Nebula Man
The Nebula Man is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
The Nebula Man
Many years ago, the archvillain criminal mastermind known as the Hand gathered five of the greatest menaces known to the world. Each were to commit some of the greatest crimes at his command. (Justice League of America v1 #100)
The Hand was all too eager to point him in the right direction, thus leading to his confrontation with the original Seven Soldiers of Victory. His actions scattered the Soldiers through time, a fate from which they were later saved by the Justice League and Justice Society. The Nebula Man was defeated when Wing, the sidekick of the Crimson Avenger, sacrificed himself to deliver the final blow. (Justice League of America v1 #100)
After the Nebula Man's defeat, he scattered the Seven Soldiers across time where a piece of his power resided within some of them. The Crimson Avenger was flung into the area of the Aztecs where he came to rule as their king with no memory of his past and possessing great cosmic powers at his command. (Justice League of America v1 #100) Meanwhile, the Shining Knight was sent into old China where deprived of his memories he came to serve as a general for Genghis Khan. The Green Arrow came to be sent to the era of Robin Hood where he was captured by the Sheriff of Nottinghamshire where he was imprisoned within the castle dungeons. Similarly, Stripsey Pat Dugan was sent to Ancient Egypt where he served as a slave forced to help in the construction of the pyramids. (Justice League of America v1 #101) The Vigilante though was sent into the era of the Wild West where he was captured by Native Americans who intended to kill him for trespassing on their land. Another of the Seven Soldiers displaced in time was the Star-Spangled Kid who fell into the prehistoric era of Cro-Magnon man where he was hunted by primitive humans. In fear of changing history, he attempted to hide himself in a cave as he felt that it would alter the timeline. Speedy though ended up on the island of Aeaea where he fell prey to Circe who used her magic to turn the young man into a centaur to join the other animal people that served her. (Justice League of America v1 #102)
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Qwewq
Qwewq was raised in Wonderworld's Omnitropolis, where they had fed it and hoped to allow it to grow to its full potential. (JLA v1 #12)
In the 1940s, the villain known as the Hand used a sonic horn to summon Nebula Man from the far future. The creature was seeking "seven soldiers" who were prophesied to one day defeat his mistress, Gloriana. (Seven Soldiers: Bulleteer v1 #2)
The Hand eventually gave his sonic horn to his nephew Boy Blue. Boy Blue unknowingly used the horn to once again summon Neh-Buh-Loh and the Sheeda to the present, leading to the destruction of an ad-hoc Seven Soldiers team created by the original Vigilante. (Seven Soldiers of Victory v1 #0)
In reality, the Nebula Man was not destroyed but rather left dormant within a human host where he gathered strength until his eventual return. (Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. v1 #8)
Gloriana ordered Neh-Buh-Loh to kill her stepdaughter, the princess Rhiannon, but he cannot bring himself to do it due to her beauty and grace. Instead, he hides the girl away on present-day Earth without her memories. He was summoned by Boy Blue to Miracle Mesa in the present day, and kills the latest incarnation of the Seven Soldiers to rise up. He is later sent by Gloriana to retrieve the Undry Cauldron from the Undying Don. He fights and kills the Don's bodyguards, and stabs the Don through the torso, killing him. In the aftermath, he encountered Rhiannon where she was investigating the massacre with her mentor Zatanna. Seeing in her now only the shame and guilt he feels for betraying his Queen, he threatened to kill her if she does not flee. He returned Sheeda-side with the Cauldron, then travelled to a hidden valley where the descendants of Pegazeus roam.
He exiled himself there until he is confronted by Frankenstein, to whom he reveals that the International Ultramarine Corps planted a flaw in him. Frankenstein exploited this flaw and shoots Neh-Buh-Loh in the face, causing him to experience a rapid cooling and slowing, which killed him. (Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein v1 #5)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
The Nebula Man was shown to had battled the Seven Soldiers of Victory. (Stargirl Spring Break Special v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
The Nebula Man was identified as being a Cosmo Sapiens that were mobile humanoid mass of malleable supermatter at maximum expansion. He was described as being a living universe who had lived for over 3 billion years. The life cycle of the species led to them beginning as largely inert cube-shaped mass before maturing into a humanoid form. By this point, he developed time travel abilities and rudimentary thought before entering into a pre-mature form of a higher order cosmic entity from Cubetime. In his existence, he had grown to the point that he could potentially replace the existing universe. However, a flaw was present within his being thus keeping his form small. (Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein v1 #4)
As a being of pure energy, he was beyond the understanding of ordinary human beings. Due to this nature, he was able to feed off energy attacks made against him. (Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. v1 #8)
With his cosmic senses, it was said nothing could escape him and he was able to taste radio transmissions. (Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein v1 #4) He was capable of following items through their cosmic frequency. (Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. v1 #8)
It was noted that his death could cause a time warp that scattered those around him across history. (Justice League of America v1 #101)
Notes
- Nebula Man was created by Len Wein and Dick Dillin where he made his first appearance in Justice League of America v1 #100 (August, 1972)
- The character was significantly rebooted by Grant Morrison, who drew on several literary and mythic sources, particularly the story of Snow White's Huntsman, and the legends of the Wild Hunt.
Alternate Versions
- In All-Star Superman v1 #2 (2006), an alternate version of the character appeared in the All-Star Superman reality in the Multiverse. The world called Earth-Q was created within the infant universe of Qwewq via 'a nano-optical transfusion of solar energy' to see if a world without a Superman, nor any superheroes, could work.
Appearances
- Justice League of America v1: (1972)
- JLA v1:
- Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. v1:
- Seven Soldiers v1:
- Seven Soldiers: Bulleteer v1:
- Stargirl Spring Break Special v1:
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