''The Creech'' is an American three issue Sci-Fi/Horror

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series published by

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in 1997, followed by a subsequent three issue series in 2001. The series was created by

Greg Capullo Gregory Capullo (; born March 30, 1962) is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on ''Quasar'' (1991–1992), '' X-Force'' (1992–1993), ''Angela'' (1994), ''Spawn'' (1993–2000, 2003–2004) and ''Batman'' (2011� ...

. The title character is an

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created life form that was made from hundreds of aborted fetuses by Dr. Pashu Battu, an engineer at The Agency. When Battu realizes The Agency intends to exploit The Creech as force for destruction, he sabotages the project and the creature is let loose on the city. In 1998 the Creech character appeared in a line of

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action figures.

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The Creech
1997 comics debuts Action figures Characters created by Greg Capullo Image Comics titles Fictional genetically engineered characters Fictional monsters {{Image-comics-stub