Carl Creel (Earth-1955)

"You know what that felt like? Carl Creel from Hell's Kitchen, standing over the Man of Steel? I couldn't explain it if I tried."

- - Absorbing Man to Superman

Carl "Crusher" Creel was a famous boxer who operated on Hell's Kitchen, New York City and was infected with Gamma Radiation, causing him to become a superhuman who named himself Absorbing Man over his power of absorbing any property he touches.