DC Comics character ‘Metamorpho’ aka ‘Rex Mason’, a man made of a shifting mass of chemicals, is played by actor Anthony Carrigan, in the upcoming live-action feature “Superman”:
“…created in 1965 by writer Bob Haney and illustrator Ramona Fradon, ‘Rex Mason’ is an adventurer…
‘…who is hired by ‘Stagg Enterprises’ to retrieve a rare Egyptian artifact, the ‘Orb of Ra’.
“Shortly after hiring him, company CEO ‘Simon Stagg’ learns that Mason has been dating his daughter, ‘Sapphire Stagg’. This and other incidents begin to fuel in Stagg a dislike for Mason that ultimately leads in a plot to kill him.
“ In an Egyptian pyramid, Mason is knocked unconscious by Stagg’s bodyguard ‘Java’ and deliberately exposed to a radioactive meteorite that is the source of the Orb of Ra, transforming him into ‘Metamorpho, the Element Man’.
“He gains the ability to shapeshift and change himself into any element or combination of elements found in the human body.
“But Metamorpho, unlike most super-humanoids described in DC Comics, cannot assume a normal, fully human appearance, being no longer composed of flesh, blood and bone. As such, he considers himself a freak and wishes only to be restored to his former human state…”
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