Forbush Man (spelled Forbush-Man in his early appearances) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Originally the mascot of Marvel's Not Brand Echh , he is the alter-ego of Irving Forbush , a fictional employee of "Marble Comics" (a parody of Marvel). Forbush was devised in 1955 by Marvel editor Stan Lee to refer to an imaginary low-grade colleague who was often the butt of Lee's jokes. In his guise of Forbush-Man, he first appeared in 1967.
19-606: Forbush can refer to: Fictional characters [ edit ] Forbush Man , a character in the comic book Not Brand Echh Nellie Forbush, a character in the musical South Pacific People [ edit ] Scott Forbush (1904–1984), astronomer Edward Howe Forbush , ornithologist and author of Birds of New England Places [ edit ] Forbush, Iowa , an unincorporated community Forbush Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina , USA Forbush, North Carolina ,
38-528: A boss’s often impromptu order to an underling, usually a menial one, to go and fetch something, frequently of a personal nature, such as coffee, dry-cleaned garments , or postage stamps . The term originated in North America . In the first season (1976) of the television series The Muppet Show , Scooter was given the stage manager job because his uncle owned the theater where the Muppets performed. The pun
57-526: A choice for top assistant editor. During the 1980s and 1990s, Forbush Man became the mascot of the Marvel Age news magazine. He also was a main cast member in What The--?! , a satirical ensemble book. In 1993, Forbush Man was killed fighting Dumsday in a parody of DC Comics ' " The Death of Superman ". Forbush Man appears in the 2006 series Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. as a member of "The New Paramounts",
76-484: A community within Forbush Township Forbush Lake on Vancouver Island Other [ edit ] Forbush decrease , in astronomy, a decrease in observed cosmic ray intensity Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Forbush . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
95-403: A costume comprising red long johns with the letter F on the front, black galoshes and a cooking pot with eye-holes on his head. Forbush-Man's first major appearance was in the lead story of Not Brand Echh #5 (December 1967): "The Origin of Forbush-Man", which was "conceived, created and cluttered-up" by Lee and Kirby. In this story, Forbush-Man's secret identity is revealed as Irving Forbush,
114-677: A cup of coffee, a tool, a tailored suit, or a car. Outside of the business world, the term is used to describe a child or young adult who is learning how to do tasks and is sent to fetch items. A similar job is that of peon in Commonwealth countries . Gofer may also refer to a junior member of an organisation who generally receive the most vexing and thankless work. Law firms with a top-heavy management structure, having not enough junior lawyers to take care of menial yet necessary tasks, can be referred to as having "too many loafers and not enough gophers ". Gofer derives from “go for” and typifies
133-652: A team consisting of Not Brand Echh characters. He is later killed by Tabitha Smith after failing to control her mind. Forbush Man later appeared in the 2010 one-shot Captain America: Who Won't Wield the Shield . He is killed while defending Marvel Comics employees from critics who believe that they have made comics too dark, but soon returns as a zombie. The original Forbush Man had no superpowers. The Forbush Man who appeared in Nextwave can project deadly hallucinations into
152-614: Is a native of Earth-665 as opposed to Marvel's regular Earth-616 . Irving Forbush was introduced in Marvel's short-lived satirical comic book Snafu as a mascot. Forbush was given a line in the magazine's content page where he was credited as Snafu 's founder. Another Forbush family member, Melvin, was mentioned in the letters column reference, "Losted [sic] by his cousin, Melvin Forbush". During Snafu 's three-issue run, starting in November 1955,
171-730: The Avengers parody the Revengers, the S.H.I.E.L.D. parody S.H.E.E.S.H, and finally the X-Men parody The Echhs-Men. His third major appearance came in Not Brand Echh #13 (May 1969, the comic's final issue), which finds him in a loose parody of Silver Surfer #5 (April 1969). Writer Lee himself puts in an appearance as Marble Comics' "Fearless Leader" in the final two panels. On page 3 of Fantastic Four Annual #3 (1965) while Patsy Walker and her rival Hedy Wolfe eye Tony Stark and search for Millie
