves at the mercy of nuclear Armageddon. Dr. Grant did not survive long enough to see his experiments come to fruition, but the lasting after-effects produced a legacy that would endure for centuries.

A large section of the Earth was rendered uninhabitable due to atmospheric nuclear radiation. However, the radiation produced a mutagenic side-effect with the surviving Cortexin-infected animals from Dr. Grant's labs. Not only were they safe from the long-term side-effects of nuclear fallout, but the strange drug permanently altered their genetic structure. With each successive generation, the various animal species began to evolve adopting specific physical human characteristics. Within two human generations, apes, birds, felines, canines and many other breeds were developing heightened intellect, bipedal locomotion, extra fingers, toes, thumbs and even the ability to articulate.

As each race grew in strength and numbers, they began to form primitive tribal societies and family clans. Many of the clans did not live in harmony with their cousins, and a culture of survival of the fittest soon developed among them.

Characteristics

Height: Height unknown
Weight: Weight unknown
Eyes: Eye colour unknown
Hair: Hair colour unknown
Unusual Features: No unusual features

Powers

Known Powers: No known powers.
Known Abilities: Michael Grant was proficient in the field of genetics.
Strength Level: Strength level unknown

Miscellaneous

Equipment: No known equipment.
Transportation: No known transportation.
Weapons: No known weapons.

Notes

Doctor Michael Grant was created by writer/artist, Jack Kirby.

Michael Grant has never made a canonical appearance. All knowledge of him has been revealed through flashbacks from Kamandi #16.

As Earth-AD ceased to exist with the collapse of the Multiverse during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Dr. Grant's existence is considered apocryphal by modern standards.

Trivia

Doctor Grant lived during the time of O.M.A.C. (One-Man Army Corps), though there is no record of the two ever having met one another.

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References

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This character is exclusive to the continuity of Earth-AD.
This version of Michael Grant (Earth-AD), including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the Multiverse in the 1985-86 Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series and is now considered apocryphal. Characters inclusive to Earth-AD continuity includes those who appeared in the original OMAC comic book series and the original Kamandi comic book series.

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