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The many loves of Marvel's Doop in the latest Marvel-ous

Who is the greatest lover of Marvel's comic book universe? Turn your attention towards the X-books... but look past Gambit, or even Nightcrawler. The real answer is the weird, wonderful and just a little freaky Doop

Although the high-water mark for romance comics at Marvel passed decades ago, there remains a beating heart (and a burning of loins) inside the House of Ideas... and it's green, and has a backup brain in his butt. He is Doop.

Originally created in the dawn of the 21st century as simply the cameraman for the celebrity superhero team best known as the X-Statix, Doop quickly snuck into the spotlight (or the spotlight found him) as this endearing lothario who, in many ways, is the quintessential modern mutant.

Every week Popverse embraces its Marvel fandom with a unvarnished, super-saccharine take on a Marvel moment we love in our series, Marvel-ous. This week, it's Doop's love life.

Sex, lies, and videographers: The Doop story

Prior to his life as an X-Men, Doop was a documentary filmmaker - but it's

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Chris Arrant

Chris Arrant: Chris Arrant is the Popverse's Editor-in-Chief. He has written about pop culture for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel, Newsarama, CBR, and more. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. (He/him)

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