He joins Avalanche and Pyro in attacking Avengers headquarters. He again attempts to arrest Rusty Collins, fighting the New Mutants again. He battles X-Factor again, and under Spiral's orders, he and Pyro battle Daredevil in an attempt to capture a young mutant. With Freedom Force, he battles the X-Men in San Francisco, and later assists in the attempt to arrest the X-Men in Dallas, battling the New Mutants in Dallas as well. With Freedom Force, he attempts to capture Rusty Collins, then battles X-Factor. Blob also participates in Freedom Force's capture of the Avengers for the federal government. They then battle the X-Men in San Francisco. On the team's first mission, they help capture Magneto. He remains with the Brotherhood, becoming a special operative of the federal government when the Brotherhood is reformed as the government-sponsored Freedom Force. He witnesses the apparent death of Unus, then goes berserk and attacks Spider-Man and the Black Cat. With the Brotherhood, he battles the X-Men once more. He also battles the Avengers as a member of the Brotherhood. He becomes part of the plot to assassinate Senator Kelly, the event which leads to the apocalyptic alternate future of Days of Future Past. He later winds up in prison, but is freed by Mystique to recruit him into her incarnation of the Brotherhood. The Blob is later returned to adulthood, and fights the Champions of Los Angeles. He is reverted to infancy by Alpha the Ultimate Mutant. With the reorganized Brotherhood, the Blob fights Professor X and the Defenders. He briefly works as an operative for the Secret Empire, where he fights the Beast. The Blob also serves as a member of Factor Three. They disguise themselves as X-Men and commit crimes. He teams up with Unus due to the alien Lucifer, who soon becomes his confidant. The Blob temporarily accepts the invitation, but leaves when it is revealed that Magneto has no real concern for the Blob's safety after he is hit by explosives which were launched at the X-Men. The mutant Magneto soon seeks out the Blob to recruit him into his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, restoring his memory through a jarring blow to the head.

Xavier is able to wipe everyone's minds after the carnival is stopped by a wall of ice, and the Blob goes back to the circus. Xavier telepathically contacts Marvel Girl and tells her to remove her blindfold using her telekinesis, then levitate a knife from a performer's tent to cut through her bonds, after which she frees the other members. They then enter the X-Mansion to find the Professor and his technology. They tie up the X-Men and leave them on the lawn. The carnival succeeds in defeating the X-Men despite a warning from Angel. Meanwhile, Xavier works on a device which will allow him to erase the memories of many people. He tells the manager of the carnival he is taking over, then gathers up the other circus members and they attack the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, as he plans to get technology from the X-Men and take over the world. When Xavier tries erasing his mind of what has transpired, the Blob escapes the X-Mansion despite the efforts of the Beast and uses the sewer to get away without being followed. The Blob refuses Xavier's invitation, saying he is better than the other X-Men. Iceman uses his power against Dukes to create an ice block around his foot, but the Blob easily escapes. At the X-Mansion, the other X-Men dislike Dukes for his obnoxious attitude.

He is detected and contacted by Charles Xavier via Cyclops, who sees his performance and tells him that he (Dukes) is a mutant, and asks him to join the X-Men. His act was that he could remain stationary when others tried to move him. Dukes starts out as a member of a circus sideshow under the name 'The Blob'. Fictional character biography Early years īorn in Lubbock, Texas, Fred J. Publication history Ĭreated by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, he first appeared in X-Men #3 (January 1964). Wrestler 'Giant' Gustav Claude Ouimet had a cameo as Blob in X-Men: Apocalypse. The Blob appeared in the 2009 superhero film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, where he was played by actor Kevin Durand wearing a fat suit. Possessing the demeanor of a bully, he mostly uses his powers for petty crime and as a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants and Freedom Force. He possesses an extreme amount of pliable body mass, which grants him superhuman strength.

A mutant originally depicted as a morbidly obese circus freak, the Blob claims to be immovable when he so desires. The character is usually depicted as an adversary of the X-Men. ' Fred' Dukes) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Superhuman strength, stamina, endurance, durability, and mass.

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