Mammothman

Mammothman is a mammoth chojin who appeared as a member of Kinnikuman Super Phoenix’s team during the final story arc of the manga. His trademark was extending tusks that seemed to have a mind of their own, and would seek out and consume any exposed blood nearby.

He reappears in Kinnikuman Nisei disguised as the teddy bear Michael, teaming up with Warsman as his tag team partner to form the “Hell’s Bears”. His identity was hinted at when Neptuneman tasted and recognized the ice that fell out of Michael’s costume.

Mammothman first appeared at Kinnikuman’s coronation, where he prevented Kinnikuman from attacking Super Phoenix, his master. In the first round of the tournament, he quickly showed his power by slaughtering Kinnikuman Big Body’s entire team, but tied on purpose with Cannonballer to allow Super Phoenix to be the one to fight Big Body. Mammothman next saw action in the six-man match between team Super Phoenix and Team Soldier. In a clash of titans he singled out Buffaloman and the two eventually engaged in a battle of possession of Soldier’s Muscle Prophecy page. Buffaloman eventually took him out with a Buffalo Bomb but soon after fell to his death into the canyon below. When Mammothman regained consciousness he took the page and threw it into a torch, causing Soldier to begin disappearing. Later, after learning of Warsman’s training to defeat the Big Tusks, Mammothman ambushed Warsman forcing him to drop out of the finals.

Mammothman’s final battle was in another six-man match against Kinnikuman, Neptuneman (disguised as The Samurai) and Robin Mask. For the most part, Mammothman fought Robin, doing a number on the hero with his blood-seeking tusks. To make the fight “more interesting,” Super Phoenix started to burn the pages of both of the choujin from the Muscle Prophecy book. The pages’ destruction was akin to the choujin never having existed. Robin, master strategist as always, deduced the weakness of the tusks and spilled blood onto Mammothman himself. His tusks turned against him and impaled Mammothman. Robin defeated Mammothman with a Rope Work Tower Bridge. Both, however, disappeared with the immolation of their prophecy book pages, Mammothman crying his hatred for everyone assembled.