Origin

Günter Gross was a writer and political activist from Berlin, Germany. One day however, a part of the Berlin Wall fell on top of him and activated his latent mutant powers, and he arose from the ordeal as a living wall.

Creation

The Wall first appeared in X-Statix #13 by Mike Allred and Peter Milligan

Major Story Arcs

Euro-Trash

The Powers That Be in charge of the Kingdom of Europa hired Miz to join a mutant mercenary group called Euro-Trash. They were assigned to target European pop star, Henrietta Hunter, who was being protected by the American mutant group, X-Statix.

Wall and the rest of the team engaged X-Statix in combat in New York City. There, they had backup from Spider-Man. After a brief fight, Miz grabbed Henrietta and brought her into X-Statix's gift shop. Her team joined her there, with The Wall created a rock exterior blocking their rival team.

Henrietta was able to talk the team into rehabbing their public brand in the same way as X-Statix. Unfortunately, Henrietta was not able to explain this to X-Statix before they made their move. Wall is reduced to rubble by an energy blast from The Anarchist.

Powers & Abilities

Rock Body: The Wall absorbed a chunk of the Berlin Wall, including graffiti, becoming a being made out of stone.

• Super Soldier: The Wall possessed superhuman strength and durability.
• Size Manipulation: He can increase his size and durability by absorbing more stone to build up his body.
• Geokinesis: The Wall is capable of controlling the excess rock he absorbed to make rock structures.