Alphonsus Lefszycic (Earth-616)

Gomi
Name	Alphonsus Lefszycic
Current Alias	Gomi
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Partner of Bill, formerly Fallen Angels, former partner of Don
Relatives	Unnamed older brother, Ramon Lipschitz (cousin)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Blond
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Cyborg created to simulate Marvel Girl
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Adventurer, former research assistant, vagrant, thief
Education	Extensively self-educated in many general areas, assisted by the cyborg implants in his brain
Base of Operations	Beat Street Club, Manhattan, New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jo Duffy, Kerry Gammill
First	Fallen Angels #2 (February, 1987)
First	Fallen Angels #2 (February, 1987)

History

Origin

The young Alphonsus Lefszycic, known as Gomi, was the younger cousin of a researcher experimenting in bionics, Ramon Lipschitz. Ramon and his colleague, Tadashi Fujita, were brilliant college students with a research grant and faculties near Coney Island. Gomi was asked to be their lab assistant. The two scientists treated Gomi harshly (the name "Gomi" is a Japanese word meaning "junk") but Gomi idolized them and didn't notice.

Their experiments, using cybernetics to enhance beings, resulted in the creation of augmented abilities, human-level intelligence and strength and the ability to project small illusions for communication in a pair of lobsters. Gomi named the lobsters Bill and Don. The two scientists were infatuated with superheroin, Marvel Girl, and were upset when she transformed into the Phoenix. Attempting to create their own Marvel Girl by kidnapping a girl and implanting cybernetics in her, the scientists performed similar experiments on Gomi himself, trying to bestow telekinetic abilities. They failed, however, in that Gomi's cybernetics simply produced a destructive and uncontrollable bolt of kinetic energy. The two scientists left, fearing an inspection on their studies.

File:Don the Lobster (Earth-616) and Bill the Lobster (Earth-616) from Fallen Angels Vol 1 4 0001a.jpg

Bill and Don

The Fallen Angels

Gomi was visited by the Fallen Angels, a group of petty superpowered thieves led by the villain Vanisher. Gomi made friends and accompanied them on adventures, serving as the team's technical expert, but tragedy struck when Devil Dinosaur, who joined the team following a trip to Dinosaur World, accidentally stepped on the Don the lobster, killing him. Nonetheless, grief-stricken Gomi continued to serve on the Fallen Angels, accompanying them to the Coconut Grove, Ariel's home planet. The inhabitants of the Coconut Grove captured the Fallen Angels, intending to use them as experiments to continue their evolution, but the Angels worked together to defeat them. Gomi rejoined the Fallen Angels and he and Bill presumably remain with them to this day.

Civil War

Both Gomi and Bill were considered as "potential recruits" for the Initiative program.

Attributes

Powers

Telekinesis

Weaknesses

Gomi's telekinesis can only be directed in front of him and in the form of a telekinetic blast. It is also capable only of creating a pillar of pure brute force and there is no fine motor control whatsoever.

See Also

• 8 appearance(s) of Alphonsus Lefszycic (Earth-616)
• 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Alphonsus Lefszycic (Earth-616)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Alphonsus Lefszycic (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Alphonsus Lefszycic (Earth-616)
• 9 image(s) of Alphonsus Lefszycic (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Alphonsus Lefszycic (Earth-616)

Links and References

• The Unofficial Handbook to the Marvel Universe
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomi_(comics)