| Chunk | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | The Flash (vol. 2) #9 (February 1988) |
| Created by | Mike Baron (writer) Jackson Guice (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Chester P. Runk |
| Team affiliations | Shadow Fighters |
| Abilities | Matter transporting Super-strength |
Chunk (Chester P. Runk) is a fictional character appearing in comics published byDC Comics. He first appeared inThe Flash (vol. 2) #9 (February 1988) and was created byMike Baron andJackson Guice.
Chester P. Runk appeared inThe Flash starting in thesixth season, portrayed by Brandon McKnight.
Chester Runk is a Maverick physicist and engineer who develops a "matter transmitting machine", a primitive long-range teleportation device.[1] Due to a lack of sensible safety procedures, Runk's machine implodes and merges with him, giving him superhuman strength and the ability to teleport and access apocket dimension called the Void. However, he is forced to constantly absorb matter to remain alive.[1][2][3][4] Chunk battles theFlash, but later reforms and becomes a "waste removal specialist" using his powers.[2][5][6] He once rescuedManchester, Alabama, the home ofBart Allen, by drinking all the water that had flooded the town after a dam burst.[7]
In theDC Rebirth relaunch, Chunk has a son, Chester Runk Jr., who is a friend ofAce West.[8] InTitans: Beast World, Chester Runk Jr. is killed byPeacemaker after being mutated byBeast Boy's spores. Additionally,Amanda Waller and Peacemaker recruit Chunk Sr. to destroy Beast Boy, who has transformed into aStarro and threatens Earth. Chunk activates his black hole power, killing himself and Beast Boy.[9]
Chunk possesses superhuman strength and durability, and can manipulate localgravimetric fields to draw matter towards him. Furthermore, he can absorb matter and expel it into apocket dimension called the Void.
A possible future variant of Chunk appears inThe Flash (vol. 2) Annual #4. This version found work atS.T.A.R. Labs withTina McGee before he is killed by super-criminals.[10]
Chester P. Runk appears inThe Flash, portrayed by Brandon McKnight.[11] This version is a self-taught, brilliant, and non-overweight yet socially awkward scientist capable of building sophisticated devices out of discarded junk who was inspired by his inventor father Quincy P. Runk (portrayed by Milton Barnes), who died in a car accident in the 1990s. In his first appearance, Chester built a machine capable of opening black holes, only to accidentally create one that fused with his consciousness, leaving him in a catatonic state while the black hole opened in places that held great emotional significance to him. Eventually, theFlash rescues his consciousness from the black hole and places it back into his body, ending the threat. After stabilizing in a special machine built byS.T.A.R. Labs for several weeks, Chester is able to get his life back together as well as join Team Flash, providing assistance via his scientific expertise. Throughout theeighth andninth seasons, he enters a relationship withAllegra Garcia and eventually discovers the black hole incident turned him into ametahuman with black hole-based powers.
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