Who Is Looter? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Looter is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Norton G. Fester, with over 118 comic issue appearances. Norton Fester discovers a small meteor and it gives him superhuman powers when gases from the meteor seeps into his body. He becomes a one man crime wave known as the Looter.

Who is Looter?

Origin Fester experiments with the meteor. Norton G. Fester discovers a small meteor after it falls from space. He has plans to make a fortune by proving that the meteor contains microscopic living matter. He tries to bring the meteor to a number of scientists for research but they fail to help him because he needs money. He is even denied loans from certain financial institutions so he decides to chip away at the meteorite and hopes to discover something special on his own. He hits a gas pocket on the meteor and the gases seep into his body. The gases have given him superhuman abilities and he decides to become the criminal known as the Looter.

Key facts

Looter is of radiation origin and first appeared in "When Falls the Meteor!". The character is published by Marvel. With 118 recorded issue appearances, Looter ranks among the most featured characters in comics.