Humus Sapien
| Humus Sapien | |
|---|---|
Human Mutant | |
| Team affiliations | Thunderbolts |
| Notable aliases | Humus Sapiens |
| Abilities | Ability to destroy all non-natural substances |
Humus Sapien (Sonny Baredo) is a
fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared as Humus Sapiens in FOOM #3 (Autumn 1973), created by Michael A. Barreiro. He first appeared as Humus Sapien in Thunderbolts #54 (Sept. 2001), by the writer-artist team of Fabian Nicieza and Patrick Zircher
.
Publication history
FOOM
Humus Sapien
first appeared in Marvel's self-produced fan magazine, FOOM # 3 (Fall 1973), created (as supervillain Humus Sapiens) by Michael A. Barreiro of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, and was the winning entry in the magazine's character-creation contest.[1] Although FOOM founding editor Jim Steranko wrote in the premiere-issue introduction that "(t)he winning entry (to be selected by Ol' Smilin' Stan [Lee]
himself) will become a super guest-star featured in one of Marvel's top hero mags!", this never occurred, and both the character and the contest faded into obscurity.
Later, Barreiro inquired about the character but received no response from Marvel. In 1979, Buyer's Guide to Comic Fandom columnist, Fred Hembeck, wrote about the character and contest and, though nothing immediately came of it, the column prompted Tom Brevoort, editor of Marvel's Thunderbolts, to call Barreiro two decades later with an offer to use the character.[2]
Thunderbolts
In 1998, writer
cover-dated Sept. 2001). Barreiro was allowed to ink one page of the issue featuring the character.[2]
Fictional character biography
Humus Sapien fought the
Arabian Knight.[4]
References
- ^ FOOM contents and checklist: Issue # 3. Archived 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b Sodergren, Rebecca (August 14, 2001). "Bad Guy Finally Finishes First". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2011..
- ^ Thunderbolts #54
- ^ Thunderbolts #55
External links
- Humus Sapien at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe