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Forbush Man
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<p>Forbush Man (spelled Forbush-Man in his early appearances) is a character appearing in <a href="/facts/American_comic_book/RA0DTh5F">American comic books</a> published by <a href="/facts/Marvel_Comics/aze3GojA">Marvel Comics</a>. Originally the <a href="/facts/Mascot/JtJDx1s2">mascot</a> of Marvel's <i><a href="/facts/Not_Brand_Echh/VhxaqfK5">Not Brand Echh</a></i>, he is the alter-ego of Irving Forbush, a fictional employee of "Marble Comics" (a parody of Marvel). Forbush was devised in 1955 by Marvel editor <a href="/facts/Stan_Lee/4N2b8yQL">Stan Lee</a> to refer to an imaginary low-grade colleague who was often the butt of Lee's jokes. In his guise of Forbush-Man, he first appeared in 1967. </p><p>According to Marvel Comics' <i><a href="/facts/Multiverse_(Marvel_Comics)/9QnywPTN">Alternate Universes 2005</a></i>, Forbush Man is a native of Earth-665 as opposed to Marvel's regular <a href="/facts/Earth-616/ERMhmU46">Earth-616</a>. </p>