To the best of my understanding, the Absorbing Man can only take on the properties of inert materials, not biologicals. He's not Rogue, for instance, or Amazo.

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I know he's absorved Thor and the Hulk's strength before, if nothing else.

JB wrote: ...I don't use a kneaded eraser. I use Sanford Magic Rub erasers -- and believe me, they really live up to their name!...

That sound you just heard is the sound of Sanford selling more Magic Rub erasers after an endorsement from JB.

I know I plan to check the eraser out, now. 

Edit: To correct quote.

The second instance was Ross Andru, in an issue of ACTION COMICS he penciled. Ross at that time was suffering from an eye problem that made it difficult for him to properly balance the forms within an image. To get around this, he used to lay out the page on the back, then flip it over, and lightbox it so he could do the tightening. This is a variant on an old art director's trick -- hold a page backwards up to the light, to see if the forms are properly balanced (like, that left eye isn't higher than the right).* By doing this, Ross was able to correct the imbalances he found in his layouts. Unfortunately, from the perspective of an inker, he must have had incredibly sweaty hands (something I sometimes experience myself) and the pages were all slicked up like wax paper. Not only a bear to ink, but a double-bear to erase. The graphite just smeared.

*Paul Kupperberg tells the story of taking a cover down to the office of one of the old-time editors, to show him how well it had turned out. The old editor took the cover and, without even looking at the image on the front, flipped it over and held it up to the light.

I want an Eternals and the Celestials piece... Have you ever drawn the Eternals JB?

Jason