The Floronic Man ( Jason Woodrue ), also known as the Plant Master , Floro , and the Seeder , is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics .
13-576: [REDACTED] Look up Floro or floro in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Floro may refer to: People [ edit ] Florentino Floro (born 1953), Filipino judge disbarred for mental illness Benito Floro (born 1952), Spanish football manager Dylan Floro (born 1990), baseball player Gilles Floro (1964–1999), French Antillean zouk-love singer Floro Dery , Filipino illustrator Floro Díaz (1906–?), Argentine fencer in
26-714: A plant hybrid. Now calling himself the Floronic Man , he is defeated by Green Lantern . After a rematch with the Atom and Wonder Woman , the Floronic Man joins the Secret Society of Super-Villains . In The Saga of the Swamp Thing , Woodrue discovers that Swamp Thing is not Alec Holland , but an intelligent plant who absorbed his memories. In The Saga of the Swamp Thing (vol. 2) #22 (March 1984),
39-534: Is an exile from an interdimensional world (Floria) inhabited by dryads . Woodrue, sometimes called the Plant Master , uses his botanical knowledge to control plants in an attempt to take over the world. He is defeated by the superhero Atom . The Plant Master returns to face the Atom and the Justice League . In The Flash #245 (November 1976), Woodrue uses an experimental formula to transform into
52-610: The New Guardians as Floro . The Floronic Man returns in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #56 (November 1996). After breaking Poison Ivy out of Arkham with his two underlings Holly and Eva, Floronic Man attempts to distribute cannabis throughout Gotham City before Batman kills him. In Infinite Crisis , the Floronic Man appears as a member of Alexander Luthor Jr. 's Secret Society of Super Villains and takes part in
65-649: The 1948 Olympics Floro Bogado (1939–2017), Argentine politician Places [ edit ] Florø , a town in Norway San Floro , a town in Italy Other uses [ edit ] Floronic Man , a plant/human hybrid character in DC Comics Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Floro . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
78-455: The 1948 Olympics Floro Bogado (1939–2017), Argentine politician Places [ edit ] Florø , a town in Norway San Floro , a town in Italy Other uses [ edit ] Floronic Man , a plant/human hybrid character in DC Comics Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Floro . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
91-973: The 1997 film Batman & Robin and Kevin Durand in the DC Universe series Swamp Thing . He first appeared as an enemy of the Atom in The Atom #1 and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane . His Floronic Man appearance first appeared in the Green Lantern backup in The Flash #245. His Seeder appearance first appeared in Swamp Thing #21. He became known as "Floro" and a superhero, in The New Guardians . Dr. Jason Woodrue first appears in The Atom #1 (June–July 1962). Woodrue
104-637: The Battle of Metropolis. In the post- Infinite Crisis DCU, Woodrue is responsible for Pamela Isley's transformation into Poison Ivy. In The New 52 continuity reboot, Woodrue is reimagined as the Seeder , deriving power from the Green. He is later killed in battle with the avatar of the Gray. In his original form, Jason Woodrue has advanced knowledge of botany, which he utilizes it to accelerate plant growth . As
117-474: The Floronic Man uses Swamp Thing to contact the Green, a force that connects all plant life on Earth. The Green abandons Floronic Man, who is taken into custody by the Justice League after undergoing a mental breakdown. Black Orchid (1988) reveals that Jason Woodrue was previously a university professor and taught botany to Alec Holland and Pamela Isley . In Millennium , Woodrue briefly joins
130-539: The Floronic Man, Woodrue can merge with and control plants. An alternate timeline variant of Jason Woodrue appears in Flashpoint Beyond . This version has become Swamp Thing and created an oasis to accommodate refugees and repent for his previous crimes. Jason Woodrue as the Floronic Man appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure . Jason Woodrue
143-406: The free dictionary. Floro may refer to: People [ edit ] Florentino Floro (born 1953), Filipino judge disbarred for mental illness Benito Floro (born 1952), Spanish football manager Dylan Floro (born 1990), baseball player Gilles Floro (1964–1999), French Antillean zouk-love singer Floro Dery , Filipino illustrator Floro Díaz (1906–?), Argentine fencer in
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