Creation

Gus debuted in the first issue of Strange Academy by Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos

Major Story Arcs

Solve for X

Gus was part of a group of students that were using mathematics to decipher ancient texts and better understand magic. Impressed, Zelma Stanton had surprised them with a field trip to New York City where they will compete in the Multiversal Math Bowl. This year, it was being held at Brooklyn Visions Academy. In addition to Shaylee, the team consisted of: Doyle, German, Shaylee, and Toth. Once there, they get to meet Dr. Erasmus Dawnbright, aka Equation, the leading expert on "enchantimatics," the math of magic, and fairyworld exile. Between defending him from a fairy posse with the help of Spider-Man and both Earth schools getting first and second in the math bowl, Strange Academy made quite the impression on Equation. He has an important project he was looking to recruit for, and he believed Doyle and Shaylee were the two for the job.

Unfortunately, Zelma thought that was a bad idea, so Equation decided to trap her in his mathematics book. Same with Toth, Germān, and Guslaug who had figured out that Equation faked the fairy raid to test the participants. Doyle and Shaylee were none the wiser, but thankfully, Germān was able to get as astral projection to Spider-Man to ask for help. Spidey was led back to the book where he released Gus and the others so that they could rescue Shaylee and Doyle, who were being used by Equation.

After they freed Shaylee, their strategy was for Shaylee to pretend to be in his thrall, so that they could get close to him. When they found him, he had already derealized Doyle and was about to do the same to all of magic. He immediately figured her out and overwhelmed the group, stealing the Book of Enchantimatics. However, German remained inside the book and pulled both Equation and all his classmates in with him, where they were able to overwhelm Equation with their own math formulas.

Afterward, with the help of a recently resurrected Doctor Strange, they were able to re-realize Doyle.

Powers and Abilities

Frost Giant: Gus is a Frost Giant. He is especially tall with blue skin and an immunity to cold temperatures

• Pym Particles: Using Pym Particles, Guslaug is able to modify his height so that he can live in the dorms and attend classes with his fellow students.

Magic: Gus is a magical apprentice and is currently being trained in multiple crafts of magic.

Variants

Doyle's Time Hop

When Doyle travels to an alternate future, he sees a showdown of adult Strange Academy students over a prophecy where either himself of Emily Bright would destroy the world while the other opposes them. Gus sided with Doyle on the villainous side.