Absorbing Man (Marvel Comics) Character Review
The Absorbing Man (Carl "Crusher" Creel) is a fictional Character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the Absorbing Man has featured in over four decades of Marvel continuity and other Marvel-endorsed products such as animated television series, video games, and merchandise such as trading cards. More about Absorbing Man (Marvel Comics) Character Review - keep reading !!
Fictional Character Biography
Carl "Crusher" Creel was a boxer and jailed criminal who becomes the Absorbing Man when he drinks a liquid which the Asgardian god Loki
laced with rare Asgardian ingredients. Discovering that he could absorb
the properties of anything he touched, Creel escaped prison by
absorbing metal from the guards' bullets and went on to battle Thor.
Although he is only mortal, Creel's fantastic abilities make him a
worthy opponent for Thor, who is later forced to end the battle due to
Loki's kidnapping of Jane Foster.
Creel then breaks into a house and attacks the occupants. Thor comes to
the rescue and tricks Creel into changing his atomic structure into
pure helium. Thor accomplishes this by using his hammer's powers to
transform the ground's molecular makeup. As Creel is acquiring
additional mass from direct contact with the Earth when this happens he
ends up drifting harmlessly into the atmosphere.
A short time later, Loki retrieves Creel from space using Asgardian
technology after he has knocked out an Asgardian warlock and sends Creel
back to battle Thor. After Creel is nearly beaten due to Thor's
fighting skill, Loki transports him to Asgard
and reveals the true source of his "absorbing" powers. After being
humbled by Loki, Creel agrees to act as his agent, and he is directed to
take over the city. The Absorbing Man defeats the Asgardian legions
without too much trouble and eventually confronts Odin
himself. Creel absorbs Odin's attacks and then the properties of Asgard
itself, hoping to rule the Universe, and he towers over Odin as Loki
arrives to gloat. Thor is ordered by Odin not to keep attacking. Loki
and Creel are then beaten by trickery; once given Odin's Rod of
Rulership the two quarrel over it, the Absorbing Man trying to absorb
the rod, and the two find they cannot let go. Odin then advises them
that his power lies not in a mere object, but deep within himself. The
pair are then banished to space.
The Absorbing Man eventually returns on a comet and battles the Hulk.
Bruce Banner had been sent to divert the comet, as it was feared it was
radioactive, but the Absorbing Man leapt aboard and began absorbing the
Hulk's strength. He tried to bury the Hulk under a mountain, but when
the Hulk turned back, the Absorbing Man was unable to support the great
weight and was buried. But he goes on to battle many other heroes, such as the Avengers, Daredevil, Dazzler, the Hulk, and Spider-Man. Creel is one of the villains who participates in the Secret Wars, and also develops a relationship with the superstrong villainess Titania.
The pair also join the reformed fourth version of the Masters of Evil. Creel has several more battles with Thor (and the Eric Masterson Thor) and a skirmish with cosmic hero Quasar. Creel is later incarcerated in New York's experimental "Ant-Hill" prison, where all prisoners are reduced in size via Hank Pym's "Pym particles". An escape attempt is thwarted by She-Hulk.
The Absorbing Man later battles and is apparently killed by the hero Sentry during the events of Civil War. Creel, however, later appears at the funeral of the villain Stilt-Man.
Creel and Titania later come into conflict with the heroine She-Hulk and her Skrull partner Jazinda after they attempt to arrest Creel's cousin Rockwell "Hi-Lite" Davis.
During the events of Dark Reign, Creel joins a new version of the Lethal Legion led by the Grim Reaper. After a defeat, Creel escapes prison and absorbs a shard of the artifact the Cosmic Cube. The Absorbing Man suffers a setback when villain Norman Osborn uses an enchanted sword - provided by Loki - to remove his absorbing powers completely. Creel is also revealed to be the father of the hero Stonewall.
In the Heroic Age, Creel is revealed to have somehow regained his powers. He storms Avengers Tower to recover his ball and chain. He is defeated by Avengers' coordinators Maria Hill, Sharon Carter, and Victoria Hand after absorbing the latter's cold. Creel is sedated while the Avengers Academy
escorts him to his prison. He manages to control his wrecking ball
telekinetically and uses it to break himself free. He fights the
Avengers Academy and begins to prevail. Hank Pym,
(one of the teachers for Avengers Academy), joins the fight. As the
fight progresses, Creel begins to make cruel taunts to Hank, saying what
a bad Avenger he is and how he always breaks under the pressure of
handling too much responsibility. This provokes Hank to grab Creel and
make them both larger, outgrowing each dimension at a time, which almost
drives Creel insane. So he decides to surrender before going any
further. Creel then begs Pym not to take him back to prison, because the
prison guards constantly keep him sedated, so he can't absorb any
material to escape. He hates being trapped in his own body in that type
of manner. Pym, displaying compassion, decides to build him a
specially-made prison cell that would eliminate the necessity of keeping
Creel under sedation..
Powers and Abilities (Absorbing Man)
Courtesy of a magical potion, Crusher Creel has the ability to
duplicate the properties of anything he touches - gas, liquid, solid, or
even energy sources. This transformation also extends to the clothing
and ball and chain that Creel was wearing when the potion took effect
(for example, if Creel touches the metal titanium,
his body, clothing, and ball and chain would take on the appearance and
properties of titanium). If the object is large (e.g., a building),
Creel can absorb sufficient mass to attain the same height. Creel also
retains his intellect and capacity for speech and full physical movement
(although the character's first attempt at absorbing water cost Creel
his sanity when he drifted apart) and can reform if his body is damaged in any way while in altered form, which he discovered when Wolverine cut his arm off during the Secret Wars and he held it in place as he deactivated his powers.
Creel's overall power increases in direct proportion to the strength
of the material absorbed. There appears to be no limit to what Creel can
absorb, as he has absorbed the properties of bronze; cocaine; Odin's Cosmic Bolt and later cyclonic storm; diamond; glass; light; rock, silk, soil; spikes; steel; Thor's uru hammer Mjolnir; water; and even the properties of Asgard itself.
Creel is now also capable of combining previously absorbed abilities.
In Other Media (Film/Movie)
- Absorbing Man appears in an early script of the 2003 feature film Hulk. Although the name Absorbing Man isn't used in the film, some reviewers have suggested that his powers were combined into the character of Dr. David Banner.
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