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The character almost certainly drew inspiration from the Creator/TheodoreSturgeon short story "It!", and would go on to inspire other {{Swamp Monster}}s in comics: most notably Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/ManThing and Creator/DCComics' ComicBook/SwampThing.
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The character almost certainly drew inspiration is heavily based on the creature from the Creator/TheodoreSturgeon short story "It!", "Literature/{{It|1940}}" and would go on to inspire other {{Swamp Monster}}s in comics: most notably Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/ManThing and Creator/DCComics' ComicBook/SwampThing.
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The Heap is the name of several fictional comic book muck-monsters, the original of which first appeared in Hillman Periodicals' ''Air Fighters Comics'' #3 (cover-dated Dec. 1942), during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. The Heap was comics' first swamp monster.
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The Heap is the name of several fictional comic book muck-monsters, the original of which first appeared in Hillman Periodicals' ''Air Fighters Comics'' #3 (cover-dated Dec. 1942), during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. The Heap was comics' first swamp monster.[[TropeMaker first]] SwampMonster.
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The character almost certainly drew inspiration from the Creator/TheodoreSturgeon short story "It!", and would go on to inspire other swamp monsters {{Swamp Monster}}s in comics: most notably Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/ManThing and Creator/DCComics' ComicBook/SwampThing.
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* SwampMonster: The TropeMaker for comics swamp monsters, being the inspiration for many other swamp monsters like ComicBook/ManThing and ComicBook/SwampThing. The Heap was most likely inspired by a creature from Creator/TheodoreSturgeon short story "It!"
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* SuperStrength: The Heap possesses superhuman strength and has performed such feats as wrestling a bull, effortlessly smashing through a steal subway barrier, etc.
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The Heap is the name of several fictional comic book muck-monsters, the original of which first appeared in Hillman Periodicals' ''Air Fighters Comics'' #3 (cover-dated Dec. 1942), during the period fans and historians UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. The Heap was comics' first swamp monster.
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The Heap is the name of several fictional comic book muck-monsters, the original of which first appeared in Hillman Periodicals' ''Air Fighters Comics'' #3 (cover-dated Dec. 1942), during the period fans and historians UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. The Heap was comics' first swamp monster.
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* TokenEnemyMinority: The Heap is WWI German flying ace who fights alongside the allied heroes in WWII.
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* AcePilot: Eric was UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne German flying ace. After rising as the Heap, some later stories had him take to the skies again despite being a near-mindless MuckMonster: the long buried instincts of Eric allowing him to fly fighter planes against Axis flyers.
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* AcePilot: Eric was a UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne German flying ace. After rising as the Heap, some later stories had him take to the skies again despite being a near-mindless MuckMonster: the long buried instincts of Eric allowing him to fly fighter planes against Axis flyers.
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* HealingFactor: The Heapis [[NighInvulnerable capable of withstanding a few gunshots or axe strokes without being impaired]], and it is able to quickly heal any wounds that it does have.
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* HealingFactor: The Heapis Heap is [[NighInvulnerable capable of withstanding a few gunshots or axe strokes without being impaired]], and it is able to quickly heal any wounds that it does have.
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* SWampsAreEvil: Eric Von Emmelman lay rooting in the fetid waters of Wasseau swamp for 24 years before rising as something [[WasOnceAMan no longer human]].
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* SWampsAreEvil: SwampsAreEvil: Eric Von Emmelman lay rooting in the fetid waters of Wasseau swamp for 24 years before rising as something [[WasOnceAMan no longer human]].
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* SWampsAreEvil: Eric Von Emmelman lay rooting in the fetid waters of Wasseau swamp for 24 years before rising as something [[WasOnceAMan no longer human]].
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* AcePilot: Eric was UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne German flying ace. After rising as the Heap, some later stories had him take to the skies again despite being a near-mindless MuckMonster: the ong buried instincts of Eric allowing him to fly fighter planes against Axis flyers.
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* AcePilot: Eric was UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne German flying ace. After rising as the Heap, some later stories had him take to the skies again despite being a near-mindless MuckMonster: the ong long buried instincts of Eric allowing him to fly fighter planes against Axis flyers.
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* HealingFactor: The Heapis [[NighInvulnerable capable of withstanding a few gunshots or axe strokes without being impaired]], and it is able to quickly heal any wounds that it does have.
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* SuperhumanStrength: The Heap possesses superhuman strength and has performed such feats as wrestling a bull, effortlessly smashing through a steal subway barrier, etc.