190-610: The Marvel Cinematic Universe series Daredevil , Jessica Jones , Luke Cage , Iron Fist , The Defenders , and The Punisher . This version is a police captain and attorney. Forbush Man appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 . Gofer A gofer , go-fer or gopher / ˈ ɡ oʊ f ər / is an employee who specializes in the delivery of special items to their superior(s). Examples of these special items include
209-549: The "actual face" of Irving Forbush was often shown, though this face was of someone not named Irving Forbush. Forbush-Man first appeared on the cover of the first issue of the satirical Not Brand Echh ( cover-dated Aug. 1967), drawn by Jack Kirby and featuring Doctor Doom , the Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer cowering in fear as Forbush Man approaches. Forbush-Man is a wannabe superhero with no superpowers who wears
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#1732856167004228-516: The 1978 instructional paperback How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way , Chapter Five focuses on drawing a humanoid figure. The introduction states, "...Most anyone can draw a stick figure. (Even Irving Forbush!)" In the early 1990s, when Comics Buyer's Guide begin their annual fan awards, Marvel came up with its own award for assistant editors as they were ineligible for the CBG awards. Some ballots, which appeared on Marvel's letters pages, listed Forbush as
247-539: The Model as the crowd gathers for the wedding of Reed Richards and Sue Storm , chants of "We Want Irving Forbush, We Want Irving Forbush" are seen in the background. He is mentioned by Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man #35 (April 1966) as what Spider-Man calls an in-joke. When Molten Man tells Spider-Man that when he beats him, nobody would stop him, Spider-Man remarks, "There's always Irving Forbush". In
266-454: The fictitious office gofer at Marble Comics. The character has a shrewish maiden aunt (Auntie Mayhem) who is indirectly responsible for her nephew becoming a superhero: in a fit of pique, she slams the fabled cooking pot over Irving's head, inadvertently providing him with the disguise he'd been looking for. The fictional October 13, 1939, edition of the Daily Bugle claims an "Irving Forbush"
285-400: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forbush&oldid=1212875728 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Forbush Man According to Marvel Comics' Alternate Universes 2005 , Forbush Man
304-638: The minds of others, with this power normally being blocked by his helmet. During the DC/Marvel Amalgam Universe crossover , Irving Forbush was fused with DC's AL to form Al Forbush, proprietor of Lobo the Duck's favorite diner in the series' parody installment. He wears Forbush Man's trademark cooking pot with eye holes on his head. In Infinity Wars , Forbush Man is fused with Eternity and temporarily gains cosmic powers. Irving Forbush makes non-speaking cameo appearances in photographs depicted in
323-407: Was SmackDown's General Manager at the time) when they were both part of the villainous La Familia stable. This would become a sporadic running joke on WWE programming as other superstars would mock Chavo for this reason. The 2008 film WALL-E features a robotic gofer (named GO-4, a pun on gofer), who is the henchman of the villainous AI autopilot AUTO. Brad Pitt 's character Cliff Booth
342-486: Was born on Friday the 13th, his parents Stan and Jacqueline wanting a daughter instead. Like his better-known Marvel contemporaries, Forbush-Man triumphs over a number of super powered adversaries, starting with 'The Juggernut ' in Not Brand Echh #5. All of his victories are purely accidental; lacking superhuman powers, dumb luck plays a major role in all his adventures. Forbush-Man's next appearance came in Not Brand Echh #8 (June 1968), when he applies for membership with
361-509: Was that a gopher not only is an animal, like the Muppets supposedly are, but is a fast animal, collecting food and delivering it somewhere else. At some point in the Muppets series, Kermit the Frog suggested that he himself was a gofer, but probably didn't last long in the job. Chavo Guerrero was considered to be a gofer for his aunt Vickie Guerrero on WWE 's SmackDown for most of 2008 (Vickie
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