10 Comic Book Heroes Whose Origins Are A Mystery

10. Doop

The origins of Doop are virtually unknown and unconfirmed. Captain America claimed Doop was a secret Cold War weapons project. It is also believed that he had a hand in the fall of Communism in the Eastern Bloc. His only confirmed occupation was when he joined X-Force as their official videographer in X-Force #116. Most of that team died and the survivors regrouped in the team X-Statix.

Later, Doop’s brain exploded and his team and the Avengers fought to see who could assemble the pieces first. In the Peter Milligan and Mike Allred-created issue #25 of X-Statix, Doop, using his secondary brain, fought Thor for the final piece and won. He was killed in a hail of gunfire in the next issue, however, so the victory was a bit hollow.

After returning from space and falling to Earth, Doop became the receptionist at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. This was problematic because Doop spoke only in his own strange language and was often thought to be lazy and a thief by his colleagues. The actually vastly powerful Doop was asked by Wolverine to deal with the problems and responsibilities that he could not at the school. Doop later joined the mutant population on the island nation of Krakoa.