Who Is Rio Blast? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Rio Blast is a Mattel comic book character, with over 32 comic issue appearances. Rio Blast is the masters cybernetic gunslinger.

Who is Rio Blast?

Origin Rio Blast used to be a lawman and is now a partial conversion cyborg, most of his internal organs and muscles have been removed and replaced with energy blasters and cybernetic muscles. His left eye is a targeting display, his right hand is completely gone and replaced with a large energy cannon. Other blasters inside his body are concealed by armor plates on his thighs, chest, and left forearm as well as two more blasters on his backpack. He often teams up with Snout Spout and counters Snout's idealism with the wish for money and fame. He is also scared of snakes but can overcome this fear when he has an audience. Creation Rio Blast first appeared in the Mini Comic, The Fastest Draw in the Universe by Steven Grant . Major Story Arcs Master of the Universe (Mini Comics) The Fastest Draw in the Universe When Adam and Orko take a vacation to the Flat Lands of Eternia, Adam falls into a pit trap and changes into He-Man to get out, and he is soon greeted by Rio Blast, who dug the trap to catch cattle rustlers. He then excepts He-Man and Orko's help to catch the rustlers.

Key facts

Rio Blast is of cyborg origin and first appeared in "The Fastest Draw in the Universe!". The character is published by Mattel. With 32 recorded issue appearances, Rio Blast ranks among the most featured characters in comics.