Gangbuster (DC)
Gangbuster is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Jose Delgado
After being hospitalized, Jose was offered a chance to regain use of his legs via an experimental cybernetic implant. While Jose was going through the delicate surgery and adjusting to the implant, a new Gangbuster (who is later revealed to be an amnesiac Superman) appeared.
Jose later discovered that his implant was developed by LexCorp, and that the implant allowed Lex Luthor to control him. Luthor forced Jose to be outfitted in a special suit of body armor and sent him to attack Professor Emil Hamilton. But fortunately, Hamilton shut down the implant's control signal and freed Jose.
Jose continued to operate as Gangbuster, using the modified LexCorp armor until it was wrecked when he tried to defend Lois Lane from the Apokoliptian robot Turmoil.[2][3] Soon after, Jose's life began to fall apart as he lost his teaching position and was evicted from his apartment building after it was acquired by a LexCorp company. His relationship with Lois also ended as she disagreed with him accepting the help of Lexcorp. Jose desperately wound up as a bodyguard of Cat Grant and the two developed an intimate relationship.
Overview
Personality and attributes
As a vigilante, he came to operate under the name of Gangbuster. (Adventures of Superman v1 #434)
He said that he was unlike Superman in that he was willing to break bones in order to get information on criminals. Despite that, he was shown as being uncomfortable with the lengths he went through as a vigilante. (Adventures of Superman v1 #434)
Powers and abilities
Jose Delgado has no superpowers but is a skilled martial artist and gymnast. When Jose was crippled on duty as the Gangbuster, he was forced to accept Lex Luthor's agreement and treatment to return the function of his legs to him using cybernetic enhancement. However, Luthor's cybernetic components also allowed him to control Jose's movement if necessary.
Notes
- Jose Delgado was created by Marv Wolfman and Jerry Ordway where he made his first appearance in Adventures of Superman v1 #428 (May, 1987).
- He appeared as Gangbuster in Adventures of Superman v1 #434 (November, 1987).
Alternate Versions
Appearances
- Adventures of Superman v1: (1987)
- Action Comics v1:
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