Doop is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe who was created by writer Peter Milligan and artist Mike Allred. He made his debut in X-Force volume 1 #116. He is a green, floating spheroid creature of unknown origins who spoke in a "language" all his own (respresented in text by a special font). Although Doop has no obvious physical sexual characteristics he is almost always referred to in the male gender, which he has shown to be his preference. It has been suggested that Felicia (pseudonym) be merged into this article or section. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... X-Force was a Marvel Comics superhero team, featured in an eponymous monthly series from 1991 until 2002 and a miniseries running from late 2004 to 2005. ... Peter Milligan is an Irish writer, best known for his comic book, film and television work. ... X-Force was a Marvel Comics superhero team, featured in an eponymous monthly series from 1991 until 2002 and a miniseries running from late 2004 to 2005. ... X-Statix was the name of a fictional team of mutant superheroes in Marvel Comics, specifically designed to be ironic media superstars. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Various characters of the Marvel Universe. ... Peter Milligan is an Irish writer, best known for his comic book, film and television work. ... Cover to the Madman Adventures collected edition Mike Allred is a U.S. comic book artist and writer. ... X-Force was a Marvel Comics superhero team, featured in an eponymous monthly series from 1991 until 2002 and a miniseries running from late 2004 to 2005. ... A font can mean: A member of a typeface family; or digital font - file format that encapsulates a typeface family in a database. ...

History

Doop served as the cameraman for the celebrity mutant superhero team X-Statix (formerly known as X-Force). It was hinted many times that he might have been manipulating the team or that he was trying to control them in some clandestine way, but nothing was ever resolved or proven. Captain America stated that Doop was an American-created superweapon that was capable of destroying the entire planet, and later in the same storyline, Doop held his own in a one-on-one battle against Avengers member Thor. He was acquainted with Wolverine, and the two even teamed up in a two-issue miniseries. X-Statix was the name of a fictional team of mutant superheroes in Marvel Comics, specifically designed to be ironic media superstars. ... Captain America, the alter ego of Steve Rogers (in some accounts Steven Grant Rogers), is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Avengers are a superhero team, consisting of many of Marvel Comics most popular heroes. ... Thor (often called The Mighty Thor) is a Marvel Comics superhero, based on the thunder god of Norse mythology. ... Wolverine, born James Howlett and often simply called Logan, is a Marvel Comics superhero, a member of the X-Men. ...

Doop was thought to have died with the rest of X-Statix on their final mission. However, the vacationing X-Men Havok and Polaris recently encountered a Doop-like entity when it crashed to Earth from outer space. Polaris immediately identified the creature as the being she had seen in space before, and called it "Daap". Havok eventually blasted it to pieces, but it began to bring itself back together, and its amorphous jelly-like remains flew off with both Polaris and the mutant-hating Leper Queen. It is uncertain if Daap and Doop are one and the same. The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Havok (Alex Summers) is a Marvel Comics superhero, a member of the X-Men. ... Polaris (Lorna Dane) is a Marvel Comics superhero, a member of the X-Men. ...

In a segment written by Peter Milligan in the I (Heart) Marvel: My Mutant Heart one-shot, it was revealed that at some indeterminate point in Doop's life, he had an affair with a beautiful married woman. Her husband hired a private investigator, Chandler, to spy on his errant wife. Chandler found himself falling in love with Doop. In the end, Doop ditched the woman to be with the detective.

Abilities

Doop's abilities displayed in the comics thus far have included superhuman strength and durability, flight, regeneration, physical malleability, a vaguely defined ability to manipulate time and/or space, and the ability to replicate physical objects by unknown means. In the "silent" issue of X-Force, he accidentally sucked the entire team into his body or mind via a popped pimple. He entered himself by picking at the pimple, and rescued his teammates from their own subconscious minds. When they were restored to reality, none but Doop was aware of what had occurred, and only a fraction of a second had actually passed. Doop uses his mouth as a storage space for his camera equipment, among other items; it is unknown whether these items are simply stored inside his physical body or are actually transported to another dimension like the one to which his teammates were transported. In the "Lacuna" storyline in X-Force, Lacuna's ability to stop time did not affect Doop. Whatever his control over time or space may be, it is apparently not powerful enough for the team to use him for teleporting the group; they relied first on U-Go Girl and later on Venus Dee Milo for long-distance travel. Lacuna is a fictional character, a mutant and the occasional ally of the superhero group X-Statix. ... U-Go Girl, was a member of the superhero team X-Statix. ... When Venus Dee Milos mutant powers manifested, she became permanently transformed into a being of pure energy. ...

