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70-541: As told in a flashback in Justice League Quarterly #3 (Summer 1991), the man who would become Lord Havok was originally one of five terrorists on Angor, an Earth-like world in a parallel universe. The terrorists had captured an experimental nuclear weapon and threatened to use it against the Justifiers, the primary superhero team on Angor. When the device exploded, the five terrorists were turned into

140-519: A cyborg in the image of Havok. This led to a continuation of Maxwell Lord's on/off villain status but this had been dropped sometime after altogether as the plot. In Countdown to Infinite Crisis and subsequent OMAC Project mini-series, an inexplicably wholly human Maxwell Lord took part in a plot to foil earth's heroes. DC editors confirmed that the previous continuity tying in Maxwell Lord with Lord Havok has been disregarded as non-canon. However,

210-474: A facility with artificial red sunlight, where he remains for four years. Hours later, an older Bart Allen , dressed in his grandfather's costume, emerges from the Speed Force and tells the heroine Doctor Light to warn the other heroes that Superboy-Prime has escaped. During a battle between Alexander Luthor and the heroes freed from his tower, Superboy-Prime appears, wearing a power suit modeled after

280-454: A fictional comic book character, initially refused, but finally gave in. What the Kents do not know is that the baby is a young Kal-El, who was teleported to Earth by his father Jor-El moments before the planet Krypton was destroyed. Young Clark lives the first fifteen years of his life as a normal boy before Halley's Comet passes by Earth, awakening his Kryptonian powers. At the same time,

350-697: A higher emotional state. Upon calling forth Superboy's victims, he teasingly reveals to him his impending death in Adventure Comics #5. Unable to damage the Black Lanterns, Superboy-Prime flies to the DC Comics building in New York and attempts to take revenge on the writers he believes made him the way he is. Before he can do so, Alexander teleports him to his basement, and begins destroying his comic collection. Superboy-Prime then accepts

420-559: A joke character in the eyes of the people of Earth-Prime. Upon reading Adventure Comics #4, and the online solicitations for the two-part storyline possibly dealing with his death, he embarks with his fearful parents on a wild goose chase , hoping to find a comic book store willing to sell him a copy of the fifth issue. However, since the fifth issue is not yet on the shelves, the events unfold exactly as Clark already read them, with Alexander Luthor, multiversal-hopping Black Lantern , bestowing to him all of his powers in order to bring him to

490-495: A master contingency plan devised long before by Brainiac 5, who was forewarned of Superboy-Prime by one of Dream Girl 's prophecies. During the battle, Prime kills two Legionnaires whose abilities manage to hurt him: Sun Boy of Earth Prime's "Threeboot Legion", who uses red solar powers; and Element Lad of Earth Prime, who managed to turn the ground around Prime into green kryptonite of the Earth Prime universe. During

560-422: A monster and made it so he cannot ever have a "happy ending." Laurie enters the basement, sporting a broken arm. She comforts Prime, telling him that "they" heard him, and that they sent her to tell him that they are sorry for what they did to him, and are going to leave him alone—"they" previously mentioned as being the writers at DC Comics. As they embrace, a Black Lantern ring is shown on Laurie's hand that detects

630-410: A perfect Earth. Upon hearing of the new plan, Superboy-Prime refuses to help him, as he believes New Earth to be hopelessly inferior. When Batman, Wonder Woman , Kal-El, and Kal-L arrive to save Metropolis, Kal-L confronts Alex about his role in the destruction. Meanwhile, Superboy-Prime is attacked by Bart Allen, who has been left outraged by Conner's death. Superboy-Prime escapes Bart and flies toward

700-429: A restored Earth-Prime and presumed dead. Superboy-Prime has all the basic abilities of a Kryptonian except at a much higher level when compared to most adult Kryptonians, especially Superman, with exposure to yellow sunlight: superhuman strength, speed, senses, healing, endurance, superbreath, frost breath, flight, X-ray vision, telescopic vision, microscopic vision, heat vision, and invulnerability. While imprisoned by

