Blimp (Earth-616)

Blimp
Name	Unrevealed
Current Alias	Blimp
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Imperial Guard
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′9″ (1.75 m)
Weight	Indeterminate
Eyes	Irises: White
Hair	Bald
Skin	Yellow
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Alien
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Shi'ar Empire
Occupation	Imperial Guardsman
Base of Operations	Shi'ar Throneworld
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Grant Morrison, Igor Kordey
First	New X-Men #124 (March, 2002)
First	New X-Men #124 (March, 2002)

History

Blimp was among the Shi'ar Imperial Guardians brought to Earth by Cassandra Nova (posing as Charles Xavier) to eliminate the X-Men and mutantkind as an alleged threat to the Shi'ar.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

• Gas Body: Bio-helium body contained within a specially constructed space suit.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Special space suit to contain his body.

Trivia

• Like many members of the Imperial Guard, Blimp is a pastiche of a member of DC Comics's Legion of Super-Heroes, in particular the Bouncing Boy. Blimp is actually the Guard's second Bouncing Boy pastiche, after Hardball.

See Also

• 1 appearance(s) of Blimp (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Blimp (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Blimp (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Blimp on Marvel.com
• Marvel Encyclopedia #X-Men