Who Is Cornfed? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Cornfed is a Marvel comic book character, with over 9 comic issue appearances. Cornfed is an android construct member of the Livewires and he is the resident healer and support specialist.

Who is Cornfed?

Next to his teammate Stem Cell, Cornfed appears to be a more recent addition of the team, as he does not appear in any memory files of the original members featured during the team's conception. Cornfed's name comes from his "husky midwestern probable-Lutheran cornhusker-offensive-lineman extreme caucasinness". He also has the speech patterns of a farm boy, usually referring to his female compatriots as "ma'am" or "miss", and uses "thankyew", "any-hoo", and "wee bit" in his sentences from time to time. Amongst his teammates, Cornfed is noticeably the calmest and least eccentric, to a point, and is arguably the most polite. Judging from his appearance, Cornfed would seem to be the most physically powerful member of the team. He's depicted as having well-muscled arms, broad shoulders, a large beer belly, thick neck, and is about six or seven feet tall, making him the tallest and biggest member of the team. The truth is though, he's the least physically durable of his teammates, even compared to Stem Cell. He fills the role of the healer and background support.

Key facts

Cornfed is of robot origin and first appeared in "Part 1 of 6: See These Eyes So Red". The character is published by Marvel. With 9 recorded issue appearances, Cornfed ranks among the most featured characters in comics.