Heap (comics)
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The Heap is the name of several fictional comic book muck-monsters, the original of which first appeared in Hillman Periodicals' Air Fighters Comics #3 (cover-dated Dec. 1942), during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. The Heap was comics' first swamp monster.[1]
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Publisher | Hillman Periodicals |
First appearance | Air Fighters #3 (Dec. 1942) |
Created by | Harry Stein Mort Leav |
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Alter ego | Baron Eric von Emmelman Jim Roberts Eddie Beckett |
Team affiliations | The New Wave Greenworld |
Abilities | Strength and durability derived from size and composition; can engulf enemies and transport them to the Greenworld (Image version) |
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The character was created by writer Harry Stein and artist Mort Leav, in collaboration with Hillman editor Ed Cronin.[2]
Similar but unrelated characters appeared in comics stories published by Skywald in the 1970s[3] and Image Comics in the 1990s. The Heap was revived in the 1980s by Eclipse Comics.