In the "X-Statix vs.Avengers" storyline in X-Statix, Doop's brain was removed from his body and forced to project energy blasts at his teammates (a power that he did not demonstrate previously or afterwards). The brain was accidentally smashed into fragments by Thor, but his second brain (located in his hindquarters) was temporarily installed in his head until the original brain could be reassembled (not unlike the Star Trek episode "Spock's Brain"). Later, when Thor struck Doop with his hammer, Mjolnir, Doop absorbed the hammer into his body and fired Mjolnir and a number of duplicate hammers from his mouth at Thor. Doop has stretched his facial features and tongue on numerous occasions, and once pluckled an eye from his head and then replaced it. He expanded his body into a cushion in the Wolverine/Doop miniseries. It is unknown if Doop possesses any other powers. On the one instance where he was forced to kill someone, he apparently used an ordinary axe, although the killing itself was not actually depicted on-panel. Some time later, when Doop thought that Wolverine was dangerously insane, he was prepared to attack the X-Man with a broken glass bottle. The Avengers are a superhero team, consisting of many of Marvel Comics most popular heroes. ... Thor (often called The Mighty Thor) is a Marvel Comics superhero, based on the thunder god of Norse mythology. ... Star Trek collectively refers to an American science-fiction franchise spanning six unique television series (which comprise 726 episodes) and ten feature films, in addition to hundreds of novels, computer and video games, fan stories, and other works of fiction — all of which are set within the same fictional universe... Spocks Brain is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast September 20, 1968. ... Cover to Thor #83. ...

The power charts in the Marvel Encyclopedia Volume 2: X-Men depicted Doop has having the maximum rating in all statistics, meaning that he possessed strength, durability, intelligence, speed, agility, and undefined energy projection powers greater than anyone short of a cosmic entity, although few of these characteristics were ever actually depicted in the comics themselves. According to the Marvel Universe Role-Playing Game Guide to the X-Men, which is itself not binding to Marvel canon, Doop is smarter than Reed Richards, as strong as the Thing, more agile than pretty much anyone, can fly at close to lightspeed, and is as durable as the Blob or Thing. He can sense mutations, is immune to reality distortion, and has a high level of mental defense which he can share with others. He can store limitless amounts of matter within his body, which he normally places in and removes from his body through his mouth. He has a mastery of energy power listed with "all options", which according to the game system means that he is immune to energy damage, can transform into energy, can create and manipulate energy, can fire energy blasts, can build up energy for larger effects, can generate force fields, can absorb energy and can combine his energy powers with more mundane attacks (although the effects of such a mastery of energy wouldn't be limited to that). Mister Fantastic is a Marvel Comics superhero who is the leader of the Fantastic Four. ... The Thing (Benjamin Jacob Ben Grimm) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, a founding member of the superhero team The Fantastic Four. ... The Blob (Fred J. Dukes) is a supervillain appearing in Marvel Comics X-Men, among other titles. ... The Thing (Benjamin Jacob Ben Grimm) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, a founding member of the superhero team The Fantastic Four. ...

A figure of Doop was included with the Marvel Legends Wave VI Deadpool figure. Doop merchandise is also popular in the Marvel universe, particularly among children; Paco Perez was seen wearing a Doop t-shirt, while Molly Hayes is the known owner of both a stuffed Doop doll and Doop poster. Jean Grey has also been seen with a Doop keychain. fan art of the line Marvel Legends is an action figure line based on the characters of Marvel Comics, and produced by Toy Biz. ... Deadpool is a Marvel Comics character, occasionally portrayed as a villain, but usually as an anti-hero. ... Molly Hayes is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero and a member of the Runaways who first appeared in Molly is one of the 198 mutants to keep their powers after House of M. (X-Men - The 198 Files) // Character history Molly Hayes is a mutant born with the... Jean Grey, originally codenamed Marvel Girl and later Phoenix, is a Marvel Comics superhero, best known as a member of the X-Men. ...

Doop Speak

Doop Translator by Chris Griswold, July 2001

In July 2001, comics reader Chris Griswold noticed a similarity between the language Doop spoke in X-Force and a font he had downloaded from series letterer Nate Piekos' Web site called Roswell Wreckage. Using the font, he was able to decipher Doop's dialogue for the next few issues. Image File history File links Griswold_doop_translator. ... Image File history File links Griswold_doop_translator. ...

In October 2001, Griswold released it to the public on several Web sites, from which it spread throughout X-Men fandom. There were even reports of comics stores giving their customers printed copies.

Marvel quickly responded. Series editor Axel Alonso, in an October 8, 2001 article by Eric J. Moreels on the now-defunct X-Fan site at Cinescape.com:

"It was brought to our attention only last week that some folks were popping over to Blambot.com to ostensibly decode the enigma of 'Doop Speak'. Do not be fooled. Says [series writer] Peter Milligan, and I quote: 'Any such alphabet that purports to exist is to 'Doop Speak' what a Greek Restaurant menu is to The Iliad. The complexities and nuances of Doop Speak - understood only by an initiated few - cannot be encompassed or delineated by any one image system.' Folks should 'translate' at their own risk."