Saturday, June 05, 2004 :::
 

Tremblez Humains car il vient pour conquerir le monde !

Je viens de tomber par hasard sur ce personnage de comics, rapport au Cafard Cosmique, le site de litterature SF dont je vous parle de temps a autres.

(ref: http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/cockroac.htm)


Il y a quand meme une vague ressemblance avec St Exupery

Son nom est: COCKROACH

Occupation: Would-be World-Conqueror

Aliases: The Uncanny Cockroach

Appearances: Howard the Duck II/Magazine#4 (March, 1980); (4(fb), 4

Powers: The Cockroach possessed superhuman physical abilities, the proportionate strength (enhanced human) and speed of a human-sized cockroach. He possessed barbed limbs which enabled him to climb walls, as well as to slice flesh on contact. He possessed human level intelligence, but also had the conventional weaknesses to poisons, etc.

The Cockroach possessed the Cosmic Key (The Jeweled Key to the Cosmic Calculator of Pro-Rata), with which he allegedly could evolve other forms of life. The Key possessed a number of other innate magical powers, but the Cockroach lacked the knowledge and training to access them.


Quand je vous disais que New York est bourree de cafards

History: (HtD II#4(fb))-The Cockroach was originally a normal insect within a bookstore in New York City. The owner of the bookstore, R. L. Haney, purchased a large order of books from a dealer in Cleveland, which contained the Cosmic Key (which had been hocked by Howard the Duck in orderr to buy clothing). Unaware of its true nature, Haney placed the Key inside a desk drawer, where it was encountered by the cockroach. Mistaking the Key for food, the hungry cockroach nibbled off the tarnish on the Key, and was filled with magical energy. It staggered back to the paperback section and transformed into a large, humanoid Cockroach.

(4)-Hemlock Shoals, an insectoid native of the extra-dimensional realm Maltesia, came to the Barqu Bookstore on the trail of the Key, which had vanished from his dimension during an encoutner with the sorceror Pro-Rata months before. However, when Shoals located the Key, the Cockroach leaped out of the paperback section and claimed the Key for himself. The Cockroach realized that he could use the Key to similarly evolve an army of Cockroaches and take over the world.


Certains trouvent qu'il n'y a rien de plus beau qu'une femme enceinte ... je prefere un cafard qui sourit

Comments: Created by Bill Mantlo and Gene Colan.

...Of course, the mystic energy within the Cockroach protected him from a seemingly fatal injury, and he slinked off (slunk off?...nah) to return another day. He then likely made contact with the many other cockroaches with paranormal connections.

::: posted by Lapsus van de Zloot at 3:24 PM

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