Carl Andrew Bork was a criminal dock worker from Gotham City who went by the nickname King of the Docks. After a shipboard theft in the South Pacific during which he saved a young native boy from drowning, he discovers Desolation Island. In thanks for Bork's rescue of the young boy, the Desolation Island natives give him a 'magic' statue which eventually transforms him, and makes him invulnerable to physical harm. The Flash found the statue on Desolation Island and tried to destroy it, but all his attempts failed until he was able to throw it into the sun. Once the statue was destroyed Bork's invulnerability disappeared.
Bork served hard time in the Van Kull Maximum Security facility outside Metropolis. While in prison, his body began to mutate. His invulnerability returned along with super-strength and an increasingly deformed physique. He escaped Van Kull, and was opposed by Batman and the Flash, but managed to elude them and visit his mother in Newark, New Jersey. After his mother collapsed from a weak heart, Batman talked Bork into surrendering himself to the authorities on the condition that they help her to get well. Bork peacefully served the remainder of his prison sentence, and Batman arranged for his mother to get the best medical treatment available, and had the Wayne Foundation pay her hospital bills.
The Power Company
After his parole, Bork attempted to find gainful legitimate employment, but was hampered by the disadvantages of his criminal record and monstrous appearance. He was later approached by Josiah Power with a job offer to join a new corporate heroes-for-hire organization called the Power Company. Bork accepted Josiah's offer and joined the team as an associate, later becoming roommates with co-worker Sapphire.[1]
bork, character, bork, fictional, character, superhero, comics, universe, created, haney, neal, adams, character, first, appeared, brave, bold, december, 1968, later, introduced, february, 2002, borkpower, company, bork, part, power, surge, mini, event, grumme. Bork is a fictional character a superhero in the DC Comics universe Created by Bob Haney and Neal Adams the character first appeared in The Brave and the Bold 81 December 1968 and was later re introduced in JLA 61 2 February 2002 BorkPower Company Bork 1 part of the Power Surge mini event art by Tom Grummett Publication informationPublisherDC ComicsFirst appearanceThe Brave and the Bold 81 December 1968 Created byBob Haney writer Neal Adams artist In story informationAlter egoCarl Andrew BorkTeam affiliationsPower CompanyAbilitiesMagic based superstrength and invulnerability Contents 1 Fictional character biography 1 1 Early years 1 2 The Power Company 1 3 One Year Later 2 Powers and abilities 3 In other media 4 References 5 External linksFictional character biography EditEarly years Edit Carl Andrew Bork was a criminal dock worker from Gotham City who went by the nickname King of the Docks After a shipboard theft in the South Pacific during which he saved a young native boy from drowning he discovers Desolation Island In thanks for Bork s rescue of the young boy the Desolation Island natives give him a magic statue which eventually transforms him and makes him invulnerable to physical harm The Flash found the statue on Desolation Island and tried to destroy it but all his attempts failed until he was able to throw it into the sun Once the statue was destroyed Bork s invulnerability disappeared Bork in Batman and The Flash artist Neal Adams Bork served hard time in the Van Kull Maximum Security facility outside Metropolis While in prison his body began to mutate His invulnerability returned along with super strength and an increasingly deformed physique He escaped Van Kull and was opposed by Batman and the Flash but managed to elude them and visit his mother in Newark New Jersey After his mother collapsed from a weak heart Batman talked Bork into surrendering himself to the authorities on the condition that they help her to get well Bork peacefully served the remainder of his prison sentence and Batman arranged for his mother to get the best medical treatment available and had the Wayne Foundation pay her hospital bills The Power Company Edit After his parole Bork attempted to find gainful legitimate employment but was hampered by the disadvantages of his criminal record and monstrous appearance He was later approached by Josiah Power with a job offer to join a new corporate heroes for hire organization called the Power Company Bork accepted Josiah s offer and joined the team as an associate later becoming roommates with co worker Sapphire 1 One Year Later Edit Main article One Year Later In JSA Classified 19 Bork is an unwilling participant in one of Roulette s metahuman brawls fighting against the current Son of Vulcan In Superman 663 Bork is a client of Oblivion Bar with Witchfire and Traci Thirteen Powers and abilities EditBork has magically derived strength and invulnerability It is unknown whether the Tenth Age of magic has had any effect on him In other media EditCarl Bork appears on The Flash episode Seeing Red He was killed by Cicada in the beginning of the episode References Edit The Unofficial Bork BiographyExternal links EditDCU Guide Bork Cosmic Teams Power Company Cosmic Teams Power Company chronology Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bork character amp oldid 1075889303, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
