Scissormen

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Name

Scissormen

Identity

Secret

Universe

New Earth

Base Of Operations

Orqwith

Body Type

Humanoid

Hair

No Hair

Skin

Red, Black

Number of Limbs

4

Origin

Star System Of Origin

Sol

Creators

Grant Morrison, Richard Case

First appearance

Doom Patrol Vol 2 #19
(February, 1989)

History

Scissormen are a race of beings that come from the city of Orqwith.

The authors of the book of Orqwith (and Grant Morrison, writer of the comic) based the Scissormen on the Tailor from The Tale of Little Suck-a-Thumb in the children's picture book Struwwelpeter. They function as Orqwith's answers to the Spanish Inquisition, attacking non-fictional entities in the "real world".

The Scissormen are clothed in red and black, and have featureless faces apparently covered in the same material. They speak in a seemingly random series of words when they talk, resembling dada poetry, created by cutting up text and rearranging its constituent words in a random order. Morrison got these suggestions from his word processor's spell check feature. They are shaped like men but when struck hard enough they are defeated and seem to leave nothing but cloth. They were finally destroyed along with Orqwith when the story was destroyed by a contradiction revealed in a solution to a variation on a traditional riddle.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

They attack using the large scissors they have in place of hands which they use literally cut people out of reality.

Abilities

None known.

Average Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

None known.

Habitat

Habitat: Habitat of this race is unknown.
Gravity: Gravity of this race is unknown.
Atmosphere: Atmosphere of this race is unknown.
Population: Population of this race is unknown.

Miscellaneous

Type of Government: Government type unknown.
Level of Technology: Technology level unknown.
Cultural Traits: Cultural traits unknown.
Representatives: No Known representatives.

See Also

• Discuss Scissormen on the forums
• Appearances of Scissormen
• Race Gallery: Scissormen
• Images of Scissormen

Links and References

• None.

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