Frederick Dukes (Earth-21399)

Early Life
Frederick James "Fred" Dukes was born in 1959 into a family of traveling carnival performers and trained from birth to become a part of their trapeze act. A child acrobatics prodigy, Fred also came to consider himself a ladies' man as he entered adolescence, as he had numerous female friends throughout his childhood.

When Frederick's mutation manifested, he spontaneously started bulking up. The doctors attributed this to a glandular condition, as the existence of mutants was not yet publicly known. As a result of this change, Fred was no longer able to perform trapeze alongside his parents, but this didn't deter him. Fred changed his focus to weight lifting and ended up becoming the circus strongman, known by the stage name "the Duke".

Unfortunately, the carnival soon fell on hard times and eventually closed down, leaving Fred and his family out of work. Fred's father blamed his own son for the carnival's shutdown and kicked Fred out of the family home, ignoring the pleas of Fred's mother. The rejection by his family sent Fred into a deep depression, and he developed an eating disorder as a result.

Joining the Brotherhood
To be added...

Trivia

 * Fred hates the nickname "Blob" and would prefer to be called "the Duke", since the name reminds him of happier times. However, nobody seems to respect his wishes.