Who Is The Heap? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

The Heap is a Hillman comic book character, the alter ego of Eric Von Emmelmann, with over 145 comic issue appearances. Baron Eric von Emmelmann, a World War I German flying ace who was shot down in 1918 over a Polish swamp. Through the decades his body decayed and intermingled with the vegetation around him, becoming one with the marshland itself until at last it arose from the muck during the early years of World War II as The Heap.

Who is The Heap?

Origin On October 12, 1918, Baron Eric Von Emmelmann , a German pilot, was shot down over Wausau swamp, near the small town of Rodz in Poland. Lying lifeless as his body slowly merged with the morass, he had nothing left but his will to live, to rise, to return to the world of humans. Over next 24 years, Von Emmelmann's will to live, coupled with vegetation of swamp covering his body and replacing the flesh, allowed him to arise again, now formed from the muck and vegetation of the swamp. Eric's body merged with the "dreary vegetation" of Wausau to make him a massive humanoid plant that was forced to drain animals of blood in order to get oxygen. Creation The Heap was created Hillman by writer Harry Stein and artist Mort Leav , and revived in the 1980s by Eclipse Comics . He first appeared in Hillman's Air Fighters Comics #3 (Dec. 1942). Character Evolution Hillman Intially appearing in Air Fighters Comics #3 as an opponent of Airboy 's ally Skywolf , the Heap continued to sporadically reappear as a guest character in that title.

Key facts

The Heap is of other origin. The character is published by Hillman. With 145 recorded issue appearances, The Heap ranks among the most featured characters in comics.