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The Eradicator is a fictional comic book superhero (and sometimes supervillain) character having a recurring role in Superman stories published by DC Comics. Originally created as a weapon by an ancient alien race, he is over 200,000 year old and is considered an artifact of Krypton. The character was created by writer Roger Stern, and first appeared in Action Comics Annual #2 (1989). DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ... The Hobgoblin character co-created by Stern. ... The Fortress of Solitude is the occasional headquarters of Superman in DC Comics. ... Krypton is a fictional planet in the DC Comics universe. ... The Outsiders are fictional characters, a DC Comics superhero group. ... Team Superman is the name of DC Comics informal team of heroes who all wear the S shield of Superman. ... Superman #75 (Jan. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... For other uses, see Superhero (disambiguation). ... Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ... Superman is a fictional character and comic book superhero , originally created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... For other uses, see Weapon (disambiguation). ... In archaeology, an artifact or artefact is any object made or modified by a human culture, and often one later recovered by some archaeological endeavor. ... Krypton is a fictional planet in the DC Comics universe. ... The Hobgoblin character co-created by Stern. ... Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ...

Fictional character biography

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In the distant past, a dying alien race created a number of containment devices in which to preserve their culture. They sent them into space with contact teams, intent on meeting other civilizations. When a small group of these aliens arrived on the planet Krypton, they were met by the militant Kem-L, who killed them and corrupted one of their devices. Its new mission was to preserve his ideal of Kryptonian culture by eradicating all others - and thus the device became known as the "Eradicator." Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Green people redirects here. ... Krypton is a fictional planet in the DC Comics universe. ... Krypton is a fictional planet in the DC Comics universe. ...

In its original form the Eradicator resembled a stylized small rocket. Its top section was a prolate spheroid, which exuded a blue glow and was approximately three times the size of an egg. This was connected via four thin mount brackets to a glossy orange tail fin section of equal length. The ten equally spaced fins each had the shape of a pointed quarter ellipse, with the tapered end extending slightly beyond the rear of the squat main cylindrical body tube. A spheroid is a quadric surface in three dimensions obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes. ...

One of the surviving aliens, known as the Cleric, took the Eradicator and left Krypton with a group of followers. Unfortunately, they died soon thereafter, as the Kryptonian genetic link to their home planet precluded their survival off-world. The following is a glossary of terms related to the fictional planet Krypton, the birthplace of Superman: All, The - Post-Crisis, The All are a collection of artifacts created by the Clerics people. ...

The Cleric kept the Eradicator for 200,000 years, until he encountered Superman on Warworld. With the device, the two exchanged memories, and the Cleric had a vision of Superman's death at the hands of Mongul. The Cleric wished to prevent this from happening, and the Eradicator transported them to his asteroid. He noticed that the device changed to protect Krypton's sole survivor, and they used it to heal their wounds, both physical and spiritual. When the Cleric passed on the Eradicator to Superman he rapidly aged and died as the link to the Eradicator extending his life was severed. Warworld is a fictional artificial planet featured in several DC Comics stories. ... Mongul is a DC Comics supervillain created by Jim Starlin and Len Wein. ...

The Eradicator's fortress

Back on Earth, the Eradicator caused a number of bizarre events, including altering Jimmy Olsen into a malleable form, causing him extreme pain in the process. Superman threw the device into Antarctica, where it altered the ice to create the Fortress of Solitude, and possessed two scientists to create a portal to the Phantom Zone, where it drew Kryptonian artifacts to the Fortress. James Bartholomew Jimmy Olsen is a fictional character, a photojournalist who appears in DC Comics’ Superman stories. ... The Fortress of Solitude is the occasional headquarters of Superman in DC Comics. ... The Phantom Zone is a fictional prison dimension featured in the Superman comic books and related media. ...

When Superman recovered the Eradicator, he learned that one of his ancestors, Kem-L, created it to prevent aliens from influencing Kryptonian culture. The Eradicator tried to transform Earth into a new Krypton, and erased Superman's memory of the device when he tried to interfere.

Professor Emil Hamilton, who had previously examined the Eradicator, restored Superman's memory, and Superman then went into the Phantom Zone to stop the device. He encountered a projection of Kem-L and learned that only the House of El can control the Eradicator, but he first had to undergo a rite of passage. When Superman completed it, he commanded the Eradicator to shut down, and it complied. Professor Emil Hamilton is a fictional character in DC Comics Superman titles. ... For other uses, see Rite of passage (disambiguation). ...

The Krypton Man

In the Day of the Krypton Man arc, the Eradicator altered Superman's psyche, turning him into the ideal Kryptonian and alienating his closest friends. Superman nearly killed Draaga, and when he tried to kill Jonathan and Martha Kent, he broke the programming, fought the Eradicator, and threw it into the Sun. Martha Clark Kent and Jonathan Kent, also known as Ma and Pa Kent, are fictional characters published by DC Comics. ... Martha Kent, née Martha Clark, also known as Ma Kent, is a fictional character published by DC Comics. ...

The Eradicator returned in Superman: The Man of Steel #1 as an energy being. It tried to turn the Sun into a red dwarf (the type of star that Krypton once orbited), but Superman stopped it with help from Professor Hamilton. For the type of star, see Red dwarf. ... This article is about the astronomical object. ...

