History: (Challengers of the Unknown vol. 1 #47)-Miklos was a deep-sea sponge-diver who came upon a strange meteorite with a sponge growing on it. Accidentally cutting himself on the meteorite, he soon found himself imbued with its' energies, and became a Sponge-Man. He sought the help of the Challengers of the Unknown to cure his condition, and they promised to find a cure. Unfortunately his next-door neighbor, a former con named Stacy, was eavesdropping and dreamed up a scheme to manipulate him. Stacy concocted a story about a foreign doctor who could cure him, but saying the treatment would cost a small fortune. Although reluctant to the suggestion, Sponge-Man consented to help Stacy rob an armored truck, and later steal a Rembrandt being transported on a cargo ship. The Challengers confronted Sponge-Man and presented him with Stacy's rap sheet. Angry at being used, and feeling full of despair, he began wandering the countryside in a daze, absorbing everything in his path and growing to colossal proportions. He snapped out of it when he witnessed a forest fire endangering the lives of small children, and released enough water to put out the blaze. The Challengers again offered their help to him, but Sponge-Man decided he no longer had a place in human society. Sponge-Man dove to the bottom of the sea, sat on a rock, and prepared himself for a lifetime of solitude.