Mutagen bomb (IDW)



A mutagen bomb is an explosive device that disperses over an area, triggering the mutations of those caught in it.

In  issue 98: , at the victory celebration of New York City mayor-elect, the event was stormed by the leading a combined force of the  and. Stockman and his campaign manager were quickly evacuated by Stockman's Flyborgs, but Hob's real goal was the podium, where he publicly declared his existence as a mutant and his hostility towards a humankind that mistreats mutants, vowing that humans would know the same pain and terror he and his mutant friends had known. Unbeknownst to Raph or to any of the other Mutanimals besides and a previously eavesdropping, Hob had brought a bomb which Ray had constructed in absolute secrecy. Mondo pulled Raph aside to warn him. At the same time, Agent Jonathan Bishop and his newly recruited partner  arrived remote-controlling a pair of clones of the recently murdered. In a rage, Hob cut his speech short and hurled his bomb at the gathered crowd. When the bomb detonated, countless random human pedestrians immediately became human-born mutants, much to the horror of Sally Pride,, Bishop, Hun, Detective Kara Lewis, Mondo and Raph as they watched from safe distances.