Public Domain Super Heroes
Public Domain Super Heroes
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Hunk
Hunk

Real Name

Unknown

First Appearance

Go-Go Comics #6 (April 1967)

Original Publisher

Charlton Comics

Created by

Gary Friedrich and Grass Green

Origin[]

The Hunk was a member of the Marvelous Heroes superhero team.

His teammates include The Wisp, Great-Big Huge Man, Captain Americuss, Scrap-Iron Man, Mr. Fantabulous, Thore the God Thenthathional, Fumin' Scorch, Thang, Spider-Dan, and Invisibubble Girl.

When the Green Trashcan, self-proclaimed leader of the Bestest League of America, went to meet with the Marvelous Heroes at their headquarters to discuss the superhero strike. Mr. Fantabulous attempted to be a voice of reason and prevent a conflict, but the other Marvleous Heroes kick their rival hero out of their headquarters. Hunk tries to replace Mr. Fantabulous as leader and gets into a disagreement with the Thang.

After being expelled, Green Trashcan gathered the BLA for battle. The two groups begin to battle it out, but Hunk and Thang both fight over Wondrous Woman instead of fighting their rivals in the Bestest League of America. Later, The union presidents arrive to tell th heroes the strike is over due the US President and the Comics Code declaring the strike unethical.

Powers & Abilities[]

The Hunk possessed super strength.

Public Domain Appearances[]

  • Go-Go Comics #6

Notes[]

  • The character is an obvious spoof of Hulk.
  • The Marvelous Heroes are in the public domain thanks to a lack of a proper copyright notice (any work published without one between 1923 and 1977 immediately entered the public domain).

See Also[]

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