Other Appearances: Gargoyles #6
Created by: Martin Pasko & Mort Todd
The Medusa Device was a weapon created by Dr. Phobos, by analysis of
the factors that enable gargoyles to enter stone sleep. When Xanatos came
to Phobos's Gen-U-Tech Island to see the completed
weapon, he wound up competing with Demona over
it. The Manhattan Clan, however, tracked the industrialist to the artificial
island. Xanatos used a tazer to stun
Demona, then took the device, mounting it on a specially-designed Steel
Clan exoframe and using its petrification ability against the clan.
The weapon was torn from the suit's body by Phobos's genetically engineered bodyguard, Venus, and thrown to the ground- at Demona's feet. Demona used the weapon to turn Dr. Phobos to stone after he initiated Gen-U-Tech Island's self-destruct sequence, and then used it herself against the clan, battling them on the disintegrating island. Venus flew at her in attack, and Demona turned her to stone, but the hybrid's momentum knocked them both off a collapsing cliff, into the water. Despite this, Demona nearly got away with the device- until Hudson blasted her with a flare, causing her to drop it into the ocean. It sunk to the bottom, presumably ruined.
The Medusa Device could turn any living thing whose beam it touched to stone, in the same manner as the mythical creature for whom it was named.