Dabney Donovan
Dabney Donovan is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Dabney Donovan
Donovan used his cloning expertise in aiding Intergang, creating young bodies for Moxie Mannheim and his henchmen. He created the clones of Moxie's original henchmen Ginny "Torcher" McGee, Mike "Machine" Gun, Noose, and Rough House while giving them superpowers. (Adventures of Superman v1 #550)
He once helped the ailing Lex Luthor clone himself a new body, in the guise of Lex Luthor II, when he was dying of a kryptonite-induced cancer. Lex Luthor tried to kill Donovan to protect his secret, but Donovan, of course, used his talents to create multiple clones of himself. However, Donovan would later get his revenge by helping Luthor's ex-wife Contessa Del Portenza and sending a Bizarro after Luthor. (Superman Forever v1 #1) Donovan caused trouble with a clone plague that would cause clones to deteriorate and die. Luthor, still within his cloned body, sent his forces to battle Cadmus for the cure. Donovan eventually had to kill Cadmus's director Paul Westfield in order to keep his agenda hidden. (Superman v2 #90)
When Mickey Cannon re-established Project Cadmus, Dabney Donovan was brought back under armed guard and made an 'imprisoned advisor'. (Superboy v4 #57)
He even created youthful clone bodies for Moxie Mannheim and his dead henchmen Ginny "Torcher" McCree, Mike "Machine" Gunn, Noose, and Rough House where they also received superpowers. With an older clone of him used as a bomb upon its death during a meeting with the other crime lords, Moxie had Noose kill Vincent Edge while Dabney Donovan makes use of any genetic material that he can salvage from the dead crime lords. (Adventures of Superman v1 #544) He was able to ally himself with Agenda and make illegal super-powered operatives for the immoral organization like Gene-Gnome. (Superboy v4 #74)
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Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
He was noted for being the most prolific of Cadmus's geneticists. (Guardians of Metropolis v1 #3)
Notes
- Dabney Donovan was created by Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen v1 #142 (October, 1971).
Alternate Versions
- In Spider-Boy v1 #1 (1996), an alternate version of Dr. Donovan appeared in the Amalgam Comics reality. He was a staffer at the Project, a version of Cadmus located inside Fantastic Mountain. Donovan at the time had been feeding Project head Reed Richards a form of "evil DNA" in an attempt to take what he felt was his rightful place. The plot was discovered and Richards was cured before the second round of Amalgam Comics were released, allowing him to lead the Challengers of the Fantastic against Galactiac.
- In The Superman Monster v1 #1 (1999), an alternate version of Dabney Donovan appeared in the Elseworlds reality. He was part of a University board that decried Viktor Luthor's experiments as blasphemous and unholy.
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In other media
Television
- In Young Justice, Dabney Donovan was referenced in the setting of the animated television series third season Outsiders. It was an identity taken by Dubbilex when he along with the Genomorphs came to create their own city on the surface known as Germanium City.
- In Superman and Lois, Dabney Donovan appeared in the setting of the live-action television series in the episode "Haywire" where he was portrayed by actor Robel Zere. This version was a physician, a scientist, and a former MIT student who assisted Morgan Edge in his experiments involving the Eradicator and X-Kryptonite. A flashback in the episode "Haywire" had him and Edge finding X-Kryptonite in Europe. In the episode "Loyal Subjekts", Donovan and Edge start empowering some Smallville inhabitants with X-Kryptonite and the Eradicator. In the episode "O' Brother, Where Art Thou?", Superman and the military led by Sam Lane find Donovan and the Eradicator in a building where Superman persuades him to cooperate with the Department of Defense.
Films
- In The Death of Superman, Dabney Donovan appeared in the animated film where he was voiced by actor Trevor Devall.
- In Reign of the Supermen, Dabney Donovan appeared in the animated film sequel where he was voiced again by actor Trevor Devall. He was tasked by Lex Luthor with creating an army of Superman clones. After he gives information on the cloning program to Lois Lane, Dabney is killed by Luthor via several failed clones.
Video games
- In DC Universe Online, Dabney Donovan appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game where he was vendor in the Hall of Doom's Meta Wing.
Appearances
- Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen v1: (1971)
- Secret Origins v2:
- Superboy:
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