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An alternate universe variant of Parasite appears in All-Star Superman. He exploits Superman's rising power levels to absorb his energy and grow into a colossal form before being defeated. [27] An unidentified alternate universe variant of Parasite appears in JSA: The Liberty Files. This version is a former KGB agent and freelance contract ...
Can drain the powers and abilities of Superman The Quarmer , a.k.a. the Sand Superman , is a fictional character from DC Comics , created by Dennis O'Neil and Curt Swan . He was a living sand doppelgänger of Superman and first appeared in Superman #233 (January 1971) in " The Sandman Saga ", the first issue that introduced the Bronze Age Superman.
The character of Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and has been continually published in a variety of DC Comics book titles since its premiere in 1938. . There have been several versions of Superman over the years, both as the main hero in the stories as well as several alternative versi
A former one-shot Jack Kirby character recently revamped as a morally ambiguous anti-hero, Atlas has a crystal which gives him strength to rival Superman's. Atom Man: World's Finest #271 (September 1981) Heinrich Melch is a Nazi super-soldier on Earth-Two who gained his powers through his father's experiments with Green Kryptonite.
"For the Man Who Has Everything" is a comic book story by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, first published in Superman Annual #11 (1985). It contains the first appearance of the Black Mercy, a magical, extraterrestrial, plant-like organism which, upon symbiotically attaching itself to its victims, incapacitates them while causing them to hallucinate living out their greatest fantasy.
When embittered scientist Earl Garver goes into a coma before revealing the location of a ticking bomb, Superman risks enlisting the Parasite to drain the information from Garver's mind. However, the operation goes awry when Garver's consciousness ends up in Parasite's body, leaving the two fighting for control. [13]
After both a battle with an armored alien bounty hunter (name unknown) who leaves behind a capsule in the ocean that starts emitting an electronic signal into outer space, and being weakened after a titanic battle with the Parasite II (Rudolph "Rudy" Jones in a more monstrous form than before and with the addition of Dr. Torval Freeman's mind having been absorbed into him), Superman ...
After Superman's body was restored to life, the Eradicator realized the truth of its nature and sacrificed itself to help restore Superman to full strength during the final confrontation with Cyborg Superman. Following Superman's return, the Eradicator's apparently dead body was examined at S.T.A.R. Labs, and merged with Dr. David Connor.