First Appearance: Omega Men #3 Real Name: unpronouncable; translates to He Who Devours Your Entrails And Thoroughly Enjoys It
Occupation: Contract killer, bounty hunter; former high priest of the First Celestial Church of the Triple Fish-God Base of Operations:Czarnia Special Abilities: Superhuman Strength, Superhuman Stamina, Immortality, Invulnerability, Self-Sustenance, Regeneration, Bio-Fission.
Biography: Lobo is a Bounty Hunter and contract killer wanted across the universe. [Lobo] His real name is unpronounceable, and he has no set base of operations, preferring to remain mobile. Lobo has immense superhuman strength, is virtually invulnerable, has increased agility, speed and stamina, and is able to recover from almost any wound or injury. Lobo is the best tracker in the universe, and wields a huge variety of guns and weapons, including his favorite: a long, heavy chain with a sharp hook on the end.
ZAN First Appearance: Extreme Justice #9 (October 1995) Real Name: Zan Occupation: Former ruler of the planet Exor Base of Operations:Mobile Special Abilities: Can form into anything water based. He can only activate his powers when having physical contact with his sister Jayna.
Biography: By touching knuckles with his sister and uttering the magic pharse "Wonder Twin Powers Activate," Zan is able to transform into any water-based shape possible. Whether it's liquid, vapor, or even a soild ice structure, he always calls upon the proper "form of water" for the situation. Limited only by his imagination, his constructs go beyond simple bridges and shelters. If there is ever the need for a functioning jet made of ice - Zan is the man!
JAYNA First Appearance: Extreme Justice #9 (October 1995) Real Name: Jayna Occupation: Former ruler of the planet Exor Base of Operations:Mobile Special Abilities: Can form into any animal, monster or alien species. She can only activate her powers when having physical contact with her brother Zan.
Biography: Combined with the powers of her twin brother, Jayna is able to turn into virtually any beast on EArth or beyond - from a mythological Griffin to an extinct dinosaur or even a creature from a distant planet. Jayna often assumes the form of an Eagle to deliver urgent news or to cover great distances quicker. An if a ring-tailed lemur is the key to keeping evil at bay, Jayne is your mammal!
GLEEK First Appearance: None Real Name: Gleek Occupation: Former circus attraction Base of Operations:Mobile Special Abilities: Gleek possesses perfect understanding of the native languages of both Exxor and Earth. He is also skilled at using his tail as a lasso, which he uses to ensnare large objects.
Biography: Gleek is an elasti-monk from the planet Exxor. An Exxorian carnival owner named Dentwil purchased Gleek and made him the star attraction of his traveling show. While touring with the carnival, Gleek met the young Exxorian shape-shifter, Zan and Jayna. Recognizing their unhappiness with carnival life, Gleek helped them to flee the circus and escape from Exxor. He accompanied the twins to Earth where he shared in many of their adventures.
First Appearance: Batman Beyond #1 Real Name: Terry McGinnis Occupation: Student Base of Operations:Gotham City (2040) Special Abilities: Trained in gymnastics and martial arts; High-tech Batsuit augments strength and agility, fires Batarangs, allows flight, electronic surveillance via a fingertip microphone, and a camouflage mode that simulates invisibility.
Biography: Thirty years after Bruce Wayne's self-imposed retirement, Gotham City has been overrun by crime and corruption. The former Batman remains in seclusion until high-school student Terry McGinnis, fleeing members of a street gang, winds up at his door. Together they fight off the gang members. Seeing a need for a new hero to watch over his city, Bruce Wayne assumes responsibility for training Terry to become the new Batman!
First Appearance: DC Comics Presents #26 (October 1980) Real Name: Victor Stone Occupation: Teen Titan Base of Operations: San Francisco Special Abilities: Cybernetic limbs and organs enable enhanced strength, speed, and agility, super sight and hearing; able to interface with computer systems.
Biography: Victor Stone's dreams of Olympic fame were crushed when his scientist father inadvertantly released a creature from another dimension. Victor's mother was killed by the creature and Victor suffered crippling injuries. To save his son's life, Silas Stone grafted Cybernetic limbs to Victor, turning his son into more machine than man. Known as Cyborg, he is advisor and trainer to the Teen Titans.
