Stryker's Island
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Stryker's Island is a prison that features in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
Stryker's Island Penitentiary
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Inhabitants
Staff
- Sebastian Stryker : male warden and head of Stryker's Island. He was the father of Sammy Stryker who developed powerful Metahuman ability involving tactile telekinesis. Sammys powers were uncontrollable leading to his imprisonment deep inside the prison. (Superman v6 #8)
Prisoners
- Professor Killgrave :
- Albert Michaels :
- Sammy Stryker :
Notes
- Stryker's Island was created by John Byrne where it made its first appearance in Superman v2 #9 (September, 1987).
- As Metropolis was often intended to mirror New York City, so too does Stryker's Island become analogous for the real-world prison facility, Riker's Island.
In other media
Television
- In the DC Animated Universe, Stryker's Island made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting:
- In Superman: The Animated Series, Stryerk's Island made its first appearance in the setting of the animated television series. After Rudy Jones was turned into the Parasite, he came to be defeated by Superman where he was imprisoned in Stryker's Island. John Corben was locked away in Stryker's Prison, but still leads a fairly luxurious life due to his refusal to reveal Luthor's involvement. However, he was suffering from pains and eventually collapses. He was taken to Dr. Vale, who informs Corben that he was dying of a fatal disease.
- In My Adventures with Superman, Stryker's Island appeared in the setting of the animated television series.
Films
- In Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Stryker's Island appeared in the animated film where it was a prison. Lex Luthor was shown as an inmate there when Superman used his heightened vision powers to make sure that his Lex Luthor was in Stryker's Island at the time when the alternate Lex Luthor arrived.
- In All-Star Superman, Stryker's Island appeared in the setting of the animated film adaptation.
- In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Stryker's Island appeared in the setting of the live-action film. When the United States government attempted to take Doomsday out with a nuclear missile, he crash landed on Stryker's Island, leaving a burning swath of debris all around the crash site. Doomsday then began to use the energy he had absorbed from the blast to start regenerating and growing in mass and power. Just as Doomsday released another wave of strong energy, the Batwing passed over the island and narrowly missed Doomsday's heat blasts. Batman then attempted to lure Doomsday back to Gotham City to kill him with the Kryptonite Spear.
Video games
- In DC Universe Online, Stryker's Island appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game. Stryker's Island served as the premier maximum-security penitentiary for Metropolis, but its history was redefined by the global chaos following Brainiac’s invasion. Originally designed to house the world's most dangerous metahumans and high-tech criminals, the island’s role shifted dramatically when the LexCorp-backed security forces and the Science Police lost control during the initial Exobyte outbreak. In the aftermath of Brainiac's assault, the facility became a primary battleground for the Meta-Human Research Council, as the prison's advanced containment technology was repurposed to study—and often exploit—the new wave of Exobyte enhanced individuals. This era saw the prison's infrastructure heavily fortified with LexCorp tech, turning it into a sprawling industrial fortress where the line between incarceration and scientific experimentation became increasingly blurred. During this period, the inter-gang violence within the walls reached a fever pitch, culminating in a massive breakout attempt orchestrated by the Gorilla Legion, which forced the facility to implement a permanent 'Lockdown' status that effectively turned the entire island into a perpetually contested war zone between the city's defenders and the emboldened criminal factions.
- In Injustice: Gods Among Us, Stryker's Island appeared as a stage map in the fighting video game. The high-security facility located in Stryker's Island underwent a chilling transformation into a primary detention centre for the One Earth Regime. Following Superman's rise to power, the prison was heavily fortified with Kryptonian-derived technology and staffed by elite Regime soldiers to hold those who dared to defy the High Councillor’s law. This era was defined by its role as the ultimate deterrent against the Insurgency, housing high-profile political prisoners such as the alternate-universe Batman after his capture. The island’s history during this conflict reached a violent climax when the Insurgency launched a daring clandestine rescue mission, utilizing a localized teleporter to breach the facility’s supposedly impenetrable defences. During the ensuing battle, the prison’s internal corridors became a war zone where the Alternate Wonder Woman and Lex Luthor—operating as a double agent—clashed with Regime enforcers to liberate the Dark Knight. This specific chapter of the prison's history was marked by the near-total destruction of its specialized containment wings, proving that even the Regime’s most advanced Metahuman holding cells could not withstand a coordinated assault from a multiverse-backed resistance.
Appearances
- Superman v2: (1987)
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