DROM THE BACKWARDS MAN

 

DROM THE BACKWARDS MAN

Real Name: Drom

First Appearance: Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 1) #31, December 1974

Powers: Drom's infant form was, by unknown means, exchanged through time with his future elder self minutes after his birth. For 45 years, he lived in seclusion and growing younger with a vampiric need for energy.

Drom lived, aged, spoke, and metabolized food in reverse. He created conversion machines to make food edible and his speech comprehensible, though he still understood and perceived the present flow of time normally. His body could absorb physical energy from a distance or energy from organic matter by touch, causing immediate decay. His metabolic disruptor could break down and siphon cellular energy. His chronal gun decayed obiects, created a four-armed sand creature and knocked Spider-Man unconscious. He used high- powered binoculars and a mirror that helped hold him in time.