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You mean attention like this?
A guy wrote a poem about FFF and read it an open-mic thing somewere, and listed the poem on his site. A highlight:
My slumber of 1,000 years
is THROUGH
There is nothing mankind can do
Beware the fury
of
FIN FANG FOOM
I will smash
I will crush
I will eat this whole country
I am unstoppable
So says the ancient and strong
FIN FANG FOOM
Uh......rrrrright. Apparently FFF used to talk a lot and have a distinctly Dr. Doom vibe to his speech patterns.
and these bits of info:
On the island-nation of Formosa, Chan Liu Chow heard rumors of an invasion of his homeland by Communist Chinese forces. From his studies of ancient legends, Chan heard of the legend of the dragon Fin Fang Foom. Chan headed to China to the site of the crypt where the dragon slumbered. Using a special herb, Chan roused the monster from his sleep, then lured the dragon towards a battalion of armed troops and ships of the Red Chinese invasion force. Fin Fang Foom's rampage ended the threat of an invasion as he destroyed the army's weapons. Chan lured the dragon back to the crypt and used another herb which caused the dragon to once again fall asleep.
Fin Fang Foom (or else another monster that resembled him) was later seen among a group of monsters being held in the Collector's subterranean museum beneath the surface of Canada. The monsters escaped captivity during the Collector's battle with the Mole Man, and some of the monsters attacked New York City, but were fought off by an alliance of the Thing, the Hulk, Giant-Man, and the Beast. The defeated monsters were later dispatched into the Negative Zone.
The real Fin Fang Foom was revived by Dr. Vault and joined forces with IT the Living Colossus to battle an invasion of gargoyles from Stonus Five (see Gorgolla).
Fin Fang Foom and the dragon aliens were manipulated by Iron Man's nemesis, The Mandarin, to attack the human race, but later all the dragons turned against The Mandarin. It took the combined efforts of Iron Man and The Mandarin to defeat Fin Fang Foom and the dragons; all were apparently disintegrated.
Demonstrated Powers: Fin Fang Foom had great strength and could destroy buildings and military vehicles. Fin Fang Foom was intelligent and could speak. In later appearances, Fin Fang Foom was shown using his wings for flight and breathing fire from his mouth.
In Iron Man # 272, it was revealed that Fin Fang Foom was one of the survivors of a spacecraft which crashlanded on Earth centuries ago (see Axon-Karr). The spacecraft was from a race of dragon-like aliens called the Makluans from the Andromeda galaxy. Most of the Makluan survivors took on human form in China (the dragons could alter their size and shape, which could explain why Fin Fang Foom's size changed so much in his history). The Makluan technology from the wreckage was used by Iron Man's nemesis The Mandarin in Tales of Suspense # 62.
Status: Alien Dragon
Planet of Origin: Kakaranathara/Andromeda Galaxy (see comment)
Comment: In Iron Man # 263, it was revealed that “Fin Fang Foom” is a crude translation of a long and complex name which means “He whose limbs shatter mountains and whose back scrapes the sun”. |
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