Octoboss

Biographical Data

Real name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Criminal
Identity: The general population of Earth is unaware of the existence of Octoboss or his Squidmen
Legal status: Wanted by various world authorities for crimes committed against their countries
Known aliases: None
Place of birth: Unrevealed
Marital status: Unrevealed
Known relatives: None
Group affiliations: Squidmen
Base of operations: Unrevealed
First appearance: INVINCIBLE #25

History: For several decades now, the octopoid villain known as Octoboss and his Squidmen minions have stolen or attempted to steal radioactive material and nobody knows why.

Experts are divided as to whether Octoboss and the Squidmen are from an alternate dimension, another planet in our own universe, a different species, or if Octoboss may be a mutated Squidman. On the two brief occasions Octoboss has been in custody, little has been gleaned from the strange villain aside from some tissue samples and scientific data.

Octoboss and his Squidmen first appeared years ago at the VK-50 Nuclear Facility in the Soviet Union, where he critically destabilized the reactor while attempting to steal plutonium. The Soviet speedster Red Rush captured Octoboss and contained the radiation from the meltdown in a super speed whirlwind. The Squidmen escaped and, within weeks, they rescued Octoboss from a Russian laboratory.

Octoboss and his minions have repeatedly clashed with the heroes of Earth always over the attempted theft of plutonium in some form. Usually, their plans are foiled, but the mysterious villains have had the occasional victory. For instance, they kidnapped and killed the unfortunate Atommy the Atomic Boy and successfully stole the plutonium from the nuclear engine of a Mars probe in deep space.

Recently, Octoboss and his Squidmen battled the young heroes Invincible and Rex Splode at the Six Mile Island nuclear reactor. The villains were defeated once again, but escaped federal custody days later by teleporting away.

Physical Description

Height: 7′ 8"
Weight: 1,400 lbs
Eyes: Red with black iris
Hair: None
Strength level: Octoboss possesses superhuman strength, the exact limits of which are unknown.

Powers and Abilities

Known superhuman powers: Octoboss possesses immense strength and an incredibly high degree of resistance to physical damage. His body is durable enough to protect him from explosive blasts equivalent to at least 10 lbs of TNT at a distance of 1 foot.

Octoboss has 8 suction cup bearing appendage like arms (not tentacles) encircling the base of his head and four that perform the functions of fingers and hands at the end of each arm. Each appendage has 240 suction cups on it. He has 1,920 suction cups on the eight arms around his head and 960 at the end of each arm.

Octoboss has a highly complex nervous system, only part of which is localized in his brain. Two-thirds of the neurons in his body are found in the nerve cords of his arms, which have a remarkable amount of autonomy. His arms show a wide variety of complex reflex actions and are capable of independent movement. Once Octoboss has securely attached his arms to his foe, it is nearly impossible to break his hold. His arms are capable of exerting enough pressure to radically deform a one-inch thick steel tube, two feet in diameter. His suckers are equipped with chemoreceptors that enable him to taste what he is touching. Octoboss is capable of regenerating limbs that have been lost or destroyed due to injury.