ROACHMAN

Real Name: Unrevealed 

Identity/Class: Unrevealed (see Comments)

Occupation: Unrevealed 

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: 2,357,308,223 cockroaches 

Enemies: Big Foot 

Known Relatives: None 

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed 

First Appearance: Crazy Magazine#71 (February, 1981)

Powers/Abilities: Roachman was only a few inches tall, and could use his miniscule size to squeeze through cracks. It is possible that he could control cockroaches.

History: (Crazy Magazine#71) - Roachman, aided by his cockroach allies, opposed the dangerous Big Foot, all the while skittering, scurrying and squeezing through cracks.

Comments: Created by Paul Kirchner.

Roachman was one of several heroes to appear in a four page feature in Crazy#71, titled "Marvel Heroes Who Didn't Quite Make It." A follow-up feature in Crazy#78 introduced several more of these guys. It's almost certainly a sign of my increasing insanity, but I'd personally love to see them all get introduced into the Marvel universe proper, possibly taking on the heroes who "didn't make the cut" from Marvel Year in Review '93, the Hostess villains, Crazy and Not Brand Ecch's regular characters (Obnoxio, Forbush Man, Behemoth Jack, Teen Hulk, Aunty Nuke, etc.), and all the other "fringeworthy" characters (such as Cougar or Puzzle Man). It's not like some of them haven't already made it into 616 (Phone Ranger, Lectronn, etc), and these guys are no more bizarre than many of the others who preceded them into 616 canon.

There's no indication to tell whether Roachman was a transformed human (either permanently changed or able to change at will) who resembled a cockroach, or whether he was a transformed cockroach that resembled a human. Maybe he is part of the Cockroach Conspiracy!

Profile by Loki.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Roachman has no known connections to

• Cockroach, foe of Howard the Duck and Hemlock Shoals --Howard the Duck Magazine#4
• "Cockroach" Hamilton, Luke Cage foe, @ Power Man#30
• Cockroaches that fought She-Hulk and SHIELD, @ Sensational She-Hulk Marvel Graphic Novel
• Roach, six-armed servant of Madame Yang Fei Kwei @ Blaze II#7
• Roach, six-armed servant of Madame Yang Fei Kwei, formerly Tex @ Blaze II#7
• Roach, Hellhole mercenary @ Deadpool III#5
• Roach, mutant depowered on M-Day @ Generation M#1

images: Crazy Magazine#71, p22, pan7 (main)

Other Appearances:
None

Last updated: 02/28/14

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