Who Is The Shape? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

The Shape is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Raleigh Lund, with over 82 comic issue appearances. A super-strong, nearly invulnerable large blob of a man, who is also a bit of a simpleton. Member of Marvel's Earth 31916 Squadron Supreme. Punching Shape is liking punching a large rubber ball. He began as an analogue of DC Comics' Clayface and became more of an analogue of Plastic Man.

Who is The Shape?

Origin Gentle Soul How Shape got his stretching powers is unknown. Judging by his limited intelligence, it is possible that he was experimented on, and that his intellect was affected as a result. This is, however, just speculation. At some point after receiving his powers, he was recruited into the Institute of Evil , the opposite numbers of the Squadron Supreme , as part of a game between the Scarlet Centurion and the Grandmaster . He stayed with the Institute of Evil after the game, probably because they were the closest things he had to friends or family. Creation Shape was created by Mark Gruenwald and Bob Hall , and first appeared in Squadron Supreme #5. As with many characters in the Squadron Supreme's universe, Shape was based upon an already existing character, in his case Plastic Man . Character Evolution When Shape was first introduced as a member of the Institute of Evil, he was shown to be as malicious as the rest of the team, but lacking some intelligence, he was more or less used as a tool by the rest of the team.

Key facts

The Shape is of human origin and first appeared in "Turn-About". The character is published by Marvel. With 82 recorded issue appearances, The Shape ranks among the most featured characters in comics.