Exploding Man (painting)

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Isaac Mendez painted a foreboding image of an exploding humanoid figure.

The Exploding Man or Burning Man is a painting by Isaac Mendez. It depicts a prophecy which has not yet been fulfilled.

About

Seven Minutes to Midnight

Under the spell of Eden McCain's power of persuasion, Isaac Mendez uses heroin and begins work on a new painting.

Homecoming

Mr. Bennet examines Isaac's latest painting. The painting depicts a humanoid figure who appears to be burning or exploding.

Fallout

In a vision, Peter Petrelli sees himself glowing and grimacing in pain or frustration, as if he were about to explode.

Notes

• Isaac painted this image after taking a dose of heroin, and he showed the characteristic signs of being in one of his precognitive trances, so the painting is almost certainly a prophecy of future events. Exactly how this prophecy will be fulfilled, if it will be fulfilled, remains to be seen. The figure in the image may be related to the explosion foreseen in another of Isaac's paintings. The "burning man" may also be an image of Ted Sprague, who often emits radiation in an uncontrolled manner and has expressed a fear that he might explode like an atomic bomb if killed. Peter Petrelli mimics the powers of other evolved humans, so he might be the figure in the painting, duplicating Ted's radioactive abilities.
• The filename for the painting as it appeared as an Easter Egg in Graphic Novel:Fathers and Daughters was "Energy Man".

Gallery

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  Under Eden's coercion to retake drugs, Isaac begins the Exploding Man painting.
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  Peter Petrelli has a vision of himself apparently about to explode.
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  Isaac painted a huge explosion in Midtown Manhattan on the floor of his studio.