Glob Herman
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| Glob Herman | |
 The Omega Gang in New X-Men #135: Kid Omega, Radian, Tattoo, Redneck and Glob Herman. Art by Frank Quitely |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | New X-Men vol. 1 #117 |
| Created by | Grant Morrison and Ethan Van Sciver |
| In story information | |
| Alter ego | Herman Garner |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations | The 198 Xavier Institute Omega Gang |
| Abilities | Bio-paraffin body, Superhuman strength, speed and resilience |
Glob Herman (Herman) is a fictional mutant character of the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in New X-Men #117. Glob was created by Grant Morrison and Ethan Van Sciver.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
[edit] Early Life
The young mutant called Glob Herman has skin that is completely transparent and made up of bio-paraffin, or "living wax". Though he lives among other mutants, Glob Herman easily stands out. Herman is known to be friends with Kid Omega, one of Professor X’s top students.
[edit] Omega Gang
Glob Herman enrolled into the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning after Professor X was publicly revealed to be a mutant. Herman joins the Omega Gang, led by Kid Omega, as they make their own stand for mutant rights. With the Omega Gang, Herman attacks the humans whom they thought had murdered Jumbo Carnation. He later participates in the slaughter of a group of U-Men. When the Omega Gang instigate a riot at the Xavier Institute, Herman has Redneck light him on fire. He then pursues a bus full of human civillans, chasing it at full speed down the highway. Cyclops, Xorn and Beast pursue. Beast saves the lives of two men in a sports car who cross Herman's way, which he turns into scrap metal without slowing down. When the chase nears a gas station with a cement mixer, the X-Men manage to surround Herman. They use the mixer to cover him with cement and the Beast uses water bottles from the station himself to put out Herman's fire. At that point, much of Herman's covering of bio-paraffin has burned away, and he is reduced to a skeleton with only a relative thin layer of wax. Later, Herman is seen, still covered in cement, being ferried back to the X-Mansion on a specialized truck[1].
[edit] Post M-Day
He is one of the few mutants who retain their superhuman powers after M-Day.
[edit] Powers and abilities
He has his skeleton and internal organs floating in bio-paraffin, a form of flammable living wax that increases his strength, speed, and resilience, and can be flicked off his body in small portions.
[edit] In other media
Glob Herman appears briefly in X-Men: The Last Stand. He made a cameo during the attack on Alcatraz, getting shot by a cure dart and changing from his glob form to a normal person.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ New X-Men Vol.2, #138: "The Prime of Miss Emma Frost" (May 2003)
