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Fictional character biography

Mantis is the leader of a colony of Bugs (humanoid insects) that migrated from New Genesis, in return for his fealty Darkseid gifted him with great power. He possessed some superhuman abilities but his primary ability was the capability to store and redirect energy. He typically spent time in a power pod recharging his energies but he could also absorb energies sent at him by an opponent such as Green Lantern. He has served sporadically as Darkseid's lackey and like most of the Dark Lord's minions has occasionally risen up against his master. In comic books, New Genesis was the home-planet of the New Gods from Jack Kirbys Fourth World metaseries. ... Darkseid (pronounced dark-side) is a fictional alien supervillain published by DC Comics. ... For the DJ, see DJ Green Lantern. ...

In the Marvel/DC Unlimited Access series his counterpart who escaped into one another's realm was Annihilus. During these events he was defeated by Spider-Man. Annihilus, sometimes called the Living Death That Walks, is a Marvel Comics supervillain. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ...

Powers and abilities

• When power-augmented, Mantis could fly, had super strength and invulnerability, fire energy blasts, dig through solid rock, and pyrokinesis and cryokinesis.

Other media

Mantis as seen in Justice League Unlimited

In the Justice League Unlimited Cartoon, during the Civil War on Apokolips between Granny Goodness and Virman Vunderbarr, Mantis invaded Earth to claim it as his own domain. Superman and Captain Atom fought him and were able to send him back to Apokolips with Superman destroying his Boom Tube. He was later seen in the episode Alive!, along with Kanto serving as lieutenants for Virman Vunderbar against Goodness and the Female Furies, when Darkseid returns, putting an end to Vunderbar and Goodness' war. Image File history File links This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links This work is copyrighted. ... Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) is the name of an American animated television series that was produced by and aired on Cartoon Network. ... In the DC Comics fictional shared Universe, Apokolips was the planet ruled by Darkseid, established in Jack Kirbys Fourth World series. ... Granny Goodness is a follower of Darkseid in Jack Kirbys Fourth World meta-series published by DC Comics. ... Virman Vunderbarr is one of the New Gods, a fictional race created by Jack Kirby for DC Comics. ... 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. ... Captain Atom is a fictional comic book superhero. ... Boomtube is an extra dimensional portal used by residents of New Genesis and Apokolips in DC Comics. ... Kanto is a follower of Darkseid in Jack Kirbys Fourth World meta-series. ... The Female Furies are a group of fictional women warriors appearing in comic published by DC Comics. ...

External links

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