Erg (comics)

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comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Erg
real_name=Andreas KönigFact|date=March 2008
species=Human Mutant
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Power Pack" v1 #12 "(July, 1985)"
creators=Louise Simonson
June Brigman
alliance_color=background:#ffc0c0
alliances=Morlocks The 198 Drain Dwellers
aliases=
powers=Absorb nearby energy (including kinetic impacts) and release it as electricity from left eye|

Erg is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe.

Publication history

Erg's first appearance was in "Power Pack" #12 (July 1985), and he was created by Louise Simonson and June Brigman.

The character subsequently appears in "The Uncanny X-Men" #195 (July 1985), "X-Factor" #10 (November 1986), "Power Pack" #27 (December 1986), "X-Factor" #11-12 (December 1986-January 1987), #15 (April 1987), "Decimation: House of M - The Day After" #1 (January 2006), "X-Men: The 198" #1 (March 2006), "X-Men: The 198 Files" #1 (March 2006), "X-Men" #183 (April 2006), "X-Men: The 198" #2-5 (April-July 2006), and "The Uncanny X-Men" #487-491 (August-December 2007).

Erg appeared as part of the "Morlocks" entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #9.

Fictional character biography

Erg was a member of the Morlocks who was able to absorb all forms of energy and project them in blasts from his left eye, which he called his "electric eye".

Erg was one of the few Morlocks to survive the Marauders' attack during the 'Mutant Massacre'. He was also one of the first mutants to seek a safe haven at the Xavier Institute following M-Day, when most mutants lost their powers. Erg, Mammomax, and Peepers were running from members of the murderous Sapien League. They had the institute in sight when they were taken down by a shock grenade and tasers. The Leper Queen orders her men to kill them. The League members set up three St. Andrew's crosses (which are "X" shaped) with braces to keep the crosses upright. Erg is tied to one of the crosses. Gasoline was poured on and a lit match tossed. Erg regains consciousness when the lower legs of the cross were blazing. He would have died if he hadn't been yanked off by Wolverine. The X-Man had been sitting in the Xavier estate woods, letting Colossus sketch him.

Erg ends up living with many other mutants, some there unwillingly. It was Erg's idea to have a "198" flag, the number representing what was originally though to be the amount of mutants left in the entire world. He claims he had an uncle, unnamed, who was a Hell's Angel. He states that the Hell's Angels wear a 1% badge because the media says it was just one percent of bikers who caused the trouble when a biker gang tore up a town called "Hollister" back in the 1940s.

He was one of a few mutants who attacks Sentinel Squad O*N*E (Office of National Emergency) because they want to leave the Xavier estate. Mister M ends that fight.

Erg is also one of the unfortunate mutants who accepted having an electronic tag inserted in order to be allowed to go out on a supervised group trip to Salem Center. Dr. Cooper told the mutants that the tags were "...a harmless tracking device, inserted under the skin with a simple and painless surgical process." That wasn't true, as Erg figured out too late. The tags have the ability to generate disabling electronic pulses. Later on, Mister M takesthe liberty of freeing the chipped mutants of their devices.

The Extremists

During Ed Brubaker's "The Extremists" arc, Erg reappeared alongside some of his fellow Morlocks under the leadership of Masque. Besides Erg, this group consists of Bliss, Litterbug and Skids, and a captured Leech.

In other media

*Erg has appeared in a few episodes of the "X-Men Animated Series" with his fellow Morlocks and fought the X-men.

External links

*http://marvel.com/universe/Erg