Mutant Growth Hormone? But Wait, There’s More!
Moses Magnum is selling gamma irradiated mutant growth hormone. “Gamma irradiated mutant growth hormone” — frankly, that’s a clever concept that I hope will be revisited at some point.
Now, it’s not made clear in the comic if the MGH itself was exposed to gamma radiation, or if it was the mutant it was extracted from that was exposed to gamma radiation, but I favor the latter scenario because it would be a lot more fun. As if having a mutant super-power wasn’t enough, now you’d have gamma powers too. Imagine a Hulked-out Angel, Nightcrawler, or Beast…or Emma Frost.
I like the idea of stacking super-powers, and I’m surprised it hasn’t been addressed more often than the occasional Elseworlds*. (Of course, it does have its potential downside, like this)
*Some hero or other always seems to have a Green Lantern ring in addition to their own powers in those.
Flash did a version of stacking powers when he used Johnny Quick’s speed mantra in addition to his own speed powers in the Terminal Velocity
5 Responses to “ Mutant Growth Hormone? But Wait, There’s More! ”
February 25th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Morrison did something with this in Marvel Boy., when the title character had to fight the UN Bannermen- vatgrown supersoldier clones, with adamantium bone reinforcement and ‘gamma-enhancement’ (they could turn into grey Hulks). The Bannermen were a cool concept, and I would’ve liked to have seen them re-used.
February 26th, 2009 at 6:34 am
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February 26th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Fine Print – “Disclaimer – No refunds if the only mutant power you develop is grotesque cancerous growths. Super strength, speed, or mental abilities are not guaranteed and may be pruely coincidental. Consult with your doctor if your are pregnant, may become pregnant or may be carrying alien larva before taking MGH.”
February 26th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
There’s a lot you could especially do with either:
-super speed
-green lantern rings
-gamma radiation
I always thought one of the best combination of powers would be a Flash wearing a Green Lantern ring. If you get any competent person using a ring you get roughly the same result. But a Flash would have an advantage over anyone else by having instantaneous reaction time. So if bad guys appear on the scene, he could just think his beams into defeating them in a microsecond and be done with it.
February 26th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
The Bannermen bugged me. How can they Hulk-out when their unbreakable skeletons wouldn’t be able to match their growth?
Giving Uncle Sam (who derives his strength from the collective willpower of the entire US population) a GL ring was pretty clever. So he has the willpower of Alan, Hal, John, Guy, Kyle, and 300 million other people. That should work out well for him.
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