Is anyone else as excited for 20th Century Fox's "Fan4stic" as I am? We could see Dr. Doom and Galactus and The Skrulls and-wait, I'm forgetting a very important Fantastic Four character, one that Fox would be fools to leave out! The Impossible Man! Don't know him? Jarvis, Activate the Z-Lister Program! Time to get comic booked!
The Impossible Man first appeared in "Fantastic Four #11" in 1963, written by Stan Lee to be more an annoyance than a villain. Impossible Man is a Poppupian, a race of aliens who're hedonistic and operate on a hive mind. He decided to vacation to Earth out of boredom and quickly realized that humans lack shapeshifting powers unlike Poppupians, convincing himself he was the most powerful being on Earth The Impossible Man constantly harassed the human race with his transformative powers. The Thing-during this story-gave the alien the idea for his name after calling him "impossible". The Fantastic Four outsmarted The Impossible Man by convincing Earth's people to simply ignore his antics, the lack of response started to bore The Impossible Man and he left Earth in a fit.
Impossible Man returns to have many more adventures, firstly he showed up as Earth's last hope against the planet-devouring being Galactus and actually convinced Galactus to eat planet Poppup-Impossible Man's home planet-instead of Earth. He also broke into the Marvel Comics Offices and caused chaos until Stan Lee agreed to give him his own title. He helped The Fantastic Four in defeating Klaw, Molecule Man, and The Frightful Four. After seeing the relationship The Thing and Alicia Masters had, Impossible Man got lonely and asexually reproduced a female Poppupian of similar physical age, named her The Impossible Woman and they "created" The Impossible Kids. After many adventures involving his family and many Marvel characters, The Impossible Man revealed to Spider-Man that the Poppupian people aren't entirely dead and that the minds of the entire planet resinate inside Impossible Man's mind, on account of the alien's hive mind. Spidey talked Impossible Man into restoring his people and with The Fantastic Four's help, The Impossible Man reproduced his entire species and travelled to an abounded planet, founding New Poppup. During The Hulk and The Red Hulk's battle against the alien criminal Xemnu and his minion Kluh, The Impossible Man intervened by fusing Hulk and Red Hulk together into one being, The Composite Hulk. Fun fact: "Composite" is one of my trigger words. One of The Impossible Man's sons-Adolf Impossible-is shown to have Poppupian powers, but lacks their chaotic mentality as his father described him as "entirely too possible". The Impossible Man asked The Future Foundation-The Fantastic Four's successor organization-to take Adolf in and allow him to grow up on Earth. Oh, and The Impossible Man had a story with Mister Mxyzptlk, an adversary of DC Comic's Superman. That was the 90's, crossovers easier.
The Impossible Man exists as a Looney Tune in The Marvel Universe, often mimicking other Marvel characters like Thor, Wolverine and The Hulk. I'm always up for some satire, but more so when comedic characters are given development, I love me some sad clowns. Plus, any character who can hassle Galactus AND Stan Lee earns some respect. All things considered, I don't want to see this character in a film as he seems far too irritating in motion. Thanks for reading!
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