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Match's original appearance, including his blond hairstyle, which later changed to resemble Bizarro. Match is a clone of Superboy created to serve the secret organization Agenda. [1] He possesses greater knowledge than Superboy and increased control of his powers. [2] Superboy battles and defeats Match, destroying the Agenda's compound. [3]
Bizarro (/ b ɪ ˈ z ɑːr oʊ /) is a supervillain or anti-hero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.The character was created by writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp as a "mirror image" of Superman, and first appeared in Superboy #68 (1958). [1]
Bizarro: Superboy #68 (October 1958) Bizarro was created when Superboy was exposed to a "duplicating ray" and was later destroyed in the same story. Action Comics #254 (July 1959) Lex Luthor exposed Kal-El, now Superman, to another duplicating ray, this time creating an adult Bizarro.
Superboy: Pre-Crisis, Superboy is Superman's first costumed identity, which he assumes at age 8 and retains until he becomes Superman at age 21. Post-Crisis, Superboy is a clone, originally thought to have been of Superman. Superboy later finds out that he is actually a hybrid of human and Kryptonian DNA.
Its notable creations include the Golden Guardian and Auron (both of them clones of the original Guardian), Superboy (Kon-El) (a binary clone made from the DNA of both Superman and Lex Luthor), and Dubbilex and his fellow DNAliens. Its 31st-century descendants run the Justice League 3000 clone project.
Luthor goes to the bowels of LexCorp to release Subject B-0̸, an imperfect attempt to clone a Kryptonian. At the Justice League Watchtower, Grid informs Ultraman that there is an uprising in Kahndaq, requiring his attention, and that the Rogues refuse to join the Crime Syndicate. Ultraman tells Grid to send Deathstorm and Power Ring to take ...
The villain Bizarro was established as an imperfect clone of Superman, created from the superhero's DNA, rather than as a duplicate resulting from an imperfect duplicating ray. Furthermore, Bizarro is no longer an "imperfect opposite" of Superman and as such, has identical rather than opposite powers.
Kon-El, the modern Superboy, is a clone created from the combined genetic material of the Man of Steel and Lex Luthor. He arrived in Metropolis shortly after Superman's death. Originally, he had no name besides "Superman". [38] When the original Superman returned, he declared that the clone had earned the name "Superboy", much to his dismay.