Irving Forbush (Earth-616)

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Contents 1 History 2 Powers and Abilities 2.1 Powers 2.2 Abilities 2.3 Strength level 2.4 Weaknesses 3 Paraphernalia 4 Notes 5 Trivia 6 See Also 7 Discover and Discuss 8 Links and References

History

Irving Forbush was a fanboy janitor at Marvel Comics in the 1960s who wanted to get autographs of all the superheroes. Unfortunately, they all told him to get lost. Was it his breath, or his deodorant? Or all of the above, plus a few thousand other things?
Too stupid to be discouraged, Forbush returned home to his lovable Auntie Mayhem and Uncle Benny. When Auntie Mayhem complained that he was taking too long to clean the dishes and that he was a disgrace to Forbush-dom, Irving replied that if he was a superhero, he could clean the dishes in no time. A trifle upset at being answered so flippantly, Auntie Mayhem gently reprimanded her nephew by slamming a pot over his head.

This provided Irving with his inspiration for becoming a superhero! After cutting eyeholes in the pot, Irving took his long-johns, and became a superhero! Forbush-Man was born(not made)!

Forbush-Man's career began successfully, when the Juggernaut, while trying to attack him, tripped over Forbush-Man while he was tying his shoelace, and landed in a vat of quick-drying cement. Following this, every major villain in the Marvel Universe surrendered to Irving. A superhero was born, and he had his own comic, Not Brand Ecch.

Unfortunately, Not Brand Ecch was cancelled, and Irving was forced to audition for bit parts in alternate comics. He achieved a starring role, after many years, in the classic Nauseous Ninny Marginally Human Nerds book, but after the controversial ice cream scene in issue #4, received more hate mail than any other character in the history of comics. In a phone-in poll two months later, readers voted to blow up Irving in the most graphic, gratuitously violent manner possible. Forbush-Man was dead.

But then came the classic Total Fall of the Secret Inferno Crisis War of Infinite Millennium Legends Earth crossover mega-series graphic novel, when the writer accidentally left his word processor on automatic pilot, and a computer virus accidentally resurrected Irving! He immediately declared the founding of the Forbush League International, but no one joined. Deciding that maybe being the official super group of a continent would be a good spin-of, he declared the founding of Forbush League Antarctica. A penguin applied to join, but left when he found that another company's lawyers would sue him for taking the same name as one of their villains. Feeling that he needed a new gimmick to boost sales, Irving decided that he had to be a mutant (and received little argument from the rest of the human race), and founded the X-Forbush. unfortunately, with so many "X" titles on the market, no one noticed. When he told Auntie Mayhem that he was now a mutant, she stabbed him with a pie fork. This gave him the idea for his new identity: Armed with a very sharp fork, he was now - the Amazing Punisher Wolver-Forbush("I'm not the best at what I do, but at least I don't repeat the same line every issue!")

Recently, a new writer took over Forbush-Man's adventures. In order to return him to his 60's roots, the writer had Forbush-Man wake up from being hit over the head by Auntie Mayhem. Yes, folks, it was all a dream!

Powers and Abilities

Powers

No-Power: Forbush-Man once received a No-Prize from Marvel Comics, which gives him the awesome No-Power! No one has figured out what a No-Power does: probably nothing.

Abilities

Typical abilities with janitorial work.

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• No special notes.

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Appearances of Irving Forbush (Earth-616)
• Character Gallery: Irving Forbush (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Irving Forbush (Earth-616)
• Quotations by Irving Forbush (Earth-616)

Discover and Discuss

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Links and References

Marvel Super Heroes RPG, character sheet. 1986