Multiplex (DC)

Multiplex in Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men v1 #18.

Multiplex is a male supervillain that features in DC.

Biography

Origin

Danton Black as Multiplex in Firestorm v1 #5.

Notes

• Multiplex was created by Gerry Conway and Al Milgrom where he made his first appearance in Firestorm v1 #1 (March, 1978).

In other media

Television

• In The Flash 2014 series, the character made an appearance in the episode "Fastest Man Alive" where he was played by Michael Christopher Smith. This version was a scientist named Danton Black who worked for Simon Stagg as a researcher specializing in the field of cloning. He was married to Elizabeth Black who he considered his friend as well and suffered from failing heart. This led to Black trying to succeed in his cloning research to save her but his employer Stagg confiscated the data leading to Elizabeth dying. At that time, energy released from the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator imparted in him the ability to create duplicates of himself that were controlled by his own will. With this power, he tried to get revenge against Simon Stagg at Central City and initially gained the help of his bodyguard Java who he later killed. It was discovered that the clones of Black were mindless shells but directed by his will and that the more clones he created the more strained his mind as well as body became to maintain them. His abilities wee discovered by Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramone with the latter initially calling him Captain Clone before settling on Multiplex. During his attempt to kill Stagg, he fell out of a window with the Flash trying to save him but Black allowed himself to fall to the ground of the building leading to his death.

Appearances

• Firestorm:
• Fury of Firestorm:

External Links

• DC Database Entry

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