Rex Splode

Rex Splode
Publication information
Publisher	Image Comics
First appearance	Invincible #2
Created by	Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker
In-story information
Alter ego	Unknown
Team affiliations	Guardians of the Globe Teen Team
Abilities	Super Strength, heightened agility, Rex can charge molecules to an unstable level, making any inorganic object explosive.

Rex Splode is a fictional character in the Image Comics series Invincible, gifted with the ability to make inanimate objects explode. He was originally a member of the Teen Team, (a pastiche of the Teen Titans) and later joined the Guardians of the Globe after the original Guardians were killed by Omni-Man.

Character Biography

Origin: Born into a poor family, Rex was taken in by the government. Rex was put under extreme physical training, and was experimented upon, gaining the power to heat up non-organic material enough for them to explode. He also developed mild invulnerability and low-level super strength. Soon, Rex escaped and sought out his family, only to learn that they had forgotten him.

Rex soon joined the Teen Team, a group of young heroes, and started a relationship with Atom Eve. However, he soon began cheating on her with Dupli-Kate, an amorous teammate, which broke Eve's heart. Ironically, Rex would soon find himself in a similar position as Kate began a relationship with the ageless Immortal. Rex is currently serving as a valued member of the Guardians of the Globe.

Recently, he has been unwittingly cloned by the human controller of his teammate, Robot. How this will affect Rex and his place in the Guardians has yet to be seen.

In issue 40, his left hand was bitten off by a member of the Lizard League; the hand exploded inside his head, killing him. During this same fight, Dupli-Kate and Shrinking Ray were apparently killed. Thinking the fight was over, Rex lay down in sorrow and exhaustion, only to find that King Lizard was holding a gun to his head. He was shot through the head by King Lizard, but survived. He was given an artificial hand that could shoot his exploding projectiles after recovering.