Flexo the Rubber Man

Golden age robot Hero made out of living rubber. He is later revealed to be a metal symbiote hybrid.

Name:

Publisher:

Marvel

Real name:

Flexo

Aliases:

Flexo

Birth date:

None

Gender:

Male

Powers:

Elasticity
Flight
Invulnerability
Super Speed
Super Strength

First issue:

Mystic Comics (1940) #1 Introducing Flexo the Rubber Man; The Origin of the Blue Blaze; Journey to Cygni; The Green Terror; Tough Hombre; The Deep Sea Demon; The Blooded Ruby of Chung; The Origin of Dynamic Man

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Origin

Flexo the Rubber Man is a robot composed of a rare material informally dubbed as live rubber. Flexo was created by two brothers, Joel Williams and Joshua Williams. The robot had a own personality and soon started fighting crime. Although he was made out of rubber, he was amazingly strong. The brothers would use Flexo to help them apprehend Dr Otto Murdo. Flexo would also join Johnny Woo's G-Men. However the truth was that he was made up of Symbiote matter.

Creation

Flexo is a Marvel comic book character created by Will Harr and Jack Binder. Flexo first appears in Mystic Comics #1 released in 1940.

Character Evolution

A golden age character, Flexo would fall into a large period of inactivity, but has recently reappeared in the modern day with a revival of use in Marvel Zombies Destroy series.He later returns in the Venom run by Ai Ewing being revealed to be a symbiote/robot hybrid.

Powers and Abilities

Composed of a material known as live rubber, Flexo the Rubber Man, is a robot who possesses super human durability, resistance and resilience. Bullets fired at Flexo will harmlessly bounce off and any indents would simply reset or reseal. Flexo possesses super human flexibility and stretchability as his body is superhumanly malleable. Flexo also possesses greater speed and strength, allowing for rapid movement and the ability to lift objects several tons heavy. Flexo can fly by virtue of gas propulsion. Flexo can rapidly whirl himself for offensive purposes.