| Doop | |
|---|---|
 Doop. Art byMike Allred. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Force #116 (July 2001) |
| Created by | Peter Milligan (writer) Mike Allred (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Doop |
| Team affiliations | X-Force X-Statix Jean Grey School |
| Abilities | Flight Accelerated healing factor Superhuman strength and durability Physical malleability Ability to replicate physical objects Extra-dimensional void within body that can store objects and people |
Doop is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character appears in theMarvel Universe, created by writerPeter Milligan and artistMike Allred. He made his debut inX-Force #116.[1] He is a green, floating reniform creature of unknown origins who speaks in a "language" all his own (represented in text by a specialfont).[2]
Doop first appeared inX-Force #116, and appeared in every issue until the end of the series, and then appeared in all issues ofX-Statix. Doop also appeared alongsideWolverine in a two-issue limited series and then inWolverine & the X-Men, and had his own comic book mini series called "All New Doop".[citation needed]
Doop is said to be the product of aCold War era U.S. military experiment, becoming instrumental in the fall of theSoviet Union.[3]
He later served as the cameraman for the celebritymutant superhero teamX-Statix (formerly known as X-Force). He films a mission toNorth Africa which is later criticized by then-team leaderZeitgeist; he feels Doop should not be going for artistic shots. The next X-Force mission is to New York, where they are to rescue the boy band "Boyz R Us" from hostage takers. While in the briefing room,U-Go Girl asks Doop not to keep shooting her rear from a low angle. Doop replies in his language only the characters know, while inexplicably mouthing some of his recording equipment.
The building is attacked by a helicopter gunship, killing the hostages and many of the terrorists. Most of the team dies also, with the exception of Doop, U-Go Girl, andAnarchist.
A section of X-Force headquarters is set aside for Doop's family, who are never seen in panel. The team hides in this area when they believe themselves to be in supernatural danger.
In one incident, Doop's brain explodes, and parts of it land around the world. X-Statix andAvengers fight each other to gain control of the brain pieces. Doop, running on a backup brain and now capable of human speech, battlesThor to a standstill. The Avengers allow Doop back in to X-Statix custody, after they show courage and responsibility in facing theAsgardian threat of the "Three Sisters".
After the incident with the Avengers, X-Statix holds a farewell party, attended by fans and multiple superheroes. They are hired for one last mission, ridding a billionaire's mansion of terrorists that have taken control of the building. During the mission, the members of X-Statix are attacked and apparently killed.
Havok andPolaris encounter a Doop-like entity called Daap when it crashes to Earth from outer space. Havok blasts Daap to pieces, but it begins to reform itself. Daap's remains fly off with both Polaris and the mutant-hatingLeper Queen. The true identity of Daap and any connection it has with Doop is left unrevealed.[4]
Doop returns in a story published in theNation X anthology series, where he is brought onboardUtopia as a private investigator.[5] The first issue ofWolverine and the X-Men lists Doop as an adjunct member of the teaching staff at the Jean Grey Institute for Higher Learning.[6] He is eventually shown substituting forKitty Pryde's "Introduction to Religion" class, though, under Doop, the course largely consists of watching films while Doop takes naps. The students are shown to be comically unable to decipher Doop's lesson plan.[7] Doop secretly gathers information regarding possible threats to the students.[8]
After semi-regular appearances inWolverine and the X-Men, Doop returned in April 2014 in a five-issue mini-series,All New Doop, written by creator Peter Milligan,[9] penciled byDavid Lafuente, with covers by Mike Allred. This series focuses on Doop's romantic feelings for Kitty Pryde. It also has the return of Doop's old teammate, the Anarchist.
Doop possesses superhuman strength and durability, flight, regeneration, physical malleability, a vaguely defined ability to manipulate time and space, and the ability to replicate physical objects by unknown means. In the "'Nuff Said" issue ofX-Force, he accidentally sucked the entire team into his body. When they were restored to reality, none but Doop was aware of what had occurred, and only a fraction of a second had passed.[10]
Doop uses his mouth as a storage space for his camera equipment, among other items; it is unknown whether these items are simply stored inside his physical body or are actually transported to another dimension like the one to which his teammates were transported.
In the "X-Statix vs.Avengers" storyline inX-Statix, Doop's brain was removed from his body. The brain was accidentally smashed into fragments byThor, with a second brain being placed in his head until his original brain could be reassembled.
In 2001, several websites claimed to have deciphered Doopspeak.[11] Series editorAxel Alonso responded in an October 8, 2001 article by Eric J. Moreels on the X-Fan site (now Comixfan) which was previously part of Cinescape.com:
It was brought to our attention only last week that some folks were popping over to Blambot.com to ostensibly decode the enigma of 'Doop Speak'. Do not be fooled. Says [series writer] Peter Milligan, and I quote: 'Any such alphabet that purports to exist is to 'Doop Speak' what a Greek Restaurant menu is to The Iliad. The complexities and nuances of Doop Speak — understood only by an initiated few — cannot be encompassed or delineated by any one image system.' Folks should 'translate' at their own risk.
However, Doopspeak was revealed in 2014, at the back ofEssential X-Men #57.[12]
An alternate universe version of Doop appears in "Secret Wars" as a resident of theBattleworld domain of Marville.[13]
An alternate universe version of Doop appears inThe Ultimates. He was among the prisoners of H.A.N.D.[14]
Doop makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in theUltimate Spider-Man episode "Back in Black".
