A battle with the Avengers soon followed, where the Grey Gargoyle managed to petrify Iron Man's armor, but was restored to human form by Scarlet Witch and easily recaptured. He attempted to return to his old penthouse apartment, but was outraged to discover it had been sold to a new resident.

He spent some time as a space pirate, but eventually returned to Earth. facility, but was foiled by Captain America and Falcon, who ended up shooting the villain into space. The Grey Gargoyle attempted to steal a mysterious compound known as Element X from a secret S.H.I.E.L.D.

Tony had only managed to survive because his cousin Morgan had taken him to his car, where Tony plugged his armor into a cigarette adapter, allowing it to recharge. and is left near death as the battle leaves his armor's life support reserves nearly depleted. Iron Man arrives to stop the attempted theft, but only narrowly defeats the Grey Gargoyle. After being defeated by Thor twice, Duval seeks to gain an edge by breaking into Stark Industries to steal an experimental cobalt weapon. Since childhood, he had been fascinated with the ancient Norse myths about the Aesir and the Golden Apples since Thor's presence had proven those myths to be true, Duval sought to claim the Apples for himself. After learning of the existence of the Avengers, the Grey Gargoyle travels to New York to challenge Thor. The Grey Gargoyle becomes the most successful thief in Europe, but becomes bored by the lack of challenge. Deciding to use this newfound power for personal gain, Duval turned to crime, calling himself the Grey Gargoyle. When he touched the other hand, his entire body turned to stone for one hour, as did anything he touched. One day, while working with unknown compounds, some of the volatile chemicals he was working with splashed onto his right hand, turning it into stone-like substance which nevertheless retained full articulation.

Paul Pierre Duvall was originally a promising young chemist at a biotech research company in Paris. Initially an enemy of Thor, he has also had numerous clashes with Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and Iron Man.ĭr. The Grey Gargoyle is a Marvel Comics supervillain created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Resembles a living statue in transformed state

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