Stretch | |
Continuity: | Exterminators |
Notability: | Main character |
Occupation: | Exterminator |
Gender: | Male |
Race: | Human |
Location: | Los Angeles, California |
Associations: | Bug-Bee-Gone |
Status: | Alive |
First: | The Exterminators #1 |
"Stretch" is a fictional exterminator and a central character featured in The Exterminators ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics under their Vertigo imprint. He first appeared in The Exterminators #1 in March, 2006.
Biography[]
Stretch was one of several employees who worked for the Bug-Bee-Gone Corporation based out of Los Angeles, California.
Like most of the company's employees, Stretch had a unique perspective on his job duties and life in general. Co-worker Henry James once compared him to a cross between Roy Rogers and the Dalai Lama.
When Henry's partner, A.J., died under mysterious circumstances, Stretch was tasked with completing Henry's training.
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Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Stretch was created by writer Simon Oliver and artist Tony Moore.
- Stretch's real name is unknown. "Stretch" is probably a nickname of a shortened appropriation of his actual name.
- "Stretch" is also the nickname given to Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four. Teammate Ben Grimm is the only one who ever called him Stretch.