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Thursday, June 05, 2014

"Batman v Superman": Me Am 'Bizarro'



With 'LexCorp' villain 'Lex Luthor' confirmed as one of the super-villains appearing in the "Man Of Steel" sequel, "Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice", other DC villains continue to wait patiently on the sidelines for their live-action moment in the DC movie universe:


'Brainiac' first appeared in DC's "Action Comics" #242 (July 1958), created by writer Otto Binder and illustrator Al Plastino, as an extraterrestrial android, responsible for shrinking and stealing 'Kandor', capital city of Superman's beloved home planet 'Krypton'. 


Due to complex storylines involving time travel, cloning and revisions of DC's continuity, several variations of Brainiac have appeared, with most incarnations depicting him as a green-skinned being in humanoid form, with a set of diodes protruding from his skull.


His name itself is a combination of the words 'brain' and 'maniac', which squares him nicely into the super-villain category.


The loveable 'Bizarro'  was created by writer Otto Binder and illustrator George Papp as a 'mirror image' of Superman debuting in "Superboy" #68 (1958). 


Since then, Bizarro has appeared as an antagonist to Superman.


His origins started with a scientist demonstrating a newly invented 'duplicating ray' to Superboy...


...but an accident causes the ray to duplicate the teen hero, as a flawed imitation with chalky white skin and childlike erratic behavior.




Bizarro is depicted as having all the abilities of Superman...


...although in some incarnations several of these traits have been reversed.




These powers include 'freeze vision' instead of 'heat vision', 'flame breath' instead of 'freeze breath', 'vacuum breath' instead of 'super breath', etc.


A stand-alone "Bizarro" feature film is being developed by writers Dean Parisot and Robert Gordon.




Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek 'Bizarro'...