Fatman the Human Flying Saucer

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caption = Cover to the first issue of "Fatman, the Human Flying Saucer"
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character_name = Fatman the Human Flying Saucer
real_name = Van Crawford
publisher = Lightning Comics
debut = "Fatman, the Human Flying Saucer" #1 (April 1967)
creators = C. C. Beck and Otto Binder.
alliance_color = #ffc0c0
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relatives = Unknown
powers = Able to turn into a flying saucer. Able fire energy beams while in this form.

Fatman the Human Flying Saucer was a fictional character, a comic book superhero created by C. C. Beck and Otto Binder in the 1960s.

Beck and Binder created Fatman long after Beck's popular creation Captain Marvel was canceled partly due to a copyright infringement suit with DC Comics.

Overview

Fatman's costume is green and yellow. He had a yellow flying saucer emblem on his chest. Fatman was fat and could change into a "human flying saucer". His comic ran for only three issues and was published by Lightning Comics, an almost equally short lived company. Fatman comics were produced in small numbers and are considered valuable because of Beck's artwork and their rarity.

Van Crawford became Fatman after coming to the aid of an alien flying saucer. The saucer itself turned out to be a shapeshifting alien, who reward Crawford by giving him a chocolate drink with the ability to transform him into a human flying saucer. Being a wealthy man, like many superheroes of the era, Crawford decided to use this new found power to become a superhero.

External links

* [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/f/fatman1.htm International Hero entry]