Baka (DC)

Baka is a male comic character that features in DC Comics.

Biography

Upon reaching the surface, he arrived in Calle de los Olvidados, Venezuela where he went on a rampage and nearly killed Lana Lang when Superman arrived on the scene. He initially battled the creature but came to realise that he did not have hostile intentions and was in fact friendly. However, a drone strike from the mysterious agency known as the Tower arrived which sought to eliminate what they perceived was a rampaging monster. The attack caused Baka to become violent and in his rage he was attacking anything around him. As a result, Superman tackled the beast and took him into orbit giving the appearance that he had killed the monster. In reality, he had taken him to the Fortress of Solitude where he was shocked to see that the beast transform in his cell to that of a young blue skinned child. (Action Comics v2 #26) In his young humanoid form, he freed himself from his cell and went around the Fortress as he became curious about his surroundings with his only words of response being 'Baka' causing Superman to give him that name. During this time, Lana contacted Superman to inform him that she had discovered some ruins at the site Baka had first emerged and was going in to investigate. This led to Superman and Baka going to the scene to save her as numerous monsters attacked Lang. Whilst battling the beasts, Baka transformed which caused an accidental cave-in with Superman and Lana encountering the Beast-Lord Ukur who revealed that the monsters protected the world from the threat from Imperial Subterranea where he showed the underground city to them. (Action Comics v2 #27)

Overview

Personality and attributes

In his transformed state, he resembled a large four-legged monster with blue scale skin and a tale with increased strength in this form. (Action Comics v2 #26)

He was shown to have a playful personality as he brought a truck back to Superman that was thrown at him. (Action Comics v2 #26) Normally, he responded with the words 'Baka' but he was capable of speech both in his native language and in others such as English. (Action Comics v2 #27)

Powers and abilities

As a shapeshifter, he was able to shift from that of his young humanoid form with a tail to that of a hundred foot-long electric electric dragon with increased strength and durability in that body. He was able to naturally generate electricity from his body that could short out machinery. Baka was shown to be strong and had greater than human durability with electrical attacks tickling him. (Action Comics v2 #27)

Notes

• Baka was created by Greg Pak and Aaron Kuder where he made his first appearance in Action Comics v2 #26 (February, 2014).

Appearances

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