770-693: A special cadre of Green Lanterns, including Guy Gardner , when the Guardians of the Universe discuss whether they should question him. When the Sinestro Corps attack Oa, Superboy-Prime is released from his imprisonment and joins them. He becomes one of the Anti-Monitor's heralds, and he wears the uniform of the Sinestro Corps along with a variant of the power suit he wore during Infinite Crisis . Calling himself Super man -Prime (in part due to

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840-551: A statue in the Superman museum. During Blackest Night, the Black Lantern Alexander Luthor provides Superboy-Prime with a copy of his original armor that is later destroyed by the Black Lanterns. Superboy-Prime is vulnerable to red sun radiation and unable to store solar energy, requiring constant exposure to it to maintain his powers. However, he is resistant to magic and immune to all Kryptonite that

910-522: A suit of cybernetic armor with built-in high-tech weapons. The armor gives him protection from physical and energy attacks, enhanced strength and endurance, can generate energy blasts and force fields, and has a built-in radar system to detect unseen threats and has targeting systems. The Earth-8 version has an armor made liquid metal, able to react to his thoughts and morph into various forms. Apparently, he also learned how to use "backwards speech" to effect magic in this world. The Rebirth Lord Havok's armor

980-499: A tantrum, in which he wrecks the museum and kills security guards and police officers. In the middle of his tantrum, the museum tour guide (a holographic recreation of Jimmy Olsen ) tells Prime of the Legion of Super-Villains . He learns that the evil Legion followed a code of evil, inspired by a dark being whose "name was never spoken". Prime, resolved to be a villain with more of an impact than any other enemy of Superman, sets out for

1050-464: Is a very simplistic character who has become very complex". When asked if Superboy-Prime was irredeemable or not, Johns replied "I think it's a split. You saw his reaction when he did what he did in Infinite Crisis , but at that same time, he's walked over that line. Does he think he can walk back? Should he? Does this universe even matter to him anymore? Is it the fact that now that he's got

1120-486: Is an enemy who is on his level despite his boosted powers from the Guardian. The two seem evenly matched until Prime becomes slightly injured after Monarch exposes part of his suit and releases some of his massive contained energies. In a fit of rage, Superman-Prime redoubles his attack on Monarch and rips open the chestplate of Monarch's containment armor, resulting in a huge explosion of quantum energy that seems to destroy

1190-433: Is destroyed when the two Supermen fly Superboy-Prime through Krypton's red sun. After his escape from Oa, Superboy-Prime is given a new power suit built by the Sinestro Corps and reveals that he created the original after seeing how the Anti-Monitor's armor acted as a giant energy collector. It was destroyed during the assault on Earth. In Legion of 3 Worlds , Superboy-Prime dons his original armor once more, taking it from

1260-468: Is not from his home universe. According to Infinite Crisis writer Geoff Johns , "Superboy-Prime's really frustrated with what his life has turned into and, unfortunately, that frustration is going to be taken out on the world". He also mentioned that "He's been wanting to show the world what he can do, because he barely had a chance to be Superboy. He was Superboy a little bit before Crisis on Infinite Earths and then—BOOM!—his world

1330-612: Is resistant to control from Dr. Diehard and Lord Havok refers to it as his 'skin'. He also wields the Lightning-Axe of Wundajin and the shield of Crusader . Dreamslayer Dreamslayer is a fictional character, a powerful DC Comics supervillain and part of the evil gang called Extremists . Like the other Extremists, he is an homage to a Marvel Comics character, in this case Dormammu . He first appeared in Justice League Europe #15 (June 1990), and

1400-413: Is revealed that Superman-Prime is 19 years old. According to Mxyzptlk, his growth is the temporary side effect of his cells absorbing vast Oan energy from his last " encounter ". Mxyzptlk escapes with the help of another prisoner, Annataz Arataz, an alternate version of Zatanna from Earth-3. Annataz is killed when Superman-Prime grows angry and gives up on using magic to achieve his goals. He appears on

1470-597: Is the only Superboy the Earth needs. Superboy-Prime brutally attacks Conner, but not before Conner activates his Titans homing signal. The Teen Titans , the Doom Patrol , and the Justice Society of America arrive to help Conner, during which Superboy-Prime wounds or kills several Titans members. Jay Garrick , Wally West , and Bart Allen eventually banish Superboy-Prime to a parallel world and imprison him in

