10 Utterly Ridiculous Comic Book Characters

10. Maggott

Of all the crazy powers that the mutants of the X-Men have displayed over the years, Maggott’s are the most literally stomach-turning of them all. Maggott was a young South African man named Japheth and was created by Scott Lobdell, Ben Raab, Joe Madureira, and Melvin Rubi for Uncanny X-Men #345 in 1997.

Maggott’s digestive tract is actually two enormous sentient slugs named Eany and Meany. The slugs can consume any type of matter. Once they’ve fed, they return to Japheth’s abdomen and grant him advanced strength and durability. The slugs are highly intelligent and communicate with their host telepathically. Their union also blocks other telepaths from entering his mind.

Initially saved from suicide by Magneto but horrified by the mutant’s savage killing of African rebels. Japheth recoils Magnus’ attempts to recruit the young man but he finds his way to America and the X-Men. Ashamed of the odd nature of his powers, he kept to himself before being befriended by Wolverine. He was sent to the Generation X team to learn to deal with his powers but ended up being killed after being captured by the Weapon X Program. Maggott has since been resurrected in the mutant nation of Krakoa.