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 |copyright= [[Paul Hoppe]] <small>(?)</small>
 |index= '''''[[:Category:Featuring Merv the Griffin|List of appearances]]'''''
-}}'''Merv the Griffin''', also known as simply '''Griffin''', was a bipedal, anthropomorphic [[griffin]] from the [[Sixth Realm]]. He was summoned to [[Reality Z-25 31-H]] by [[Doctor Brain]] and magically compelled to seek out and destroy [[Captain Evening#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Captain Evening]]. After being freed from his magical binding by the Captain and [[Jenny Nowhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Jenny Nowhere]] (then posing as [[Jenny Everywhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Jenny Everywhere]]), Merv remained in this new universe in order to get his revenge on Doctor Brain and [[Jesse Brain|the Wicked Witch]], and ended up joining Captain Evening's [[The Odds|superhero team]].
+}}'''Merv the Griffin''', also known as simply '''Griffin''', was a bipedal, anthropomorphic [[demon]] [[griffin]] from the [[Sixth Realm]]. He was summoned to [[Reality Z-25 31-H]] by [[Doctor Brain]] and magically compelled to seek out and destroy [[Captain Evening#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Captain Evening]]. After being freed from his magical binding by the Captain and [[Jenny Nowhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Jenny Nowhere]] (then posing as [[Jenny Everywhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Jenny Everywhere]]), Merv remained in this new universe in order to get his revenge on Doctor Brain and [[Jesse Brain|the Wicked Witch]], and ended up joining Captain Evening's [[The Odds|superhero team]].
 ==Description==
 ===Physical appearance===
 Merv the Griffin was a muscular winged humanoid, taller than the average human man. He had clawed hands and a griffin-head whose beak was not clearly delineated from the rest of the face. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Tales To Behold (comic story)|Tales To Behold]]'')
 ===Personality===
 Merv was a creature of honour, who would dedicate himself to getting reparation if he felt that he had been wrong. He was not above showing emotion, however, as evidenced by his shameless cryng and other displays of despair when he thought that he would remain trapped in [[Reality Z-25 31-H]] forever due to his inability to find and defeat [[Captain Evening#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Captain Evening]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Tales To Behold (comic story)|Tales To Behold]]'')
 ==Biography==
 ===In Reality Z-21 31-H===
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 After it transpired that the entire attack had been staged by Captain Perfect as a publicity stunt, he was punched into the distance by Centennia. Impressed, Captain Evening asked Centennia if she would consider joining “the Odds”, and she seemed to agree. To celebrate their victory and Centennia's joining, Captain Evening organised a party at the Fortress, inviting “all his hero friends” — including the Odds, the [[Terrific Two]], [[Glow Girl]], [[Mysto the Space-Wizard]], [[the Big Bad Wolf#In Reality Z-25 31-H|the Big Bad Wolf]], [[Red Riding Hood#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Red Riding Hood]] and [[Terry Tornado]]. Among other things, the Captain grilled some steak on the roof, with Merv asking that his be cooked “very rare”. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Meanwhile, On Earth (comic story)|Meanwhile, On Earth]]'')
+[[File:Merv the Griffin vs Red Vicious.png|thumb|left|Merv is attacked by [[Red Vicious]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Meanwhile, In Queens (comic story)|Meanwhile, In Queens]]'')]]Soon thereafter, Merv and the rest of the other Odds were lured to a warehouse under the belief that it was [[Armagedda]]'s lair. It was actually a trap set up by [[Evil Cloak]], who had gathered all of the Odds' past foes and revealed herself as the same person as the “Jenny Everywhere” the Odds had been fighting with, who was actually [[Jenny Nowhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|an incarnation of Jenny Nowhere]]. Nowhere ordered the villains to attack the Odds, with Merv being attacked by a fellow [[demon]], [[Red Vicious]], who mocked him for being weak to fire. Realising that they, and the other fighting pairs, were ill-matched, Captain Evening soon told Merv to attack Captain Perfect while the Blue Knight took on Red Vicious. However, even then, Red Vicious tossed the Blue Knight ''at'' Merv. The battle went no further as, after Nowhere was abruptly killed by [[Gazoom]], a demonic entity she'd summoned using [[Doctor Brain's Portal]], the heroes and villains agreed to call it a tie and cease fighting. Back at the Fortress, Merv agreed to take a vacation from superhero work to go on a road trip with the Blue Knight and [[Armstrong Fatbuckle|Armstrong]], who wanted to show the other two the sights of 21st-century Earth. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Meanwhile, In Queens (comic story)|Meanwhile, In Queens]]'')
 ==== Fighting the Cosmic Solution ====
-[[File:Merv, Centennia and the Captain fly in.png|thumb|left|325px|Merv [[Centennia]] and [[Captain Evening#In Reality Z-25 31-H|the Captain]] fly to the rescue. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Journey Out Of Misery (comic story)|Journey Out Of Misery]]'')]]After an actual robot known as the [[Cosmic Solution]] began attacking [[New York City]] (having actually been sent by the [[Cosmic Order]] to carry out the destruction of humanity following [[Armagedda]]'s failure), [[Robot Madison]] summoned as many heroes as she could. Although a small team including [[Mysto the Space-Wizard]], [[Terry Tornado]], [[the Big Bad Wolf#In Reality Z-25 31-H|the Big Bad Wolf]], [[Red Riding Hood#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Red Riding Hood]] and [[the Human Tree]] got there first, [[Captain Evening#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Captain Evening]] soon answered the call, leading most of [[the Odds]] into battle on his [[Skycycle]] — the team consisting, in this instance, of him, [[Armstrong Fatbuckle]], [[Centennia]], [[the Blue Knight]], and Merv.
+[[File:Merv, Centennia and the Captain fly in.png|thumb|right|325px|Merv [[Centennia]] and [[Captain Evening#In Reality Z-25 31-H|the Captain]] fly to the rescue. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Journey Out Of Misery (comic story)|Journey Out Of Misery]]'')]]However, this plan was delayed for one last battle after an actual robot known as the [[Cosmic Solution]] began attacking [[New York City]] (having actually been sent by the [[Cosmic Order]] to carry out the destruction of humanity following [[Armagedda]]'s failure). Though [[Robot Madison]] summoned as many heroes as she could, meaning a small team including [[Mysto the Space-Wizard]], [[Terry Tornado]], [[the Big Bad Wolf#In Reality Z-25 31-H|the Big Bad Wolf]], [[Red Riding Hood#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Red Riding Hood]] and [[the Human Tree]] got there first, [[Captain Evening#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Captain Evening]] soon answered the call, leading most of [[the Odds]] into battle on his [[Skycycle]].
 As soon as he arrived, he ordered Centennia, Merv, the Human Tree, and anyone else noted for physical strength to try and keep the robot contained while he worked out a longer-term solution with Robot Madison. With [[Hank Richards]]'s surprise contribution, they managed to work out a scheme to distract the robot and drain power from him. It went off according to plan, although this had little bearing on how the threat was ultimately resolved, but as it wrestled itself free of the pile-on of heroes just before Evening connected it to Richards's device, the Solution punched Merv to the ground. He was only seen starting to get up, also helping the Captain up, just as the Solution finally left Earth after being called off by a different [[agent of the Cosmic Order (Journey Out Of Misery)|agent of the Cosmic Order]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Journey Out Of Misery (comic story)|Journey Out Of Misery]]'')