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1540-517: The Booster Gold series has now taken the idea to explain Lord's fall from grace: he was intent on recovering his lost humanity and suffered through months of painful, illegal surgeries to remove the cybernetic parts and restore human pieces to his body. This process was what drove Lord to fear and shun all metahumans. [1] Following Infinite Crisis and 52 , another universe's Lord Havok and

1610-660: The Anti-Monitor 's armor, which constantly feeds him yellow solar energy and boosts his power levels. During the battle, Black Adam discovers that magic has little effect against Superboy-Prime. Superboy-Prime knocks Adam away from the tower, and his opponent is transported to Earth-S . Superboy-Prime insists that Luthor reinstate Earth Prime as the only existing Earth. After Superboy-Prime attempts to kill Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark) , an enraged Conner Kent attacks him. Conner and Superboy-Prime's battle sends them both headlong into Alexander Luthor's vibrational tuning fork with

1680-539: The Earth-One Superman finds his way to Earth-Prime and the two Supermen meet. Superboy-Prime uses his powers to stop a tidal wave . During Crisis on Infinite Earths , Superboy-Prime helps fight the Anti-Monitor after he destroys Earth-Prime. After the Anti-Monitor is killed, Superboy-Prime joins Alexander Luthor Jr. of Earth-Three , Kal-L , and his wife Lois Lane in a "paradise dimension". In that dimension, Superboy-Prime secludes himself from

1750-650: The Monitors ' satellite headquarters and threatens Solomon to help him find Earth Prime. Solomon tells him that if he releases Forerunner , he will show Prime what he wants; Prime does so. Solomon then tells Prime that Earth-51 is his perfect Earth, and it is in ruins due to the fighting between Monarch 's Army, the Earth-51 heroes, and the Challengers. Prime leaves the satellite, intending to confront Monarch. Superman-Prime fights with Monarch, finding out that this

1820-589: The Source Wall . In DC Rebirth , Superboy-Prime is imprisoned in the Monsterlands before being freed by Doctor Sivana and Mister Mind and eventually defeated by the Shazam Family . In Dark Nights: Death Metal , Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman encounter Superboy-Prime while fighting Perpetua. They convince him to reform and help battle Perpetua, during which he is transported to

1890-568: The legal disputes over the Superboy name ), he arrives on Earth and battles a large group of heroes while flashing back on his life so far. He reveals that he did not believe Sinestro when he said that the Multiverse has been restored, and has only gone along with the Anti-Monitor's plans so that he may one day get revenge on him for the destruction of Earth Prime. Superman, Power Girl, and Supergirl arrive and stop him, only to have him escape as

1960-615: The DC Comics message boards , remarking that the DCU will never be rid of him and that he "always survives." Despite the physical depletion of his powers, his eyes begin glowing red again. Superboy-Prime continues to live his secluded life, unknowingly but constantly monitored by the prime universe Brainiac 5, still compulsively reading every comic book and message board post pertaining to the DC multiverse. The extended cool-off period forced on him has left Clark more regretful, aware of his reputation as

2030-635: The Extremists appears in Saratoga and battles Batman's Justice League before retreating to the Eastern European nation of Kravia, where on Angor Lord Havok was a prince before being passed over by his father. The Kravia of Earth is in turmoil due to a collapse of leadership, and Lord Havok retakes the country by offering them strength through his leadership. When Batman and the JLA arrive to confront

2100-533: The Extremists are involved in Monarch's attack on Earth-51. In #13, Monarch's armor is breached by Superman-Prime and the entire Universe 51 is annihilated, however LHAE #6 reveals that Havok siphoned part of Monarch's power, allowing him to teleport away the Extremists and himself to a new base of operations within Angor's moon, a split second before Universe 51 was destroyed. Havok then reveals his intent to conquer

