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Who Is The Freak? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

The Freak (Image): A psychopath whose mental illness and delirium has caused him to use Spawn and nearly cause his death.

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The Freak is a Image comic book character, the alter ego of Brian Kulbiczi, with over 247 comic issue appearances. A psychopath whose mental illness and delirium has caused him to use Spawn and nearly cause his death.

Who is The Freak?

The Freak used to be a regular man but when his ex-wife had told him she didn't want kids he started to go insane and was shortly thereafter committed to an asylum. Soon however he escaped and built himself a Mansion in the sewers. The freak first appeared as a background character in spawn #33 in which he saved the Violator from drowning and ran of, he reappeared in later apparently being attacked by a gang of thugs when Spawn comes and saves him. The Freak later convinces Spawn to help him kill DR. DeLorean and avenge the death of his family... after the death of the doctor it is revealed that he is insane and that the The Freak had tricked Spawn into helping him kill his own therapist. The freak appears again later with a gang of street thugs who manage to overpower and apparently kill Spawn when they capture him in the Dead-Zone and blow his head off and then nail him in a crucifix in the alley. The Freak then kills one of them to set an example (the Necroplasm he had saved from Spawn's body would later cause a murdered bum to be reborn as The Heap ).

Key facts

The Freak is of other origin and first appeared in "Prey". The character is published by Image. With 247 recorded issue appearances, The Freak ranks among the most featured characters in comics.

Frequently asked questions

Who is The Freak?

A psychopath whose mental illness and delirium has caused him to use Spawn and nearly cause his death.

What is The Freak's real name?

The Freak's real identity is Brian Kulbiczi.

When did The Freak first appear?

The Freak first appeared in "Prey".

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