Post by DSkillz on Nov 26, 2014 7:39:21 GMT
Metallo
Metallo (John Corben) is a comic book supervillain and cyborg who appears in Superman stories published by DC Comics. Metallo's trademark is his kryptonite power source, which he often uses as a weapon against Superman. His traditional identity is John Corben. The character first appeared in Action Comics # 252 (May 1959).
In 2009, Metallo was ranked as IGN's 52nd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
The Golden Age Superman battled an unnamed scientist calling himself "Metalo" who wore a powered suit of steel armor in a story titled "Man of Steel Versus Man of Metal" by John Sikela and Jerry Siegel. Years later, Superman encountered the villain a second time in a story with the same title. Metalo, his real name now revealed as George Grant, had a new suit of armor and had also taken a serum to increase his personal strength to superhuman levels. He exposed Superman to a ray that reduced the hero's power significantly, giving Metalo superior strength in their first battle. Superman engaged in a lengthy regimen of exercise and training to restore his powers and easily defeated Metalo.
Metallo appeared as Jor-El's robot to battle Superboy, in Superboy # 49 (1956), but this version of Metallo is not to be confused with the better known John Corben version, who would appear later in the Silver Age.
John Corben was originally a journalist (and secretly a thief and murderer) who had just committed what he thought was the perfect murder. While fleeing from the scene of the crime, Corben suffered a near-fatal accident that mangled his body beyond repair. An elderly scientist, Professor Vale, happened to come upon Corben, and used his scientific skill to transfer Corben's brain into a robotic body covered by a fleshlike artificial skin. Corben discovered that his power source, a capsule of uranium, would only last a day, but was told by Vale that kryptonite would provide him an indefinite power supply.
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In 2009, Metallo was ranked as IGN's 52nd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
The Golden Age Superman battled an unnamed scientist calling himself "Metalo" who wore a powered suit of steel armor in a story titled "Man of Steel Versus Man of Metal" by John Sikela and Jerry Siegel. Years later, Superman encountered the villain a second time in a story with the same title. Metalo, his real name now revealed as George Grant, had a new suit of armor and had also taken a serum to increase his personal strength to superhuman levels. He exposed Superman to a ray that reduced the hero's power significantly, giving Metalo superior strength in their first battle. Superman engaged in a lengthy regimen of exercise and training to restore his powers and easily defeated Metalo.
Metallo appeared as Jor-El's robot to battle Superboy, in Superboy # 49 (1956), but this version of Metallo is not to be confused with the better known John Corben version, who would appear later in the Silver Age.
John Corben was originally a journalist (and secretly a thief and murderer) who had just committed what he thought was the perfect murder. While fleeing from the scene of the crime, Corben suffered a near-fatal accident that mangled his body beyond repair. An elderly scientist, Professor Vale, happened to come upon Corben, and used his scientific skill to transfer Corben's brain into a robotic body covered by a fleshlike artificial skin. Corben discovered that his power source, a capsule of uranium, would only last a day, but was told by Vale that kryptonite would provide him an indefinite power supply.
Links:
Wikipedia
DC Comics Database
Copyright Owner/Official Site
DC Comics
Record:
W:
L: