Captain Barbell

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comic_color=background:#8080ff
character_name=Captain Barbell|real_name=Enteng
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debut="Pinoy Komiks" #5 (1963)
creators=Mars Ravelo
alliance_color=background:#ffc0c0
status=Active
alliances=Darna, Lastikman, Dyesebel
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aliases=Enteng, Teng-Teng, Teng
relatives=Belen (mother), Arnaldo
powers=super-strength, super-speed, vision powers, near invulnerable armor, flight |

Captain Barbell is a fictional Filipino superhero created by Mars Ravelo. He first appeared in "Pinoy Komiks" #5 (1963).

Character history

The original version of Captain Barbell depicted him as shirtless because during the more whimsical comics age in the Philippines that occurred in the 1960s, (Silver Age), Mars Ravelo based the good Captain's look on circus strongmen, but with the addition of a mask. Since the original Enteng's look was a really thin guy in a tank top (emphasizing his bony features), it was decided that Captain Barbell's "shirtless circus strongman" look could provide a much more dramatic contrast to his mortal persona. Recent comics depicted him wearing a long-sleeved yellow shirt instead of being shirtless.

In other media

*Early film versions of Captain Barbell made several excursions onto the big screen. Bob Soler apparently was the first to portray the Captain. Then, according to 'Bembot', Dolphy also starred the role in another Captain Barbell movie in the early sixties, filmed in black-and-white. His alter ego was called Ting-ting because he was so thin. Ting-ting is the rib of a coconut leaf which is used to make brooms.

*In 1986, Edu Manzano played the title character in "Captain Barbell" (commonly misspelled as "Captain Barbel"), made by Viva Films. It was notable because it was the only movie that showed a crossover team-up between Captain Barbell and Darna. The alter ego was portrayed by Herbert Bautista.

*Bong Revilla played the title character in the 2003 film "Captain Barbell", making him the first actor to have played both Barbell and Panday. In the movie, the alter-ego of Capt. Barbell is named Enteng (played by Ogie Alcasid).

*Richard Gutierrez portrayed a different, modern version of Captain Barbell (whose human identity is Teng), in the 2006 TV series "Captain Barbell". It is the first series in which both the alter ego and the superhero are both portrayed by the same actor

External links

*http://internationalhero.co.uk/k/kapbarbl.htm - International Hero entry on Captain Barbell