A Green Mort (Not Gamma Induced)

Jennifer was so close, but alas no cigar will be awarded for last weeks mort, who was Cheeks, THE TOY WONDER (attention to detail is important. Cheeks, the Toy Wonder (Carp, now I have to write that the whole entry or be labeled a hypocrite), was the ill-fated sidekick to Ambush Bug who appeared and died in Ambush Bug #1. Cheeks, The Toy Wonder (really, couldn't I at least use abreviations?) fell out of the back of a garbage truck and through Ambush Bug's plate glass window on page 4. Cheeks, the Toy . . . oh forget it, Cheeks died a scant 10 pages later when he was unable to defuse a bomb left by terroristic Republicans (get it? because he's not really alive, just a doll). He would return in the follow up mini-series as a cannibalistic zombie doll, but that is a story for another day.
My assumption is that this weeks mort will not be that difficult for any of you, but you have surprised me on this sort of thing before. To give you a little extra help (and to take advantage of my keen new scanner) here are the stats for this Mort from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.


New Feature: Try a Comic!

Again, this is just me shamelessly showing off the scanner, but I wanted to spice up the blog by recommending a comic book that you may not have picked up this week. IDW publishing, the 5th largest comic book company, started its life best known as the go-to company for horror themed comics (30 Days of Night among other things). Recently, they have become synonymous with comic book adaptations of popular TV shows (Angel, 24, CSI). What they have not been known for are quality super hero comics, which is why FX #1 is such an odd find.


John Byrne, who has been associated with everything from the Fantastic Four to Superman, lends his familiar artwork to this series about a boy who awakens from a coma with the ability to create virtually anything by mimicking the item with his body and making the right sound effect (by holding his arms out and saying "fwoosh" he becomes a plan; making a gun with his hand and saying "bang, bang" creates real bullets). Despite the company producing this, it is a straight forward super hero book, and a pretty darn good one. In the words of the ominous skull guy that appears at the end of the book: