Badrock

Thomas John McCall was an average, underachieving 16-year-old who, while in his father's laboratory, swallowed a vial of top-secret genetic material. The transformation that followed turned his body into a mass of organic rock similar to granite and launched his career as the superhero Badrock (originally named 'Bedrock' before a legal-driven name change). His origin is presented in Image Comics beginning with Youngblood #1 (1992) and is treated as a comic-book narrative origin rather than a folkloric myth.

After transformation McCall's body is depicted as a mass of organic rock, granite-like in texture, and greatly enlarged in stature. Publisher profile statistics list him at approximately 8'0" in height and 1,800 lbs (fictional character profile data). Despite his enormous, rocklike physique he is portrayed with the facial expressiveness and emotional immaturity of a mid-teen.

Badrock's primary attributes are superhuman strength and rocklike durability stemming from his transformed, organic-rock body. Sources describe his reflexes as exceeding normal human levels despite his massive size. Though principally a brawler, published character descriptions note he is proficient with weapons available to his team (including guns and knives) and repeatedly engages in team operations, law-enforcement altercations, and crossovers with other superhumans. Narrative arcs also place him in metaphysical contexts (e.g., journeys to Hell) and in far-future storylines where his scale is dramatically amplified.