Massacre (DC)
Massacre is a male extraterrestrial supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Massacre
He travelled the galaxy hunting down prey. He is seen in a 'Virago Cruiser', after having killed the ship's female crew. He fights the hero Auron, seemingly killing him. Massacre praises Auron for being a worthy opponent. Superman appears, and fights Massacre in two different locations. Auron tries to assists Superman and is killed. The villain escapes, after promising to travel to Earth, kill Superman there and then kill his friends. The story is narrated by a scrap metal merchant that had been following Massacre for some time. (Adventures of Superman v1 #509)
Massacre appears on Earth, thinking the mere fact of his appearance would be enough to bring Superman to him. He sets out to look for the hero. He doesn't like asking for directions and kills some people who try to assist him as a way of covering this up. (Adventures of Superman v1 #515)
An alien tribunal later investigates Superman and Massacre at the time. Superman believes he sees Massacre slain by loved ones of the hundred thousand entities the villain had slain. However Massacre was later is seen serving Maxima and is believed to have perished in an attempt to save the world from Brainiac. (Superman: The Man of Steel v1 #117)
Massacre appeared later as part of a group of villains seeking to avoid being sent to a prison planet. (Justice League of America v2 #17)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Massacre has the power to travel cosmic distances by converting himself into a form of energy. He can read nerve impulses, predicting what his opponents can do.
Notes
- Massacre was created by Karl Kesel, Barry Kitson and Jackson Guice where he made his first appearance in Adventures of Superman v1 #509 (February, 1994)
Appearances
- Adventures of Superman v1: (1994)
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