Punch


 * "That's different. Did Punch ever mention a Master Heliothrope?"
 * "No, because he couldn't talk."
 * "Oh my. Not many people know that."
 * "They probably also don't know that he hiccups after he encounters electricity."
 * Carson von Mekkhan and Agatha

Punch is one of the constructs built by the young Heterodyne Boys, along with his wife Judy. Punch has been revealed to be very strong, but is flawed in that he shows obvious signs of being a construct, including his huge size in addition to being a mute. It is perhaps those flaws that might have helped disguise him and Judy in later years, for while some might see that he was a construct, they could not accept that this 'imperfect' work was the product of the legendary Heterdyne Boys. Being active in the Heterodyne Boys' adventures, he has some impressive fighting skills, including being about to 'flick' what appear to be rivets at bullet speeds with a high degree of accuracy and control.

After adventuring with his creator for a time, he went into retirement and took the name Adam Clay. The "Punch" persona remained popular as a dopey comic-relief character in Heterodyne stories, much to the annoyance of Punch and those who knew him.

When Barry returned from parts unknown with a young Agatha, he and Lilith took charge of raising her. They eventually settled in Beetleburg, a town run by the old family friend Tarsus Beetle, where Punch worked as a blacksmith/mechanic. Their life was reasonably peaceful for a while, despite the uneasy knowledge that Barry had been gone too long and that an old friend they now suspected of something horrible was gaining more and more power. Toward the end, Beetleburg was independent in name only.

Eventually things came to a head when the Baron invaded, on the same day as Agatha's locket was stolen. While Punch and Judy searched for it, she ended up taken to Castle Wulfenbach over a misunderstanding. Fortunately the couple were skilled enough adventurers to steal an airship and track her down there, interrupting a less-than-romantic moment between their foster daughter and Gilgamesh Wulfenbach. Sadly, they were stopped on the way out by a Wulfenbach party including Klaus and Von Pinn, who killed them both. Since then, Gil has revived them and made some improvements: once mute, Punch now can speak