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Mercurio the 4-D Man (abbreviation of four dimensional - a feature of Mercurio's home world) is a...

Mercurio the 4-D Man (abbreviation of four dimensional - a feature of Mercurio's home world) is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Mercurio first appears in Thor #208 (vol. 1, Feb. 1973) and was created by Gerry Conway and John Buscema. Mercurio is a native of the planet Gramos, a world threatened with extinction when a gravitational distortion blocks out all sunlight. In a bid to save Gramos, Mercurio was chosen as a government psycho-explorer to project his consciousness across the galaxy to Earth, where he takes control of a wealthy landlord and uses his resources to build a device to siphon off Earth's electro-magnetic field. Mercurio also detects strange energies coming from the offices of Dr. Donald Blake, the alter-ego of the Thunder God Thor. Witnessing a transformation from Blake to Thor, Mercurio siphons off some of the magical energy in an attempt to transport his body across space to Earth. The process is only partially successful as the left side of Mercurio's body is turned blue-black and his normal fire-generating ability is changed to ice (on the left side only). Mercurio then battles Thor and the Warriors Three in an