Neutron (DC)
Neutron is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Nathaniel Tryon
Nathaniel Tryon was originally a member of a gang of saboteurs known as the TNT Trio. While on a mission for their employer Lex Luthor, Tryon was trapped under lead debris at a nuclear power plant as a meltdown occurred. Abandoned by his two comrades and unspotted by Superman, whose X-ray vision was incapable of penetrating lead, Tryon was mutated by the leaking radiation. Using every iota of his strength to save himself and make his way back to Luthor's headquarters, Tryon was subsequently given week-long radiation treatments by Luthor in order to transform him into a super-powered pawn against Superman. However, this scheme never came to be, and Tryon gradually found himself reduced to an energy being contained within a suit of Luthor's construction. As the villain Neutron, Tryon blamed Superman for his mutation and battled him several times. Eventually, Neutron decided to take his fury out on all of Metropolis by transforming the Daily Planet globe into a city-destroying bomb. Fortunately, Superman stopped the bomb threat in time by throwing the globe into the atmosphere and captured Neutron, who was incarcerated in S.T.A.R. Labs for scientific exploration of his unusual condition. (Action Comics v1 #525)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Nathaniel Tryon had been transformed by a nuclear meltdown into a living radiation entity. With the assistance of a specially designed suit, Neutron can retain his physical form and ability to interact with the outside world, although he has also demonstrated the ability to jettison the radioactive emissions that compose him and exist as a pure energy being outside his suit. Neutron, as an atomic energy being, had the ability to launch blasts of neutronic radiation from his hands and his visor that carried enough sheer force to knock Superman through a wall if he was not sufficiently prepared. (Action Comics v1 #525)
Originally, he was part of a gang of saboteurs known as the TNT Trio. (Action Comics v1 #525) After joining the Society, he was placed alongside a team of supervillains sharing similar powers where they came to be known as the Nuclear Legion. (Battle for Blüdhaven v1 #1)
Notes
- Neutron was created by Marv Wolfman and Joe Staton where he made his first appearance in Action Comics v1 #525 (November, 1981).
In other media
Television
Appearances
- Action Comics v1: (1981)
- Justice League v2:
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