| Character Name: | Blockbuster |
| Real Name: | Bart Dietzel |
| Species: | Human Mutate |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Debut: | Captain America #121 (Jan 1970)[1] |
| Creators: | Stan Lee and Gene Colan |
| Aliases: | Man-Brute |
| Powers: | super-strength |
Blockbuster is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The Man-Brute first appeared in Captain America #121 (January 1970), and was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan.
The character subsequently appears as Blockbuster in Omega the Unknown #7 (March 1977), and #9 (July 1977), in which he is killed.
The man originally known as the Man-Brute was an ex-convict whose strength was boosted by a factor of twelve by Professor Silas X. Cragg. Cragg was an enemy of Captain America from the World War II era who had developed a variant of the Super Soldier Serum which he used to empower the Man-Brute. Cragg sent the Man-Brute to attack Captain America at a charity event, but when the Man-Brute ran into his own estranged son he became upset at what he had become. Man-Brute attacked Cragg, who backed into a high voltage machine and was electrocuted.[2]
Renaming himself Blockbuster, he sought to acquire wealth for his son Robert, to give him a better life and keep him from becoming a criminal like himself. He robbed a bank, leading to conflict with the NYPD and then Omega the Unknown. Omega felt empathy for Blockbuster and his son, and let the man escape with the money. After Blockbuster robbed a diamond store, the owner offered a thousand dollar reward to which Omega responded. After struggling with Omega a few times, Blockbuster was incinerated by the second Foolkiller.[3]
Blockbuster possessed superhuman strength, durability, endurance, etc. He was an experienced street fighter, although he did not demonstrate any advanced fighting skills.
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