Nam-Ek
Nam-Ek is a male extraterrestrial supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Nam-Ek was a male Kryptonian born on the distant world of Krypton, some 500 years before its destruction He became a ruthless scientist devoted to the pursuit of learning all knowledge. At the time, Kryptonians would travel to the Scarlet Jungle to be healed by the Rondors, hideous, foul-smelling beasts whose horns emitted a unique radiation that healed all injuries and sicknesses in seconds. Nam-Ek killed two of the Rondors to extract a serum from their horns that he believed would make him immortal. Four people then died because no Rondors were available to cure them, so Nam-Ek was charged with murder. Facing imprisonment or execution, Nam-Ek fled from the police to the long-deserted city of Xan. Nam-Ek drank his Rondor horn extract serum, and it did grant him the desired immortality. However, it also had the terrible side-effect of transforming him into an ugly human-Rondor hybrid, with warty purple skin, a terrible stench, and a Rondor-like horn in the middle of his forehead. For 500 years, Nam-Ek lived alone in Xan and continued his scientific research, even curing the dreaded Virus X. Then, lonely and needing companionship, he tried to make contact with his fellow Kryptonians, but they drove him away. He returned to the Scarlet Jungle to sturdy the Rondors and find a way to reverse the immortality serum. However, at that moment, Krypton exploded and Nam-Ek was left to drift alone in space. (Superman v1 #282)
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Nam-Ek was created by Martin Pasko and Ernie Chan where he made his first appearance in Superman v1 #282 (December, 1974).
In other media
Television
- In Smallville, Nam-Ek featured as an antagonist in the live-action series where he was portrayed by actor Leonard Roberts. This version was a black male bald headed Kryptonian who had been a member of the Disciples of Zod alongside Aethyr where they two escaped Krypton's destruction alongside the BrainInteractive Construct. In 2005, Nam-Ek and the others arrived on Earth and began looking for Kal-El. After they found Kal-El and he refused to join them, they attempted to banish him to the Phantom Zone. However, Kal-El managed to overpower both Nam-Ek and Aethyr and sent them to the Phantom Zone.
Films
- In Man of Steel, an unidentified Kryptonian warrior in the DC Extended Universe was referred to as Nam-Ek in trivia background material. Nam-Ek and Faora-Ul followed Zod to Smallville in search of the growth codex. There they attacked Superman and began to get the better of him. However, Superman utilized his experience with his powers in Earth's atmosphere. The US Military arrived to take out the Kryptonians. In response, Nam-Ek destroyed several fighter planes before re-engaging Superman in combat. Nam-Ek then gathered Faora-Ul, who collapsed, and they regrouped back on the Black Zero. Nam-Ek later fought along with General Zod's other forces when they began terraforming over Metropolis. However, he, Faora-Ul, Tor-An, Jax-Ur, and the rest were sucked into the Phantom Zone yet again when the two phantom drives collided over the city, causing a singularity.
- In The Flash, an alternate version of Nam-Ek appeared in the live-action film set in the DC Extended Universe. He was shown in the Flashpoint alternate timeline accidentally created by the Flash during to him changing history.
Appearances
- Superman v1: (1974)
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