First Appearance: The Authority: World's End #1
Species: Human mutation


Powers/Abilities:
Super strength


Bio:
Icubites are mutations that have succumbed to Warhol Fever, one of the post Armageddon plagues. It is hemorrhagic and lethal because it gives its victims a brief period of approximately 15 minutes of feral superpowers and berserk rage before they burn out their metabolism and explode, spreading the infection.


Trivia:
The term Warhol Fever is taken from American artist Andy Warhol who coined the phrase "15 minutes of fame" which refers to the fleeting condition of a celebrity that grabs onto an object of media attention, then passes to some new object as soon as people's attention spans are exhausted. This is where the "15 minutes" Incubites experience comes from.


Appearances:

• The Authority: World's End #1, #4, #6, #7
• Stormwatch P.H.D. #17, #18
• Gen 13: World's End #25