Negative Man

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Negative Man is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.

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Biography

Origin

Lawrence Michael Trainor

During the Blackest Night, he fights against Black Lantern Valentina Vostok, pitting his Negative Spirit against the corrupt Black Lantern version and starts convulsing in pain after absorbing both entities. (Doom Patrol v5 #4) Managing to take control of them, he sends them into Valentina, overloading her and destroying her ring. However, when he recovers, he cannot repeat the same attack against Black Lantern Cliff Steele before Black Lanterns Celsius and Tempest attack. Robotman comments that the combined form of both entities is partially similar to Rebis. (Doom Patrol v5 #5)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Both Negative Man and Robotman went to the Negative Space and, despite Larry being sentenced to continue being connected to Keeg, Robotman talked the council out of their decision, stating it was only fair for Larry to decide if he wanted to continue having powers or be normal. Larry agreed to continue being Negative Man and accepted Keeg, hoping that his powers could be used to continue helping people

Standing before the Negative Spirits, Trainor decided that he wanted to re-bond with Keeg Bovo and serve as an agent of balance. (Doom Patrol v6 #4)

However, the positive energy that Hank brought Larry was too effective, and his positive energy overwhelmed him and escaped. After the energy was supercharged again by Lotion the Cat and forced back upon Larry, Keeg was permanently expelled from Larry's body - who then became the new Positive Man. (Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds v1 #2)

After Superman is framed and rendered comatose, Larry Trainor joined the group of heroes heading towards Mars to confront their mysterious enemy. The heroes meet and engage Doctor Manhattan, but they are easily defeated. (Doomsday Clock v1 #9)

Overview

Personality and attributes

After Keeg was expelled from his body, Larry came to be referred to as the Positive Man. (Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds v1 #2)

Powers and abilities

He was host to a Negative Spirit named Keeg Bovo that was bonded to his body. As a being of Negative Space, he was beholden to the Negative Entity known as N'Hal that was the primordial atelier of their caste. They followed a series of laws and rules with all members of their kind were required to follow. The first law was of their kind that no one was supposed to interfere with Negative Space. The ninth law was that no one was supposed to partially merge and fragment a Negative Spirit. (Doom Patrol v6 #4)

Notes

  • Negative Man was created by Bob Haney, Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani where he made his first appearance in My Greatest Adventure v1 #80 (June, 1963).
  • In Back Issue! (2003), Drake recalled in an interview, "I left [editor Murray Boltinoff's] office and bumped into Bob Haney in the hall. Bob was a real good friend of mine ... I asked him if he got an assignment from Bob Kanigher. He had this routine where he'd come up from Woodstock once a week and stay for two nights and get a couple of assignments from Kanigher and then go back home and write them. He said he didn't get an assignment from Kanigher, and I told him I had this assignment that I was about two-thirds through with, but I needed another character and maybe between us we could come up with something. We sat down and came up with this notion of a guy who has gone through a cloud of radioactivity and is bandaged from head to toe with these specially treated bandages that keep the radioactivity within him so he isn't injurious to others. The most novel aspect was Negative Man, the character who lives inside him who can only be outside of him for 60 seconds - and don't ask me why 60 seconds."

In other media

Television

  • In Teen Titans, Negative Man appeared in the animated television series in the two-part episode "Homecoming" where he was voiced by actor Judge Reinhold.
  • In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Negative Man appeared in the animated television series in the episode "The Last Patrol!" where he was voiced by actor David K. Hill.
  • In DC Nation Shorts, Negative Man appeared in the animated Doom Patrol shorts where he was voiced by actor Clancy Brown.
  • In Titans, Larry Trainor as Negative Man appeared in the live-action DC Universe television series where he was portrayed by actor Dwain Murphy and voiced by actor Matt Bomer.
  • In Doom Patrol, Larry Trainor as Negative Man appeared in the setting of the live-action DC Universe television series where he was portrayed by actor Matthew Zuk and voiced again by actor Matt Bomer,

Films

Appearances

  • My Greatest Adventure v1: (1963)
  • Doom Patrol v1:
  • Justice League v2:
  • Doom Patrol v6:
  • Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds v1:
  • Unstoppable Doom Patrol v1:

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