The Last Son of Krypton

The Eradicator returned again in Action Comics #687 (June 1993), part of the Reign of the Supermen story arc, as "the Last Son of Krypton." It created a body for itself based on Superman's, and even briefly believed itself to be a Kryptonian: in fact, it had deluded itself into believing it was Superman himself. As a humanoid, the Eradicator joined forces with Superman to fight the Cyborg and stop him from destroying Metropolis. This was the second encounter between the two, as the Cyborg had nearly killed the Eradicator in a battle during the obliteration of Coast City. While its humanoid body was being healed, robots from the Fortress revealed to the Eradicator its true origins. It was seemingly killed in an attempt to shield Superman from a lethal blast of Kryptonite-based fuel, fully recharging the Man of Steel's powers in the process. Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ... Superman #75 (Jan. ... The term humanoid refers to any being whose body structure resembles that of a human. ... |caption=Cover to Superman (vol. ... Metropolis Skyline, as seen in Smallville. ... This article is about the fictional substance. ...

David Conner

Following Superman's return, the Eradicator's apparently dead body was examined at S.T.A.R. Labs, and merged with Dr. David Connor. The merged Eradicator joined the Outsiders, and occasionally teamed up with Superman. In a 1996 three-part miniseries, the Eradicator dealt with Dr. Connor's personal life, and more of the device's history was revealed, some of which is hard to reconcile with the history from the annual. Scientific and Technological Advanced Research Laboratories, usually shortened to S.T.A.R. Labs, are a research organization in various stories published by DC Comics. ... The Outsiders are fictional characters, a DC Comics superhero group. ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ...

The original Eradicator program was revealed to still exist in the Fortress of Solitude's computers and, following the destruction of the Fortress in Superman's battle with Dominus, the Eradicator program took the form of Kem-L, and again attempted to brainwash Superman. The David Connor Eradicator realized that the program was still active, and merged with the remains of the Fortress to control it. Dominus is cosmic super-villain in DC Comics who first appeared in Action Comics #747 and appears primarily as an opponent of Superman. ...

The Fortress-Eradicator took the form of a gigantic Kryptonian battlesuit, and gained a form of multiple personality disorder based on his conflicting programming. When it learnt of the "Krypton" Krypto came from, the shock to the original directive of Kryptonian purity was enough to bring this into control, leading to his hunting down the dog as an anomaly that should not exist. Superman held him in suspended animation in his new Fortress, eventually telling him Krypto's full origin once he had learned it himself. Overview In psychiatry, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is the current name of the condition formerly listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) and Multiple Personality Syndrome. ... Krypto, also known as Krypto the Superdog, is a fictional character; he is Supermans pet dog in the various Superman comic books published by DC Comics. ...

Most recently, the Eradicator returned to his humanoid state of being. He wears a new outfit which, like the "Krypton Man" costume, is a combination of elements from Superman's costume and Kryptonian robes. He has gained the ability to sense beings that should not be in the DC Universe, such as Mr. Majestic, which may be related to his original programming against alien influences. How his origin has been affected by the Superman: Birthright retcon is unclear. Cover to the History of the DC Universe trade paperback. ... Mr. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In Superman #220 (November 2005), the Eradicator was seriously injured by an OMAC. He was said during the 2005–2006 miniseries Infinite Crisis to be in a coma at Steel's headquarters, Steelworks. OMACs are an organization of powerful cyborgs that exist in the DC Universe. ... Infinite Crisis was a seven-issue limited series of comic books published by DC Comics, beginning in October of 2005. ... For other uses, see Coma (disambiguation). ... Steel is a name used by several fictional characters owned and published by DC Comics. ...

One Year Later

The Eradicator's fate during the One Year Later storyline (which is set one full year after Infinite Crisis) is unknown. A recent Superman story arc suggests he has turned into a villain in a possible future.^{[issue # needed]} One Year Later event logo. ... Infinite Crisis was a seven-issue limited series of comic books published by DC Comics, beginning in October of 2005. ...

In Action Comics #850, a flashback shows Jor-El muttering about "damned Eradicators" while sending Kal-El into space, hinting at a altered origin for the Eradicator in the New Earth setting. A depiction of several alternate Earths within the Multiverse and the different variations of the Flash inhabiting each Earth. ...

Powers and abilities

The Eradicator's body was created from the genetic template of Superman's, when Superman died at the hands of Doomsday, making him Kryptonian. Being that, the Eradicator possesses similar powers to that of Superman, such as incredible strength, speed, invulnerability, heat vision and flight. He also possesses ultra acute senses but to a limited degree. Being a program from Krypton, the Eradicator possesses extensive knowledge of Krypton, is extremely intelligent, as well as the ability to compute and process information at incredible speed.

But what distinguishes the Eradicator from other Kryptonians is his ability to manipulate energy. Eradicator has vast energy manipulation abilities, ranging from being able to absorb, convert and release various forms of energy as powerful blasts from his hands or eyes. Also, after the Eradicator and Mr. Majestic fought, Mr. Majestic altered the Eradicator's programming to make him more aware. The full extent of his programming alteration is unclear, although it has been shown that he can sense beings and gateways from alternate realities such as the Bleed. Kyle Rayner discovers himself in The Bleed in Ion #10 (2007). ...

Although he has enhanced senses, the Eradicator once had to wear a special visor designed to cut down visible light, since his eyes were particularly sensitive to it.

Other media

Eradicator is a playable character in the Death and Return of Superman SNES video game as well as the other Supermen. The Death and Return of Superman is a beat em up video game based on the Death of Superman storyline. ...

The computer program of Jor El in the television series Smallville bears many similarities to the Eradicator, including transforming Clark into an "ideal kryptonian", and possessing a man.

See also

• List of Superman enemies
• Douglass C. Cochran