He is a dough-like artificial lifeform who was created by and often appears in association with Arnim Zola.

Doughboy has made limited appearances in media outside comics, with Grant Moninger voicing him in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

[1] Doughboy is an artificial dough-like lifeform created by Arnim Zola to be his servant.

[7][8][9][10] Thor seemingly kills Doughboy, but he later resurfaces and battles the Thunderbolts in China.

[11] Doughboy has a malleable body that enables him to fly, shapeshift, and absorb matter to grow in size.