2170-532: The Extremists are located on Earth-8, now under virtual global control by the United States of Angor, apart from an ominous "Russian wasteland", known as Slovekia, in which the Extremists reside. In Countdown #29, they capture Jason Todd , Donna Troy , Kyle Rayner , and "Bob" the Monitor , but are distracted by the arrival of Bob's overzealous brother, who attempts to kill the captives. Not long after,

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2240-661: The Extremists are offered membership in Monarch 's army. Though Havok violently refuses at first, he later agrees, and becomes Monarch's second-in-command. The Extremists are featured in a 6-part miniseries, which ties in with Countdown to Final Crisis . In #1, the origin of Havok and the new Extremists is revealed; they were superbeings refusing to submit to the Metahuman Act, a government mandate requiring all metahumans to submit to government control. After Havok's refusal, Monarch begins destroying places of great importance to

2310-527: The Extremists, they are forced to leave by soldiers acting under orders from the Kravian government who have voted to accept Lord Havok as ruler. The JLA then offer assistance to Kravian freedom fighters, and while Lord Havok is intimidating neighbouring nations to bring them under his rule, the Justice League confronts the Extremists in the various Kravian cities they are terrorizing. Lord Havok wears

2380-535: The Extremists, which Havok dismisses as "acceptable losses", much to the chagrin of the Extremists. In #6, it is revealed that Havok was originally Alexi Nikolai , the son of the czar of Russia, who was born disfigured and almost killed before his mother sent him away to escape the czar's wrath. As he grew, Nikolai developed a talent for designing machines and androids and created a malleable, mentally controlled metallic skin. After his mother kills his father, Nikolai kills him in revenge and intends to destroy Russia. As

2450-633: The Flashes in the speed force (where the Flash draws his power from), Superboy-Prime builds a power suit based on the one worn by the Anti-Monitor. The suit collects and feeds him yellow solar energy to maintain his power levels even when exposed to a red sun; in his first appearance, he was shown to shrug off the effects of artificial, localized red sun radiation, but he was not exposed to an actual red sun. Although he claims to have made it himself, Bart Allen remembers him stealing it following his escape. It

2520-529: The Green Lantern Corps manage to save Kal-El. Superboy-Prime is taken into the custody of the Guardians of the Universe , who place him in a quantum containment field, surrounded by a red Sun-Eater and guarded by 50 Green Lanterns. While inside his cell, he carves the Superman symbol into his chest, vowing to escape. A year later, Superboy-Prime sits naked in his cell and is watched over by

2590-531: The Meta-Militia and Monarch's forces attack the Extremists' headquarters, Havok reveals his trap: he has purposefully let the attacking metahumans into the base to lure them into a power-nullifying chamber. After decimating all but Monarch and Americommando (who is apprehended by Bluejay, who rebelled against the Meta-Militia), Havok agreed to join Monarch's forces. In Countdown to Final Crisis #17,

2660-512: The Sinestro Corps and Green Lantern Corps, until a Guardian willingly sacrifices himself to destroy Superman-Prime. However, instead of dying, Prime is infused with Oan energy and warped back into the multiverse. In Countdown to Final Crisis , following the conclusion of the Sinestro Corps War , Superman-Prime is shown wearing a costume similar to the black suit worn by Superman shortly after his resurrection and has discovered

2730-803: The Time Trapper. Superman and the three Legion founders transport him to the 31st Century, where the Trapper faces his younger self. Superboy-Prime and Trapper start bickering which culminates with their mutual destruction after Prime attacks Time Trapper, creating a paradox . The paradox created by Prime attacking himself returns him to Earth-Prime. To his dismay, his girlfriend and family have read Infinite Crisis , Sinestro Corps War , Countdown to Final Crisis , and Legion of 3 Worlds , and are now terrified of him. Prime lives in his parents' basement , who support him out of fear for what he might do to them. He spends his days collecting comic books and trolling

2800-576: The Universe) is persuaded to end his self-imposed retirement on Oa to battle Superboy-Prime. Then Bart Allen returns from the Speed Force, wearing the Kid Flash uniform that he had not worn since fighting Prime in Infinite Crisis . Soon after, Conner Kent (Superboy) enters the battle, his corpse dug up by Starman in the present and placed in a Kryptonian restoration chamber for the past 1000 years. The resurrections of Kid Flash and Superboy are part of

