Matrix (DC)

Matrix Supergirl in Convergence: Supergirl: Matrix v1 #1.

Matrix is a comic character that features in DC Comics.

Biography

Taking the mantle in Supergirl v3 #1.

Matrix was a protoplasmic being that was engineered in an alternate reality formed in a Pocket Universe that had its own version of Earth and its inhabitants. On this world, a trio of Kryptonian criminals that included General Zod, Faora, and Quex-Ul had escaped the Phantom Zone where they attacked this reality's version of Earth. This version of Earth had no Superman as Kal-El died as Superboy leaving no hero to defend the world. However, there was a Lex Luthor who did not turn to evil and he responded to the threat posed by the Kryptonian criminals. Luthor used his knowledge to engineer an artificial life-form from a protoplasmic matrix with this being Matrix who in its human guise resembled his true love Lana Lang.

Matrix merging with Linda Danvers in Supergirl v4 #31.

Overview

Personality and attributes

Similarly, she shared the memories of Lana Lang due to the synaptic pathways being copied onto Matrix.

Powers and abilities

As she was formed from a protoplasmic matrix, she had a malleable genome allowing her to assume any humanoid form of a similar mass.

Among her primary powers was telekinesis allowing her to move objects with the power of her mind. With this power, she was able to enhance her own natural traits such as her strength, physical durability and speed to superhuman levels. Matrix could levitate herself allowing her to fly at supersonic speeds.

An added powers allowed her to cloak herself making her both invisible and inaudible that could make her undetectable even to the senses of Kryptonians such as Superman.

Offensively, she could use her psychokinesis in order to generate powerful force blasts or alternatively she could form a psionic barrier to shield herself or others from harm.

Notes

• Matrix was created by John Byrne where its first appearance was in Superman v2 #16 (April, 1988).

Alternate Versions

• In Convergence: Supergirl: Matrix (2015), a version of the Matrix Supergirl was collected into a Bottle City and placed on Telos the Planet Incarnate by Brainiac. During the events of Convergence, the various Bottle Cities were forced to battle one another or be destroyed.

Appearances

• Superman v2 #16:

External Links

• DC Database Entry

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