Living Laser

The Living Laser is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Don Heck and first showed up in The Avengers #34 (November 1966). He would become a recurring enemy of Iron Man and plays a key role in the end of "Iron Man; The Inevitable" mini series

The Living Laser (Arthur Parks) started out as a scientist that invented small, wrist mounted lasers and used them for criminal pursuits. At one point he was a member of the Lethal Legion and at another point he was poised to take over the world due to his possession of the Serpent Crown, but is foiled by the Avengers. At one point it appeared that the Living Laser exploded in space, but in reality his body was transformed into photon form, making him an actual living laser.

Publication history

The character first appeared in Avengers #34 (Nov. 1966) and was created by Stan Lee, Artie Simek and Don Heck.

The Living Laser debuted in The Avengers #34 (Nov. 1966) as Arthur Parks, a scientist who created wrist-mounted laser units and a costume (writer Mike Conroy stated "Arthur Parks was a scientist sufficiently proficient to design laser projectors small enough to wear on his wrists, quite the achievement in 1966.")