2870-531: The battle, Superman, Lightning Lad , Cosmic Boy , and Saturn Girl are brought to the end of time by the Time Trapper , who then attacks them. During the fight, the Trapper is revealed to be an aged Superboy-Prime. The elder Superboy-Prime states that he became an anomaly that could not be killed after being shunted into the multiverse by the Guardians of the Universe and became the sole survivor of all creation. Back on Earth, Conner quickly begins gaining

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2940-559: The different worlds of the Multiverse. During The Multiversity storyline, a new version of Lord Havok appears on Earth 8. He claims to be the "greatest creation" of Frank Future, a Mister Fantastic pastiche, seeking to gather together the Omni-Gauntlets , the Genesis Egg and the Lightning-Axe of Wundajin (a Thor pastiche). He is seemingly killed by Deadeye, a Hawkeye pastiche. A new incarnation of Lord Havok and

3010-461: The effects causing the machine to explode and fuse the alternate Earths into one. Conner dies from injuries sustained during the explosion, leaving the rest of the superheroes devastated. Alexander and Superboy-Prime join the Battle of Metropolis and quarrel about their contingency plan. Since their tower has been destroyed, Alexander is prepared to settle for taking over New Earth instead of creating

3080-596: The entire universe of Earth-51. Shortly after the events of Geoff Johns ' Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes storyline, the Time Trapper finds Superboy-Prime lost in time. He decides to use him to destroy the Legion and sends him to the 31st century, where he crashes in a farm outside of Smallville . He appears much younger than he did when he was last seen in Countdown to Final Crisis , having used up

3150-442: The existence of the new Multiverse, traversing it in the hopes of finding Earth Prime. He arrives on Earth-15 and attacks that world's Lex Luthor, blaming him for Alexander Luthor's failure to make the universe "perfect". He promptly kills that world's heroes and destroys the planet. He then flies to his new base of operations in the Source Wall where he had been torturing Mister Mxyzptlk into helping him recreate Earth Prime. It

3220-586: The hope within Prime's heart. During a battle with the Teen Titans, the villain Headcase accidentally transports Superboy-Prime to New Earth. Enraged by this, he vows to destroy the Teen Titans, forming a cadre of young supervillains consisting of Headcase, Zookeeper , Indigo , Sun Girl , Persuader (Elise Kimble), Inertia , and three clones of Superboy. However, he is ultimately defeated and sealed in

3290-414: The hopelessness of his situation, and willingly puts on a black ring, which wills him to "die". However, the ring, reacting to his mixed emotions, switches between the powers of the emotional spectrum, resulting in a mixed-light burst that eradicates the Black Lanterns and the ring itself. Lying on the floor, he becomes overcome by the emotions forced by the ring and devastated that "they" have turned him into

3360-541: The island, along with her Justice League comrades. The natives of the island, mentally controlled by Dreamslayer, attack. The League's desire to not hurt the innocent natives costs the Sorceress her life, as she is hit with an arrow in the stomach. Before dying, she neutralizes Dreamslayer in a mystical battle. He has returned more than once, to plague Supergirl and the Justice League . He was used and tricked by

3430-647: The mainstream Superman in the 853rd century (he is essentially the same Superman from the All-Star Superman storyline). Earth-Prime's Superboy first refers to himself as "Superboy-Prime" in Infinite Crisis #2 (January 2006). Superboy-Prime is from Earth-Prime, an analogue for the "real world" where DC heroes are fictional comic book characters. He is the adopted son of Jerry and Naomi Kent. Naomi wanted to name him Clark, after her maiden name , but Jerry, knowing he will also be named like Superman ,

3500-600: The nuclear event on Angor. When taking over a person's body, he can supercharge any metahuman abilities they have. The Earth-8 version of Dreamslayer has the same magical abilities, including the power to freeze a whole city in time. Superman-Prime Superboy-Prime ( Clark Kent , born Kal-El ), also known as Superman-Prime or simply Prime , is a DC Comics superhero turned supervillain and an alternate version of Superman . The character first appeared in DC Comics Presents #87 (November 1985) and

