Frederick Dukes

*Real Name: Frederick J. Dukes
*Current Alias: Blob
*Affiliation: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants; formerly X-Cell, X-Corps, Factor Three, Freedom Force, Defenders (Villains), frequent partner of Unus the Untouchable
*Base of Operations: Mutant Town; formerly Freedom Force Headquarters, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
*Identity: Public Identity
*Citizenship: American
*Marital Status: Single
*Gender: Male
*Height: 5'10"
*Weight: 275 lbs (currently); 510 lbs (formerly)
*Eyes: Brown
*Hair: Brown
*Origin: Mutant
*Universe: Earth-616
*Place of Birth: Lubbock, Texas
==Powers and Abilities==
Superhuman Durability and Strength: Blob's body possesses a high degree of resistance to injury. The fat tissues that comprise Blob's epidermis are able to absorb the impact of rifle bullets, cannonballs, bazookas, and even torpedoes. The larger of these projectiles recoil from his body at one-half the force of impact. The smaller ones embed themselves in his layers of fat tissue, enabling him to eject them by merely flexing his muscles. Blob's nerve endings do not relay any tactile perception to his brain which are near the threshold of pain. The fat tissue of his epidermis is resilient enough to revert to its normal shape within seconds after deformation caused by impact. It is virtually impervious to physical injury. Blob's skin cannot be punctured or lacerated by most known materials, frostbitten, or ravaged by any skin disease, due, in part, to the skin's greatest elasticity and toughness and, in part, to the highly accelerated rate at which his skin cells grow and replace themselves. His skin is somewhat less resistant to burning. Blob also has more resistance against alcohol due to his greater mass, though he can still be intoxicated if he ingests huge amounts of alcohol.
It is not yet known if there is an upper limit to Blob's ability to absorb impact. He can easily survive a head-on collision with a bus traveling at a hundred miles per hour or even a highly ferrous meteorite 50 feet in diameter on top of him at terminal velocity.
===Former Powers===
Gravitational Mass Allocation: Blob's main superhuman ability was to become virtually immovable at will as long as he was in contact with the ground. He did this by bonding himself to the earth beneath him by force of will, which, in effect, created a mono-directional increase of gravity beneath him. This gravity field extended about five feet in radius from his center of balance. Thus, if there were sufficient powers to uproot him, it would take the ground beneath his feet in an area corresponding to the radius of the field. Through intense concentration, Blob was able to extend the gravity field beneath him farther than five feet.
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