Who Is Charcoal? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Charcoal is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Charles Burlingame, with over 59 comic issue appearances. Charles Burlingame was transformed into a stone-like entity by Arnim Zola. He joined the Thunderbolts but died during one of their missions.

Who is Charcoal?

Bio Charles Burlingame's father moved around a great deal and had trouble finding work, until he attended a rally of the Imperial Forces of America. The elder Burlingame joined that organization and took his son with him. Arnim Zola , working for the Imperial Forces, discovered that Charlie possessed the genetic potential to develop superhuman powers and facilitated the youngster's transformation into Charcoal, the Burning Man. As part of a group called the Bruiser Brigade, Charcoal fought the Thunderbolts as an enemy, but joined the team soon after. He was subsequently killed in battle with Graviton . Creation Charcoal was created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley in 1998 and first appeared in Thunderbolts #19. His original concept was thought up by a comic book fan for a Create-A-Villain contest sponsored by Marvel and Wizard Magazine, a concept that Busiek and Bagley expanded on. Powers & Abilities Charlie Burlingame can transform into a being seemingly composed of charcoal.

Key facts

Charcoal is of human origin and first appeared in "Heat & Pressure". The character is published by Marvel. With 59 recorded issue appearances, Charcoal ranks among the most featured characters in comics.