Terra-Man
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Publication history
Terra-Man first appeared in Superman #249 (March 1972) and was created by Cary Bates, Curt Swan, and Dick Dillin. According to Bates, the character was inspired by Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name, who appeared in three Spaghetti Western films from 1964 to 1966.[1]
Fictional character biography
Pre-Crisis
The pre-Crisis incarnation of Terra-Man is a boy from the Old West who the alien Currency-Criminal adopts after accidentally killing his father Jess.[2][3] As an adult, Manning kills the alien, becomes an interstellar outlaw, and tames the winged horse-like alien Nova.[4]
Post-Crisis
The post-Crisis incarnation of Terra-Man is a businessman who attacks enterprises to protect the environment. Additionally, he wields weaponry that can manipulate the environment and an army of "Terra-Men" robots. In Infinite Crisis and its follow-up series 52, Terra-Man joins the Secret Society of Super Villains before being killed by Black Adam.[5]
Powers and abilities
The pre-Crisis version of Terra-Man has an altered physiology that slows his aging and allows him to survive unprotected in space.
Equipment
He wields a revolver that can fire tracer bullets, energy-leeching tumbleweeds, and laser lassos. Terra-Man uses an Arguvian space steed named Nova for transportation.
The post-Crisis version of Terra-Man uses weapons that manipulate the environment (i.e., plants and the earth).
In other media
- Tobias Manning appears in the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Once and Future Thing, Part One: Weird Western Tales", voiced by Ed O'Ross.[6] This version is an outlaw from the 1880s.
- Terra-Man appears in the Legion of Super Heroes episode "Unnatural Alliances", voiced by Jeff Black.[6] This version is a self-repairing android from the 41st century who the artificial intelligence K3NT created and sent back in time to the 31st century to kill a boy named Abel before he can create the technology utilized by Imperiex. In response, Imperiex works with K3NT's other creation, Kell-El / Superman X, to protect Abel, destroy Terra-Man, and preserve the timeline.
- Terra-Man appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[7]
References
External links
- Terra-Man (Earth-One) at DC Comics Wiki
- Terra-Man (New Earth) at DC Comics Wiki
- Terra-Man at Comic Vine
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- ↑ Superman #377 (November 1982)
- ↑ 52 #3 (July 2006)
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