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'Mortal' Coil

Eric 'Mortal' Coil
Real name
Eric Coil
Current alias
'Mortal' Coil
Aliases
Judge Coil; Benny Macabre
Alignment
Affiliation
Universe
Base of operations

Characteristics
Gender
Hair
Unusual features
He's a baby with the mind of an adult
Status
Citizenship
Marital status
Occupation
Judge
Education
Academy of Law
Origin
Origin
Mutated by Cursed Earth radiation
Place of birth
First appearance

2000 AD prog 1521

History[]

Eric 'Mortal' Coil was a recurring character in the 2000 AD strip Low Life. One of the Judges of Mega-City One, he graduated from the Academy of Law with honours. His superiors confidently expected that he would have a glittering career. Unfortunately, he then had to go on a special top-secret highly important mission to track down an unspecified object lost in the irradiated Cursed Earth beyond the city. Coil was injured and spent months recovering in a nuclear missile silo, the radioactive emissions of which had a startling and unexpected effect upon his physiognomy. By the time Coil returned to the Big Meg he had been mutated into the form of a baby with the mind of an adult, which did not do much for his temperament. The nature of his mutation was such that he would never age.

Since he was now clearly useless as a street Judge, Coil was duly assigned to become an undercover operative in the Wally Squad, policing the crime-infested streets of the Low Life, the least salubrious area in the Mega-City, alongside Judge Thora (his boss), Aimee Nixon and Dirty Frank. Which, when you think about it, is really no way to treat an ickle lickle baby... awww....

Coil was eventually corrupted by the mysterious crime boss of the Low Life known only as 'the Big Man'. When he pulled a gun on Cameron, another Wally Squad Judge whom he had failed to turn, Cameron was forced to break his neck.

Powers and abilities[]

Strength level

Negligible.

Weaknesses

Are you joking?

Paraphernalia[]

Equipment

Eye patch containing tracking device.

Transportation

Occasionally carried around by Dirty Frank, who straps him to his chest.

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