He is a foe of the original Doom Patrol whose name is derived from the antiquated concept of the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms in Linnaean taxonomy.

Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man first appeared in The Doom Patrol #89 (August 1964) and was created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani.

[2] Sven Larsen is a Swedish scientist and former student of Niles Caulder who gains shapeshifting abilities after falling into a vat of amino acids.

[3][4] In subsequent appearances, he allies with General Immortus and joins the Front Men, a team of guards at Mister Somebody Enterprises.

[8][9] The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man can change any part of his body into animal, vegetable, or mineral forms, as well as combining several more at once.