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* GiantEnemyCrab: In ''Airboy Comics'' #103, the Heap battles the Great Black Crab of Brittany, which is ExactlyWhatItsSaysOnTheTin.
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* GiantEnemyCrab: In ''Airboy Comics'' #103, the Heap battles the Great Black Crab of Brittany, which is ExactlyWhatItsSaysOnTheTin.ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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* GaintEnemyCrab: In ''Airboy Comics'' #103, the Heap battles the Great Black Crab of Brittany, which is ExactltWhatItsSaysOnTheTin.
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* GaintEnemyCrab: GiantEnemyCrab: In ''Airboy Comics'' #103, the Heap battles the Great Black Crab of Brittany, which is ExactltWhatItsSaysOnTheTin.ExactlyWhatItsSaysOnTheTin.
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* GaintEnemyCrab: In ''Airboy Comics'' #103, the Heap battles the Great Black Crab of Brittany, which is ExactltWhatItsSaysOnTheTin.
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* MotherNature: A later {{retcon}} of the Heap's origin is that as he was lying in the swamp, mortally wounded but refusing to die, the goddess Ceres came to his aid, and decided to save him from death, to transform the Baron into her champion against evil. Later retellings changed Ceres into the more generic Mother Nature.
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* MotherNature: A later {{retcon}} of the Heap's origin is that as he was lying in the swamp, mortally wounded but refusing to die, the goddess Ceres came to his aid, and decided to save him from death, to transform the Baron into her champion against evil. Later retellings re-tellings changed Ceres into the more generic Mother Nature.Nature.
* NighInvulnerable: The Heap is capable of withstanding a few gunshots or axe strokes without being impaired, and it is able to quickly heal any wounds that it did have.
* NighInvulnerable: The Heap is capable of withstanding a few gunshots or axe strokes without being impaired, and it is able to quickly heal any wounds that it did have.
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* SuperhumanStrength: The Heap possesses superhuman strength and has performed such feats as wrestling a bull, effortlessly smashing through a steal subway barrier, etc.
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The character almost certainly drew inspiration from the Creator/TheodoreSturgeon short story "It!", and would go on to inspire other swamp monsters in comics: most notably Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/ManThing and Creator/DCComics' ComicBook/SwampThing.
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* HeroicWillpower: Baron Eric Von Emmelmann was shot down over Wausau swamp, near the small town of Rodz in Poland. Lying lifeless as his body slowly merged with the morass, he had nothing left but his will to live, to rise, to return to the world of humans. Over next 24 years, Von Emmelmann's will to live, coupled with vegetation of swamp covering his body and replacing the flesh, allowed him to arise again, now formed from the muck and vegetation of the swamp.
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* WalkingTheEarth: After its first clash with the hero [=SkyWolf=} and turning against its former countrymen who were now fanatical Nazis, the Heap took to wandering the globe, helping in its semi-mindless and often misunderstood way those in need and battling those monsters more malevolent than itself.
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* WalkingTheEarth: After its first clash with the hero [=SkyWolf=} [=SkyWolf=] and turning against its former countrymen who were now fanatical Nazis, the Heap took to wandering the globe, helping in its semi-mindless and often misunderstood way those in need and battling those monsters more malevolent than itself.
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* WasOnceAMan: The Heap was once Baron Eric von Emmelman, a UsefulNotes/WorldWarI German [[AcePilot flying ace]] who was shot down in 1918 over a Polish swamp. Clinging to the smallest shred of life through sheer force of will through the decades his body decayed and intermingled with the vegetation around him, becoming one with the marshland itself until at last a shaggy, shambling half-world creature neither animal nor man nor plant arose from the muck.
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* PlantPerson: Baron Eric von Emmelman was shot down in 1918 over a Polish swamp. Clinging to the smallest shred of life through sheer force of will, through the decades his body decayed and intermingled with the vegetation around him, becoming one with the marshland itself until at last a shaggy, shambling half-world creature neither animal nor man nor plant arose from the muck.
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* VegetarianVampire: The Heap is forced to drain animals of blood in order to get oxygen. However, despite being a near mindless beast with almost no memory of his prior human existence, he targets birds, dogs and livestock, but he usually does not attack men, unless they are evil.
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* AcePilot: Eric was UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne German flying ace. After rising as the Heap, some later stories had him take to the skies again despite being a near-mindless MuckMonster: the ong buried instincts of Eric allowing him to fly fighter planes against Axis flyers.
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* MotherNature: A later {{retcon}} of the Heap's origin is that as he was lying in the swamp, mortally wounded but refusing to die, the goddess Ceres came to his aid, and decided to save him from death, to transform the Baron into her champion against evil. Later retellings changed Ceres into the more generic Mother Nature.
