Oswald Boeglin (Earth-616)

Bulwark
Name	Oswald Boeglin
Current Alias	Bulwark
Aliases	Bulwark(Mutant name)
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Formerly Hellions
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′ (1.52 m) 9 ft tall(Normal), 6'8 ft tall(Powered Up)
Weight	98 Pounds(Normal), Approximately 450 Pounds(Powered Up)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Red
Unusual Features	Very thin(Normal), Inhumanly large(Powered Up)
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Germany
Place of Death	Neverland
Cause of Death	Killed by Weapon X Program
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	German
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Scott Lobdell, Todd Dezago, Tom Grummett
First	Generation X #12 (December, 1995)
First	Generation X #12 (December, 1995)
Death	Weapon X (Vol. 2) #5 (January, 2003)
Death	Weapon X (Vol. 2) #5 (January, 2003)

History

Not much was known of the mutant known as Bulwark before he was found and recruited by Emplate. This powerhouse joined a team that Emplate gathered to torment Generation X, including Murmur, Vincente, and DOA.

Before the young teens returned to the Massachusetts Academy from their outing into the city, they were attacked by Emplate's Hellions. Skin, who had separated from the group to drop off Synch at his parents' house was ambushed by Bulwark and brought back to the Institute. The Hellions were successful in capturing the young mutants, but M had telepathically called for help and it was answered by the X-Man Bishop. M took out her frustrations on Bulwark, punching him through the school's Bio-Sphere and then flying after him. As he was about to attack M, his muscles suddenly withered away. Knowing that he was defeated, he fled along with Vincente. Leech—then a ward of Generation X and resident of the Bio-dome—was the one responsible for the atrophy of Bulwark's powers, and M thanked him for his help. With Penance's realignment of alliances Generation X was successful in stopping the team.

Bulwark did not have a happy ending. Sometime later he was captured by operatives of the revamped Weapon X program. Along with many other mutants, he was rounded up and put into a concentration camp called Neverland and was subsequently killed in the gas chambers.

Attributes

Powers

Muscle Manipulation: Bulwark was a mutant with power to expand his muscle mass to unknown proportions, thereby increasing his strength and durability. He wore many red, leather bands across his face and body, possibly as a means of self-restraint to gauge the safe limit of his powers.

Superhuman Strength: He demonstrated incredible strength and determination as he effortlessly tore through a solid wall like paper, using only his bare hands. With belts limiting his strength, the extent of his true strength remains a mystery. Despite the restraining belts, he exhibits unparalleled might by effortlessly tearing through a wall as if it were made of mere paper. Unlike others who rely on full-powered punches to break walls with enhanced strength, while Oswald instead uses a weaker tactic to get through.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Red Belts strapped around his body to limit his power from harming him.

See Also

• 3 appearance(s) of Oswald Boeglin (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Oswald Boeglin (Earth-616)
• 2 image(s) of Oswald Boeglin (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Oswald Boeglin on Wikipedia.org