Who Is Blow Out? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Blow Out is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Harlan Mook, with over 5 comic issue appearances. An empowered human resulting from the White Out, Harlan Mook has the power to teleport. He has strong anti-government leanings.

Who is Blow Out?

Harlan Mook was a college student who manifested his power to teleport right after finishing his thesis, however, his power has the side effect of leaving an explosion from where he leaves. The farther his place of arrival, the larger the explosion at the exit point. This destroyed his dissertation, and to make matters worse, the next day, he was picked as one of the three new metahumans in the Draft . Harlan took the codename Blow Out, but adjusted poorly to life in the Army. After being harassed by another recruit called Pit Bull , he teleported away to try to kill him. He failed to kill Pit Bull and was placed in solitary confinement. The stress broke his already unhealthy mind, and became delusional. He became fixated with President Ronald Regan, and teleported to him and away again in a sort of assassination attempt.

Key facts

Blow Out and first appeared in "Army Dreamers". The character is published by Marvel. With 5 recorded issue appearances, Blow Out ranks among the most featured characters in comics.