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* VampiricDraining: The Heap is forced to drain animals of blood in order to get oxygen. He targets birds, dogs and livestock, but he usually does not attack men, unless they are evil.
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Resembling a huge humanoid haystack whose most visible facial feature was a dangling root-like snout, the mute monstrosity first battled the lupine-cowled ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}}-style Allied ace SkyWolf before turning against its fellow Germans who were now fanatical followers of the evil Nazi cause. Then it took to wandering the globe, helping in its semi-mindless and often misunderstood way those in need and battling those monsters more malevolent than itself.
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Resembling a huge humanoid haystack whose most visible facial feature was a dangling root-like snout, the mute monstrosity first battled the lupine-cowled ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}}-style Allied ace SkyWolf [=SkyWolf=] before turning against its fellow Germans who were now fanatical followers of the evil Nazi cause. Then it took to wandering the globe, helping in its semi-mindless and often misunderstood way those in need and battling those monsters more malevolent than itself.
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The Heap is the name of several fictional comic book muck-monsters, the original of which first appeared in Hillman Periodicals' ''Air Fighters Comics'' #3 (cover-dated Dec. 1942), during the period fans and historians UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. The Heap was comics' first swamp monster.
The character was created by writer Harry Stein and artist Mort Leav, and revived in the 1980s by Eclipse Comics.
The character almost certainly drew inspiration from the Creator/TheodoreSturgeon short story "It!", and would go on to inspire swamp monsters in comics: most notably Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/ManThing and creator/DCComics' ComicBook/SwampThing.
On October 12, 1918, Baron Eric Von Emmelmann, a German pilot, was shot down over Wausau swamp, near the small town of Rodz in Poland. Lying lifeless as his body slowly merged with the morass, he had nothing left but his will to live, to rise, to return to the world of humans. Over next 24 years, Von Emmelmann's will to live, coupled with vegetation of swamp covering his body and replacing the flesh, allowed him to arise again, now formed from the muck and vegetation of the swamp. Eric's body merged with the "dreary vegetation" of Wausau to make him a massive humanoid plant that was forced to drain animals of blood in order to get oxygen.
Resembling a huge humanoid haystack whose most visible facial feature was a dangling root-like snout, the mute monstrosity first battled the lupine-cowled ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}}-style Allied ace SkyWolf before turning against its fellow Germans who were now fanatical followers of the evil Nazi cause. Then it took to wandering the globe, helping in its semi-mindless and often misunderstood way those in need and battling those monsters more malevolent than itself.
!!Tropes associated with the Heap:
* GreenThumb: The Heap is capable of quickly rooting itself to the ground and blending itself into foliage. It is also able to exert limited control over plant life in its immediate vicinity.
* MuckMonster: The Heap is formed from the decaying vegetation of the swamp, wrapped around Von Emmelman's skeleton, and motivated by his indomitable will to live.
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The character was created by writer Harry Stein and artist Mort Leav, and revived in the 1980s by Eclipse Comics.
The character almost certainly drew inspiration from the Creator/TheodoreSturgeon short story "It!", and would go on to inspire swamp monsters in comics: most notably Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/ManThing and creator/DCComics' ComicBook/SwampThing.
On October 12, 1918, Baron Eric Von Emmelmann, a German pilot, was shot down over Wausau swamp, near the small town of Rodz in Poland. Lying lifeless as his body slowly merged with the morass, he had nothing left but his will to live, to rise, to return to the world of humans. Over next 24 years, Von Emmelmann's will to live, coupled with vegetation of swamp covering his body and replacing the flesh, allowed him to arise again, now formed from the muck and vegetation of the swamp. Eric's body merged with the "dreary vegetation" of Wausau to make him a massive humanoid plant that was forced to drain animals of blood in order to get oxygen.
Resembling a huge humanoid haystack whose most visible facial feature was a dangling root-like snout, the mute monstrosity first battled the lupine-cowled ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}}-style Allied ace SkyWolf before turning against its fellow Germans who were now fanatical followers of the evil Nazi cause. Then it took to wandering the globe, helping in its semi-mindless and often misunderstood way those in need and battling those monsters more malevolent than itself.
!!Tropes associated with the Heap:
* GreenThumb: The Heap is capable of quickly rooting itself to the ground and blending itself into foliage. It is also able to exert limited control over plant life in its immediate vicinity.
* MuckMonster: The Heap is formed from the decaying vegetation of the swamp, wrapped around Von Emmelman's skeleton, and motivated by his indomitable will to live.
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