Shaggy Man is the name of several fictional characters which appear in comic books published by DC Comics. Publication history The Shaggy Man debuted in Justice League of America #45 (June 1966) and was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky. That story also introduced a second Shaggy Man created to combat the first. The original Shaggy Man returned in Justice League of America #104 (Feb. 1973). The second character reappeared in a one-shot story in Justice League of America #186 (Jan. 1981). Then the original Shaggy Man reappeared in Crisis on Infinite Earths #9-10 (Dec. 1985-Jan. 1986). Another version returned in JLA #24 - 26 (Dec. 1998 - Feb. 1999) and was updated and rechristened "the General" after General Wade Eiling had his mind transplanted into the creature. The General reappeared in the "World War III" storyline JLA #36 - 41 (Dec. 1999 - May 2000). A third Shaggy Man was created by Lex Luthor and debuted in Justice League of America Wedding Special (Nov. 2007), the first chapter of a storyline that continued in Justice League of America #13-15 (Nov. 2007 - Jan. 2008). A fifth Shaggy Man was created by Professor Ivo and debuted in Justice League of America Vol. 3 #4. He later returned as a tool of Black Manta and N.E.M.O. in Aquaman: Rebirth #8-9 (2016). Writer Mike Conroy noted that the Shaggy Man was "a mountainous cross between Frankenstein's monster and the Sasquatch". Fictional character biographies First Shaggy Man The Shaggy Man is the creation of Professor Andrew Zagarian, a scientist who invented "plastalloy", a synthetic human tissue substitute, similar to plastic, that can be used for organ transplants. Professor Zagarian built the Shaggy Man by splicing his material with salamander DNA. As a result of a power surge, it transformed into an artificial lifeform resembling a hulking hairy human-shaped creature that can rapidly regenerate. Essentially mindless, the creature then attacked anything that moved. The Justice League attempted to stop the creature, but the Shaggy Man held them all off until the Flash suggests that Zagarian create a second creature to fight the first. The League then sealed the two monsters inside a deep pit, where they could battle each other indefinitely. Shaggy Man is eventually freed by villain Hector Hammond and transported to the JLA satellite; Green Lantern uses his power ring to shrink the monster to miniature size and imprison