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[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 days ago

And then there was that guy who ingested radium like a supplement and his jaw decayed. He was bulletproof, however. And he had laser beam eyes. It’s sort of a mixed bag.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Byers

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Wow, that was a wild read. I kept going to see if the man responsible for Radithor would get his after finding out it made him rich.

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No legal justice but ...

Bailey died of bladder cancer ... his body was exhumed nearly 20 years later, it was ... "ravaged by radiation".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._A._Bailey#Death

I guess it's a good example of Hanlon's razor, "Don't attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity"

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This does sound like a Marvel mutant? I think his name was "Furnace"? He had no jaw and his chest was flaming energy?

Edit: That was not his name:

Jono Starsmore, also known as Chamber, is a mutant who possesses mutant abilities including the generation and manipulation of concussive blasts of psionic energy from a furnace in his chest, telepathy for communication and mental manipulation.

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