3570-491: The only way to neutralize the threat of Prime is to redeem him. Superboy-Prime led his Legion of Super-Villains to Sorcerer's World, where he recruits Mordru and kills Rond Vidar (the last Green Lantern) before heading to Earth. During the war between the Legions of Super-Heroes and the Legion of Super-Villains, Prime battles several opponents with whom he has a history. First, the immortal Sodam Yat (the last Guardian of

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3640-531: The others, using crystals to replay events from his life on Earth-Prime. Luthor later shows him the deaths of his parents and girlfriend in a car accident on the post- Crisis Earth. Furious, Superboy-Prime pounded on the barrier of reality. This assault caused ripples that overlapped parallel timelines ( Hypertime ), which was used as an explanation for character changes, errors, and retcons in DC continuity . These changes included: Eventually, Alexander reveals to Superboy-Prime that his powers are returning, and

3710-447: The planet Oa , intending to destroy it and spark another Big Bang which would recreate the universe with himself as the sole hero. Although the majority of the Earth's heroes are in pursuit, Superboy-Prime eludes capture. Superboy-Prime is slowed down by a wall of pure willpower generated by the Green Lantern Corps. Breaking through, he battles 32 Green Lanterns, killing them. The two Supermen arrive and fly Superboy-Prime through Rao ,

3780-474: The power he had absorbed from the dying Guardian. He encounters the elderly couple who own the farm, and they refer to him as Superboy, which enrages him. After being shot, he kills the farming couple, makes his way into Smallville, and visits the Superman Museum, where he discovers that he is regarded as merely a footnote in Superman's history, and ultimately has no impact on history. This sends him into

3850-400: The prison planet of Takron-Galtos, and frees LSV members Lightning Lord, Saturn Queen, and Cosmic King. Unlike most denizens of the 31st century, they all recognize Prime and seem overjoyed to see him. The dialogue seems to imply that Prime was the dark being whose example the villains follow. After freeing the prisoners, Prime burns a huge S shield into the prison planet, determined to turn

3920-563: The red sun of Krypton. The heat melts away Superboy-Prime's armor and severely weakens all three Kryptonians, who then crash on Mogo . Superboy-Prime beats Kal-L to death, but is then attacked by Kal-El. Superboy-Prime claims that he is better than Kal-El and that his Krypton was superior to Kal-El's. Kal-El responds, "It's not about where you were born. Or what powers you have. Or what you wear on your chest. It's about what you do... It's about action." Although nearly powerless, Kal-El knocks Superboy-Prime out before collapsing himself, but members of

3990-487: The robots. Lord Havok's form returns, thanks to the manipulations of Dreamslayer and the enslavement of Mitch Wacky (who is killed for his troubles). Despite another defeat by the Justice League, Havok and now his other soldiers would return one more time, only to be stopped by Power Girl and the Linda Danvers - Supergirl . Pre- Infinite Crisis , JLI establisher Maxwell Lord died but Kilg%re recreated him as

4060-518: The shield from a symbol of hope into a symbol of terror. Learning of the prison break, the Legion of Super-Heroes call Superman from the 21st century. Superman, and the historical records, implies that no one from New Earth is aware of what happened to Prime after the Sinestro Corps War . Superman and Brainiac 5 decide to bring in two other versions of the Legion to combat Prime and the new Legion of Super-Villains, with Superman convinced

4130-408: The sun rises, restoring his powers. Afterwards, Superman-Prime brutally battles Ion ( Sodam Yat ) throughout the state of New York . Superman-Prime gets the upper hand over Yat by exposing him to lead, and defeats him. When the Anti-Monitor is wounded by the Guardians and the destruction of War World, Superman-Prime impatiently flies through his chest and throws him into space, then battles both

4200-570: The superpowered Extremists. Lord Havok and the Extremists then launch Angor's entire nuclear arsenal, starting a nuclear holocaust that eventually kills all life on Angor except for Dreamslayer , who escaped into another dimension. In Justice League Europe #15, Lord Havok and the Extremists travel to the main universe and attempt to take over Earth. In Justice League Europe #18, he and his fellow villains are revealed to be robot duplicates created by theme park owner Mitch Wacky. The Justice League bring Wacky to their Earth, where he quickly deactivates

