Who Is Impossible Man? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Impossible Man is a Marvel comic book character, with over 252 comic issue appearances. A mischievous shape-shifter from the planet Poppup, Impossible Man has complete control over his molecular structure and reality-warping abilities.

Who is Impossible Man?

History The Impossible Man was born on the planet Poppup and is a member of a race of beings who reproduce asexually, able to alter their muscularly malleable bodies at will to temporarily assume any shape imaginable. Poppup was a particularly harsh and dangerous world, and the Poppupians' shape-changing abilities enabled them to survive its many perils. By the time of the Impossible Man's birth, the Poppupians had evolved a collective consciousness, linking the minds of the entire race in a group mind. (Hence, Poppupians have no names because they were, in effect, all the same being.) Endowed with a slight mental variation that permitted him a degree of individual thought, the Impossible Man acted upon the boredom that his entire race experienced. He did so by transforming himself into a space vessel and leaving Poppup. Eventually, he arrived on Earth and found the planet to provide a great source of amusement potential, especially with the use of his shape-changing powers. During this first visit to Earth, he met the Fantastic Four . He was dubbed "the Impossible Man" after the Thing commented on how the absurd ways the alien used his shape-shifting powers made him "impossible." .

Key facts

Impossible Man is of alien origin and first appeared in "A Visit With The Fantastic Four; The Impossible Man". The character is published by Marvel. With 252 recorded issue appearances, Impossible Man ranks among the most featured characters in comics.