ADAM STRANGE First Appearance: Showcase #17 (December 1958) Real Name: Adam Strange Occupation: Archaeologist, planetary protector Base of Operations:Ranagar, Rann aka the hero of two worlds, champion of Rann Special Abilities: Rannian jet pack enables flight, laser pistol, teleporting ability, Rannian armor provides damage resistance and space protection, hand-to-hand combar, superb tactical planner.
Biography: Archaeologist Adam Strange was transported to the distant planet of Rann by a random communications beam from outer space. Adam soon became the official hero of Rann, the planet's protector against strange menances of all kinds. Though without powers, frequently outnumbered and almost always outgunned, Adam's cleverness and innovation have allowed him to overcome every menace and gain a reputation as the "thinking man's hero."
STARFIRE First Appearance: DC Comics Presents #26 (October 1980) Real Name: Koriand'r (aka Kory Anders) Occupation: Hero Base of Operations:San Francisco Special Abilities: Able to absorb solar energy and translate it to the powers of flight and emission of powerful star-bolt force beams; trained in combat by the warlords of Okaara.
Biography: To seal a peace pact, King Myan'r of Tamaran sold his daughter Koriand'r into slavery. Her imprisonment ended when scientists upon her and accidentally imbued her with the power to harness solar energy as destructive force. Now an inhabitant of Earth, Koriand'r is known as Starfire and has become a member of the Teen Titans.
ALEXANDER LUTHOR First Appearance: DC Comics Presents Annual #1 (1978) Real Name: Alexander Luthor, Sr Occupation: Scientist, Reseacher, Hero Base of Operations: Earth-3 Special Abilities: Genius scientist and inventor, super-suit enables flight and renders wearer intagible.
Biography: Alexander Luthor was an acclaimed scientist on his home world of Earth-3, one of many "alternative universes," where history of ten played out in opposite versions of the Earth we know. When two of his counterparts from Earth 1 & 2 set their sights on conquering his Earth, Alexander enlisted the aid of the evil Luthor's respective archenemies, the Supermen of their world, to come to and help fend off the attack. In response, the evil Luthor's partnered with Earth-3's twisted version of Superman, the evil Ultraman, to back their cause.
ULTRAMAN First Appearance: Justice League of America #29 (1964) Real Name: Clark Kent Occupation: Criminal Base of Operations:Special Abilities: Ultrahuman strength, speed, stamina, intellect and senses; heat, x-ray and telescopic vision, ability to see through dimensional barriers, photographic memory.
Biography: Born of the Planet Krypton of an alternate universe where good and evil are reversed, Ultraman quickly became the most powerful super-criminal on that planet. A mirror-image if Superman, Ultraman had all the powers and abilities of Kal-El, only with the desire to use them for evil. He joined with other super-criminals to form the Crime Syndicate of America, the evil opposite force of the Justice League. Ultraman's primary opposition came from Alexander Luthor, Sr., a genius scientist devoted to bettering humanity through his inventions.
ROMAT-RU First Appearance: Green Lantern Sinestro Corps S[ecial #1 (August, 2007) Real Name: Romat-Ru Occupation: Member Of The Sinestro Corps Base of Operations:Xudar Special Abilities: Yellow Power Ring Allows Constructs Of Anything The Wear Imagines
Biography: Not much is known of Romat-Ru other than he is one of the most prolific and vile serial killers in the galaxy. While inder investigation for a minor infraction, Xudarian police were dispatched to search his home where they made a ghastly discovery. Inside, they found the bones of thousands of children. While being transported to prision, a yellow power ring appeared and he was inducted into the Siestro Corps.
KARU-SIL First Appearance: Green Lantern Vol. 4 #19 (May, 2007) Real Name: Karu-Sil Occupation: Member Of The Sinestro Corps Base of Operations:Graxos III Special Abilities: Yellow Power Ring Allows Constructs Of Anything The Wear Imagines
Biography: As a young girl on the primitive, violent jungle orld of Graxos III, Kara-Sil was orhaned during an attack on her village. Alone and left to fend for herself, she was adopted by a pack of predatory animals. In order to resemble her new family, Karu-Sil cut off her lips to expose her fanged teeth. Years later, she came across a boy from a nearby village who she promptly slaughtered to feed her pack. Witnessing the carnage and believing the girl to be in peril, Green Lantern Bush killed the predators and whisked Karu-Sil to Glaxos IV to be cared for. After murdering one of her caretakers, she was recruited by the Sinestro Corps.
