Negative Man
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
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===Post-Flashpoint=== | ===Post-Flashpoint=== | ||
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*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). | *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== | ==In other media== | ||
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| − | *''My Greatest Adventure v1'': | + | *''My Greatest Adventure v1'': (1963) |
*''Doom Patrol v1'': | *''Doom Patrol v1'': | ||
*''Justice League v2'': | *''Justice League v2'': | ||
Revision as of 18:27, 24 January 2021
Negative Man is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
Contents |
Biography
Origin
Lawrence Michael Trainor
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
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)
Overview
Personality and attributes
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:
External Links
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