4270-408: The take on the character did not work for Johns. "I said to Dan I think Prime does it by accident and is horrified. That panel where's he is looking at his hands and goes 'I didn't mean to do it', that for me is the entire story for Superboy-Prime. He didn't mean to do this stuff. What is worse... making a mistake and fessing up to it or doing something bad and saying 'You made me do it?'. Superboy-Prime

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4340-490: The two combine forces to break through the barrier wall. Together, they set into motion the events that culminate in Infinite Crisis : The Superman of Earth-Two breaks open a portal to the DC Universe, and the four residents of the paradise dimension return, making themselves known to Power Girl and Batman. When introduced to Power Girl, he calls himself Superboy-Prime for the first time. Kal-L tells Power Girl: "When

4410-456: The universe was reborn, Earth-One became the primary world. The scraps of the remaining worlds were folded into it. But I finally realized—we saved the wrong Earth". Superboy-Prime is jealous of Conner Kent , the modern Superboy, believing him to be living the life he himself ought to have had while not fighting for it. He also believes the Earth's heroes act more like villains. Superboy-Prime confronts Superboy, telling him that he (Superboy-Prime)

4480-472: The upper-hand against Prime. Using his heat-vision, Conner manages to create a deep wound across the S-shield that Prime had carved into his chest. Meanwhile, at the end of time, the same wound appears on Time Trapper's chest. Realizing that Time Trapper's past is directly connected to his future, Saturn Girl uses the Time Trapper's time portals to recruit every Legion across the multiverse, who fight and defeat

4550-487: The villain Overmaster. Dreamslayer is a supernatural being or powerful sorcerer whose magic is drawn from the dimension of terrors which he rules over. He has superhuman strength and endurance, immunity to physical and energy attacks, can fly, project flame, teleport, read minds, communicate with telepathy, and manipulate matter. He is a wraith-like being that is unlikely to be killed by conventional means, even surviving

4620-457: Was created by Elliot S. Maggin and Curt Swan (based upon the original Superboy character by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster ). Superboy-Prime is from a parallel Earth called Earth-Prime , devoid of any superheroes, or even superhumans. There, Superman and the other comic superheroes were fictional characters, and when Clark Kent's Kryptonian powers emerge at age 15, Superboy-Prime becomes that Earth's only superhero. The Earth-Prime universe

4690-443: Was created by Keith Giffen , Gerard Jones and Bart Sears . Dreamslayer is a member of the Extremists and worked with them to kill most people on Angor, their home planet. He follows along to Earth with the four surviving humans of his world, Mitch Wacky, Wandjina , Silver Sorceress and Blue Jay . He possesses Maxwell Lord , kidnaps Wacky, and forces him to repair Lord Havok before killing him. The Silver Sorceress attacks

4760-399: Was erased during Crisis on Infinite Earths (April 1985-March 1986), and Superboy-Prime ended up in a "paradise" dimension where, during that time, he found himself unable to let go of his former life and destiny as Earth's greatest hero. Over time, his convictions and morals become twisted and warped, and he came to believe that Earth-Prime was the only proper Earth and that Superboy-Prime

4830-478: Was the only one worthy of the Superboy mantle. Prime firmly believes that being Superman is his calling despite the fact that he has become a psychotic, murderous, and even sadistic villain. His overwhelming strength, speed, unpredictability, and ruthlessness make him one of the most dangerous foes in the DC Universe. The name "Superman-Prime" was first used by Grant Morrison in DC One Million (1998) for

4900-504: Was wiped out and that was it". After the publication of Infinite Crisis #5, Johns said at the Wizard World LA convention: "That took me a long time to break, because I thought Superboy-Prime needed to view the world so narrow. You can see how his world view is so narrow and so black and white and realistically that is not going to work anymore". Originally, Superboy-Prime started out coming into Crisis as corrupted and evil, but

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