B-WANA BEAST First Appearance: Showcase #66 Real Name: Michael Payson Maxwell Occupation: Jungle Master, Hero Base of Operations:Tanzania, San Diego Special Abilities: Can speak to animals and hear thier thoughts, can combine any two animals into a new creature, crusader for animals rights, extremely strong, skilled hand-to-hand fighter.
Biography: While in Tanzania, Mike Maxwell found himself trapped in a cave high atop Mount Kilimanjaro. In his attempt to survivie he drank the caves water - - which, unknown to him, was infused with a strange elixir that increased his muscle mass, making him much stronger. When Maxwell donned an ancient helmet, he discovered he could command and communicate with animals as B'Wana Beast. Even stranger, he could merge any two animals together into a new, hybrib form called a chimera. B'Wanna became a fighter for animal rights as the jungles premire hero.
ANIAML MAN First Appearance: Strange Adventures #180 (1965) Real Name: Bernhard "Buddy" Baker Occupation: Hero Base of Operations:San Diego, California Special Abilities: Can absorb and use the specific abilities of any animal on earth (even extinct animals), can sense animals nearby, has adopted the powers of several extraterrestrial creatures.
Biography: When teenaged Buddy Baker went hunting in the adirondacks, he found more than big game - - he found an alien spacecraft! After being exposed to it's strange radiation, Buddy found he could take on the powers and characteristics of any nearby animal - - Down to regenerating severed limbs, like an earthworm. He has faced many surreal menaces, traveled through space, and seen his entire reality torn apart more than once. But he always remains plain old Buddy Baker, family man and occasional hero - - An oasis of sanity in the stranger corners of the DC Universe.
ZAN First Appearance: Extreme Justice #9 (October 1995) Real Name: Zan Occupation: Former ruler of the planet Exor Base of Operations:Mobile Special Abilities: Can form into anything water based. He can only activate his powers when having physical contact with his sister Jayna.
Biography: By touching knuckles with his sister and uttering the magic pharse "Wonder Twin Powers Activate," Zan is able to transform into any water-based shape possible. Whether it's liquid, vapor, or even a soild ice structure, he always calls upon the proper "form of water" for the situation. Limited only by his imagination, his constructs go beyond simple bridges and shelters. If there is ever the need for a functioning jet made of ice - Zan is the man!
JAYNA First Appearance: Extreme Justice #9 (October 1995) Real Name: Jayna Occupation: Former ruler of the planet Exor Base of Operations:Mobile Special Abilities: Can form into any animal, monster or alien species. She can only activate her powers when having physical contact with her brother Zan.
Biography: Combined with the powers of her twin brother, Jayna is able to turn into virtually any beast on EArth or beyond - from a mythological Griffin to an extinct dinosaur or even a creature from a distant planet. Jayna often assumes the form of an Eagle to deliver urgent news or to cover great distances quicker. An if a ring-tailed lemur is the key to keeping evil at bay, Jayne is your mammal!
BATMAN First Appearance: Detective Comics #27 (May 1939)
Real Name: Bruce Wayne Occupation: Industrialist, Philanthropist, Crime Fighter By Night Base of Operations:Gotham City Special Abilities: World's Greatest Detective, Master of Disguise, Scientist and Inventor, Escape Artist, Expert In Most Known Forms of Martial Arts.
Biography: After witnessing the murder of his parents as a child, Bruce Wayne dedicated his life and fortune to protecting the lives of the innocent while striking fear into the hearts of criminals. Armed with an arsenal of gadgets, Batman patrols the shadows of Gotham City keeping the streets safe from crime.
Clayface First Appearance: Detective Comics #40 (June 1940) Real Name: Basil Karlo Occupation: Former actor, professional criminal Base of Operations:Mobile Special Abilities: Can adopt the physical form of anyone or anything. If those whose appearance he adopts have super-powers, he copies those as well, his touch can reduce an enemy to protoplasm.
Biography: nitially an actor in horror films, Basil Karlo went mad when he learned a classic film of his was to be remade. He donned the mask of the film's villain, Clayface, and killed several of the remakes cast and crew. Later, Karlo joined a collection of villains who used the name Clayface. Before the gang was defeated Karlo injected himself with the essences of several of his allies, becoming a superhuman with the abilities to change shape, melt others into protoplasm, and mimic the powers of heroes or villains.
Superman First Appearance: Action Comics #1 (June, 1939) Real Name: Clark Kent / Kal-El Occupation: Journalist / foreign correspondent / hero Base of Operations: Metropolis Special Abilities: Super strength, speed, nvulnerability, flight, heat vision, x-ray vision and freezing breath
Biography: Rocketed to Earth from the doomed Planet Krypton, the infant Kal-El was adopted by the Kent family of Smallville, Kansas. Young Clark Kent grew strong and powerful under the rays of Earth's yellow sun, developing extraordinary super powers. In adulthood, Clark used these abilities as Superman, championing truth, justice and the American way while keeping secret his true identity and acting as a reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper.
BRAINIAC First Appearance: Action Comics #242 (1958) Real Name: Vril Dox Occupation: Scientist, conqueror, collector Base of Operations: Mobile Special Abilities: Superior intelligence, unparalleled knowledge of the universe and its cultures, able to control and manipulate machinery.
Biography: Vril Dox served as scientist prime for his technologically advanced home world of Colu. When he tried to take over the planet, he was punished by being disintegrated. His consciousness survived and adopted the identity of Brainiac, setting his sights on assimulating the knowledge and intelligence of all cultures in the universe, and them eradicating them. Brainiac has destroyed hundreds of worlds, including Superman's home, Planet Krypton.
BATGIRL First Appearance: Detective Comics #359
(January 1967) Real Name: Barbara Gordon Occupation: Librarian Base of Operations:Gotham City Special Abilities: Expert in various fighting styles, trained in criminology, computer expert, photographic memory
Biography: As the adopted daughter of Gotham City's police commissioner, Barbara Gordon was raised in a household filled with cops and their stories. Barbara wanted nothing more than to follow in her father's footsteps, but the elder Gordon refused to allow it. As a jibe against her father, Barbara wore a "Batgirl" costume to a masquerade ball and wound up saving billionaire Bruce Wayne from a kidnapping attempt. Deciding that this was how she could serve the cause of justice. Barbara Gordon elected to keep her new costumed identity.
AZRAEL First Appearance: Batman Sword of Azrael #1 (Oct 1992) Real Name: Jean-Paul Valley Occupation: Assassin / Crime Fighter Base of Operations:Gotham City Special Abilities: Genetically enhanced speed and strength, bulletproof and flame resistant armor, and wrist mounted swords that burst into flames
Biography: College student Jean-Paul Valley had no idea that he was destined to follow in his father's footsteps and become an elite enforcer / assassin. Trained since birth by "The Sacred Oder of Saint Dumas" to be Azrael, Angel of Vengence. When the order sent Azrael to kill a weapons dealer, his plans were thwarted by Batman. But Batman's example proved an inspiration to Azrael, who turned against his masters in the order and became their sworn enemy.
ABIN SUR First Appearance: New Gods #1 (March 1971)
(January 1967) Real Name: Orion Occupation: Warrior Base of Operations: New Genisis Special Abilities: Superhuman Strength and Speed, Rapid Recovery and Healing, Superior Battle Skills.
Biography: Born the son of the tyrannical Darkseid, lord of the planet Apokolips, Orion was adopted by the kind ruler Highfather and raised on the neighboring planet New Genesis as part of a truce between the two worlds. Orion's feral nature made him the fiercest fighter of all the new gods and ultimately helped him defeat Darkseid's plans to control the universe.
GREEN LANTERN First Appearance: New Gods #1 (February 1971) Real Name: Solis Occupation: New God Base of Operations:New Genesis Special Abilities: Manipulates photons to create brilliant concussive blasts, focused columns of radiant heat, lasers and holograms, can also fly at the speed of light.
Biography: Lightray is the shining star of New Genesis and a high-spirited new god. He is cheerful and optimistic, preferring to solve problems through compromise rather than combat. He uses the speed of light to his advantage in eluding foes. As Solis, his idea of fun is protecting New Genesis from Apokolips, Darkseid, and his minions.
ORION First Appearance: Showcase #22 (October 1959)
(January 1967) Real Name: Abin Sur Occupation: History Professor Base of Operations: Ungara Special Abilities: Travel through space, imagine and create images, translate languages.
Biography: While on patrol, Abin Sur was attacked and pursued by the being known as Legion. Badly injured and with his spaceship seriously damaged, he made an emergency landing on Earth and began using his power ring to searchfor a successor to wield the ring after he passed on. As Hal Jordan was the closest suitable replacement, he was chosen as Abin Sur's successor.
LIGHTRAY First Appearance: Showcase #22 (October 1959) Real Name: Hal Jordon Occupation: Test Pilot Base of Operations:Coast City / Sector 2814 Special Abilities: Travel through space, imagine and create images, translate languages
Biography: While training in a flight simulator, test pilot Hal Jordan was suddenly transported to the crash site of an alien spacecraft. The injured pilot passed on to Jordan his green ring and his uniform. The ring allowed him to make real anything that he could imagine, from flying unaided through space to lifting mountains. With it, Jordan, chosen by the ring itself because of his fearlessness, must fight evil as a member of the Green Lantern Corps.
CYBORG SUPERMAN First Appearance: Adventures of Superman #466 (May 1990) Real Name: Hank Henshaw Occupation: Mass Murderer Base of Operations: Terran solar system Special Abilities: Can control electronics and create new bodies for himself from machinery, almost impossible to kill.
Biography: Hank Henshaw was exposed to cosmic radiation when his space shuttle crashed. Over time his body started to rapidly deteriorate. As his physical body expired, he was able to transfer his consciousness into a computer mainframe and mentally travel through space. Arriving on a distant planet, he recruited Mongul as part of a plan for revenge against Superman.
MONGUL First Appearance: Adventures of Superman #454 (April 1980) Real Name: Mongul Occupation: Despotic Conqueror Base of Operations:Warworld Special Abilities: Incredible strength, impervious to bodily harm
Biography: A ruthless conqueror who roams the universe in his planet-sized Warworld. For amusement, Mongul stages gladiator games with slaves that inhabit this world. After capturing Superman and forcing him into the gladiator pits, Superman refused to finish off his opponent. Mongul himself then decided to put an end to Superman but was defeated. Later Mongul joined forces with Cyborg Superman to seek revenge on the Man of Steel.
BATMAN First Appearance: Detective Comics #27 (May 1939) Real Name:Bruce Wayne Occupation: Detective Comics #27 (May 1939) Base of Operations:Gotham City Special Abilities: World's Greatest Detective, Master of Disguise, Scientist and Inventor, Escape Artist, Expert In Most Known Forms of Martial Arts.
Biography: After witnessing the murder of his parents as a child, Bruce Wayne dedicated his life and fortune to protecting the lives of the innocent while striking fear into the hearts of criminals. Armed with an arsenal of gadgets, Batman patrols the shadows of Gotham City keeping the streets safe from crime.
SUPERMAN First Appearance: Action Comics #1 (June 1938) Real Name: Clark Kent / Kal El Occupation: Reporter Base of Operations: Metropolis Special Abilities: Super strength, speed, invulnerability, flight, heat vision, x-ray vision and freezing breath.
Biography: When the menace known as Doomsday came to Earth, it fell to Superman to battle him to a standstill... and the death! Though it cost him his life, the Man of Steel saved his adopted homeworld. Superman's death activated The Eradicator, and entity from Krypton, who assumed Superman's identity and placed the body of the fallen hero in a suit designed to reignite the spark of life in the Last Son of Krypton.
LEX LUTHOR First Appearance: Action Comics #1 (June 1938) Real Name: Alexander Joesph Luthor Occupation: Formerly President of the United States; former owner and CEO of Lexcorp, businessman, scientis Base of Operations: Metropolis Special Abilities: Gifted Businessman, Seasoned Politician, Genius-level Intellect, Trained Combatant
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TWO-FACE First Appearance: Coming Soon Real Name: Harvey Dent Occupation: Coming Soon Base of Operations: Coming Soon Special Abilities: Coming Soon
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