#Green lantern arch enemy movie#
#Green lantern arch enemy android#

Superman: The Man of Steel #18 (November 1992) It has been foretold that Darkseid will meet his final defeat at the hands of his son, Orion, in a cataclysmic battle in the fiery Armaghetto of Apokolips.Īccording to writer Mark Evanier, Jack Kirby modeled Darkseid on actor Jack Palance. As with gods in other mythologies, Darkseid is incredibly powerful, but cannot escape his ultimate destiny. Uxas, son of Heggra, alien dictator of the planet Apokolips. Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 (December 1970) Zor-El was rescued from Krypton's destruction by Brainiac and was reconfigured as a cyborg to be his scout for looking for stronger species in the universe. Zor-El was introduced as the new Cyborg Superman following The New 52, a relaunch of the DC Universe. Later, he became a member of the Sinestro Corps, still continuing to mockingly bear Superman's insignia. Hank Henshaw betrayed those whose lives he was entrusted with when he obliterated Coast City with the help of Mongul this event led to Green Lantern Hal Jordan's mental breakdown and later transformation into Parallax. The ruse was a tremendous success, even earning the Cyborg an endorsement from the U.S. He masqueraded as a resurrected Superman after the hero's apparent death, claiming to be the result of Superman's remains being reconstructed into cybernetic form. Reduced to a formless entity that inhabits mechanical bodies, the Cyborg desires to cause Superman equal pain. Because Superman failed to save him, Hank Henshaw blames him for the loss of his original body, as well as the death of his wife. Hank Henshaw is an astronaut who died as a result of a doomed mission on board the space shuttle Excalibur. The Adventures of Superman #466 (May 1990) Mannheim is one of Metropolis' most powerful gangsters, the leader of Intergang. Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #139 (July 1971)

#Green lantern arch enemy android#

Most incarnations depict Brainiac (alias Vril Dox) as a bald, green-skinned alien cyborg or android from the planet Colu and one of the most dangerous villains in the DC universe, capable of possessing others, inventing extremely advanced weaponry (such as force fields and shrinking rays), physically matching or overpowering Superman, creating and manipulating computer systems and exerting some control over time and space. Mxyzptlk out of 99% of his powers and created a Bizarro World.Ī gun-toting mercenary with Kryptonite bullets. Post- Crisis, another Bizarro was created when the Joker conned Mr. In accordance with the science fiction concepts of Superman stories of the era, Bizarro relocated to 'the Bizarro World,' a cubical planet called Htrae (Earth spelled backwards) which operated under 'Bizarro logic' (e.g., it was a crime to do anything good or right) and which Bizarro populated with duplicates of himself and Bizarro Lois Lane, as well as Bizarro versions of Superman's supporting cast and the other DC heroes and villains.īizarro was a flawed clone created by Lex Luthor's staff of scientists. This Bizarro later created a Bizarro Lois Lane and left with her into space. Lex Luthor exposed Kal-El, now Superman, to another duplicating ray, this time creating an adult Bizarro.

#Green lantern arch enemy movie#

Joseph Martin's superhuman powers manifested after exposure to the Dominators' gene-bomb the film buff began to hallucinate that he was a 1930s movie hero called the Atomic Skull and that Superman was his nemesis.īizarro was created when Superboy was exposed to a 'duplicating ray' and was later destroyed in the same story. The Adventures of Superman #483 (October 1991) This character has a strong metafictional nature.Īlbert Michaels was given radiation treatments that gave him atomic eye-blasts and worked his way up from an agent of SKULL to becoming its leader. The Anti-Monitor is one of the most powerful beings in the DC Multiverse. The villain behind Crisis on Infinite Earths, an event that rebooted the DC Multiverse. In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance): Unlike most heroes, Superman's adversaries exist in every known capacity humans, metahumans, androids, sorcerers, empowered animals, other aliens (such as Kryptonians), mythical/supernatural creatures, corrupt doppelgängers of himself (imposters, clones, or parallel universe counterparts), interdimensional beings ( Mr. Several of Superman's opponents (most notably Darkseid and Brainiac) are or have been foes of the Justice League as well. Here is a list of supervillains appearing in DC Comics who are or have been enemies of the superhero Superman. Various enemies of Superman, as they appear on the cover of Superman Villains: Secret Files and Origins#1 (June 1998, art by Dan Jurgens).