Who Is King Mob? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

King Mob is a Creator-Owned comic book character, the alter ego of Gideon Starorzewski, with over 74 comic issue appearances. King Mob is a psychic assassin and leader of an Invisibles cell. He is skilled in kung fu, weaponry, Chaos magic, psychic combat, and all manner of destruction. King Mob is writer Grant Morrison's avatar within The Invisibles.

Who is King Mob?

Creation The character's name is inspired by the Situationist group King Mob, as well as Morrison himself (as a part of a sigil to improve his life). He is also Gideon Stargrave, one of Morrison's early creations. Some elements of his personality, especially his Gideon persona, are inspired by J. G. Ballard's " The Day of Forever" and by Michael Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius . Major Story Arcs King Mob is a former horror writer named Gideon Starorzewski whose pen name was "Kirk Morrison". He is the leader of the cell of Invisibles at the beginning of the series, and adopted the name from an earlier Invisible active in the 1930s. He has a love-hate relationship with his "counter culture terrorist" persona, and is sometimes troubled by his capacity for violence.

Key facts

King Mob is of human origin and first appeared in "The Lot". The character is published by Creator-Owned. With 74 recorded issue appearances, King Mob ranks among the most featured characters in comics.