The Shaggy Man debuted in Justice League of America #45 (June 1966) and was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky.

[2] The Shaggy Man is a synthetic humanoid created by Professor Andrew Zagarian using plastic-like artificial tissue and salamander DNA.

General Wade Eiling later recovers Shaggy Man's body and transfers his consciousness into it to prevent his inevitable death from a brain tumor.

[4] After Batman sends it into space, Shaggy Man returns in Crisis on Infinite Earths, where Green Arrow kills it.

[13] In Brightest Day, Simon Stagg performs an unknown experiment that enables his assistant Java to transform into a Shaggy Man.

This version is a robot created by Professor Ivo who wears a fur coating and is a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains.