Eradicator

Biblography

• First Appearance: ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #2 (1989)
• Created by:
• Appearing In: The Superman titles.

Personal Details

• Status: Active
• Alter Ego: Once believed itself to be David Conner.
• Marital Status: As David Conner - married
• Known Relatives: children and a wife (As David Conner)
• Group Affiliation: Former member of the Outsiders
• Base of Operations: Mobile
• Height: 6' 3"
• Weight: 225 lbs
• Hair: Black
• Eyes: Red

Biography / Profile

The Eradicator began life as an inanimate machine, one of the All brought to Krypton by the Cleric. Kem-L confiscated the device and radically altered its programming. The thoughts and goals of Kem-L imprinted on the Eradicator transforming it into a weapon that would protect and preserve the way of Kryptonian life. It possessed vast capabilities including unlimited information storage, sensory systems that could sense half way across the galaxy and the ability to restructure matter at will. Deeming the device too powerful to be left on Krypton the Cleric took it with him to Warworld.

Eventually the Eradicator was passed onto Kal-El the last surviving Kryptonian and descendant of Kem-L. He used the Eradicator to teleport him to Earth across a vast interstellar distance. However the Eradicator proved unstable as it started mutating the DNA of Jimmy Olsen and emitting intermittent bursts of power. Thinking the Eradicator dangerous Superman hid it out of the way in the Antarctic. Out of sight the Eradicator build a massive Fortress in trying to fulfil it program of preserving the Kryptonian way of life. It intended to turn Earth into a new Krypton, but was defeated by Superman who hurled it into the Sun. The Eradicator absorbed solar energy and increased in power a thousand fold. Now taking a humanoid form it attempted to turn Earth into a new Krypton again before being dissipated by Superman and Emil Hamiliton.

The dormant essence of the Eradicator was awakened by the death of Superman and reformed its body with material from his tomb. It took the body to the Fortress of Solitude where it used advanced Kryptonian science akin to the Birthing Matrix to return Kal-El to life so that he could use him as a solar energy converter. During this period the Eradicator imprinted the memories and goals of Superman and started masquerading as one of the four supermen that appeared after the death of the real Superman. When Superman returned to battle the Cyborg the Eradicator blocked Kryptonite radiation that was killing him and altered it polarity restoring Superman to full power - but in the process it rendered itself inert.

The body of the inert Eradicator was studied by STAR labs where it imprinted the memories of David Conner a scientist who died shortly afterwards. For a time the Eradicator believed that it was David Conner who had somehow swapped minds with the Eradicator and joined the team of the Outsiders. The various memories that the Eradicator had imprinted over the centuries began to conflict with each other. The Eradicator took his conflicts to a virtual world within the Phantom Zone where an image of the Cleric revealed his true origin as one of the All. There he was attacked by a separate software entity created by Kem-L the two battled and the new entity absorbed all of the Kryptonian programming from the Eradicator briefly escaping to our world. Freed of his destructive programming the Eradicator served with the Superman Rescue Squad.

Recently the main Eradicator program burried in the Fortress of Solitude has reawakened. It tried to restart its program of transforming Earth, but was temporally halted by Superman. The humanoid Eradicator (still patterned after David Conner) came under mental assult by the parent program. The humanoid Eradicator joined Superman in fighting the attack of Brainiac 13 on Metropolis. During the course of the battle he sensed the intention of the other Eradicator to join with the Brainiac Virus. In order to stop him Eradicator/Conner merged with the Eradicator/program and with the last efforts of his free will he pulled both Eradicators into inter-galactic space.

Abilities and Equipment

The powers and abilities of the Eradicator before it reformed itself into a solid humanoid body were based around the manipulation of energy and the environment. It's influence even extended to altering the solar spectrum to match that of a red dwarf. It also displayed the ability to reshape objects and materials into any form (including high technology) possible.

After Superman's death it took on a human form but it's powers were vastly reduced. The Eradicator can fly, is super strong and can fire powerful energy blasts. It could also be conjectured that it has other abilities left over from its time as an All.

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