Lobo (DC)
Lobo is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Lobo
He was caring for the space dolphins when he received a bounty from Lord Manga Khan of the Cluster who hired the bounty hunter to deal with the pursuing Justice League that were trying to free their comrade Mister Miracle. Arriving on their Earth ship, he easily bested its superheroes with him nearly killing Rocket Red leading to an intense fight against the Martian Manhunter. Lobo was only stopped by Big Barda who use her mace to open a Boom Tube to send the interstellar bounty hunter elsewhere in the universe. (Justice League International v1 #18)
Lobo played an important role in the Citadel War, in his capacity as a bounty hunter. He was hired by the Citadel's human agent Harry Hokum to capture the Euphorian known as Kalista in a bid to learn the secret behind her home world's planetary shield. Along with fellow bounty hunters Bedlam and Berserk, he raided the mothership belonging to the Omega Men, where upon he engaged in combat with Kalista. (Omega Men v1 #3) Soon after, Harry Hokum hired Lobo once again, this time to assassinate the Omega Men's interim leader Tigorr. Lobo never had the opportunity to complete the contract however. (Omega Men v1 #5)
He came to be hired by Manga Khan where he was tasked with taking out the newly formed Justice League International. (Justice League International v1 #18) Lobo was only defeated when Big Barda teleported Lobo across the galaxy though he ended up landing on Earth right in the Justice League Embassy. After a brief altercation with Guy Gardner, Lobo hung around pretending to be a friend waiting for the right moment. (Justice League International v1 #20) Before he could act, Manga Khan came to cancel his contract leading to Lobo abandoning the mission. (Justice League International v1 #21)
Lobo single handily crippled the entire team, but was halted by Vril Dox II, who offered to provide protection for the Space Dolphins in exchange for Lobo's service in the L.E.G.I.O.N. Lobo accepted and accompanied the new team to Cairn, known galaxy wide as the "drug world." There the team dismantled the drug lords' empire by sheer brains and brawn. (L.E.G.I.O.N. v1 #4) Vril Dox II also took advantage of Lobo's ability to multiply, which helped them destroy the remainder of Cairn's opposing rulers. During this mission, Dox secretly poisoned Lobo and his clones. Lobo was depowering, lost his ability to multiply, and his clones were destroyed. (L.E.G.I.O.N. v1 #7) It was later revealed that one of Lobo's clones escaped to the planet Kannit. (Lobo v2 #9) During Lobo's service in the L.E.G.I.O.N., it was clear that he held no personal love for any of his teammates. He followed Vril Dox II's orders out of some sense of honor, but did not hesitate to break both of Garryn Bek's legs. But even Vril Dox II was not immune. When Vril Dox II was raped and killed by Stealth, he too was cloned. Lobo took advantage of Vril Dox II's vulnerability and attempted to kill the clone in order to be free from his pact. (L.E.G.I.O.N. v1 #10) Lobo was sent on an undercover mission to bring down a formidable opponent: the space pirate Dagon-Ra of the planet Trom whose natives have the power to transmute matter. (L.E.G.I.O.N. v1 #14) He joined Dagon-Ra's crew and lead a successful mutiny against him. (L.E.G.I.O.N. v1 #15)
He encounters a group of heroes (consisting of Adam Strange, Animal Man, and Starfire), who find themselves stranded in space after the events of the 2005–2006 "Infinite Crisis" storyline. To everyone's surprise, he does not kill them. Lobo professes to have found religion, becoming the spiritual leader of the whole of sector 3500, which was left in shambles by a still-unknown assailant. He is the current caretaker of the Emerald Eye of Ekron. After helping the lost heroes defeat Lady Styx, he brings the Emerald Eye to the triple-headed fish god, who agrees to release Lobo from his vow of non-violence in exchange. When told that the Emerald Eye is the only thing that can kill the fish god, Lobo blasts him with it.
Atrocitus came to hire the services of Lobo on a staged bounty on him. This saw Lobo coming to Earth to seemingly take the head of Atrocitus. During the attack, he came into conflict with Green Lantern Hal Jordan, Star Sapphire Carol Ferris and Yellow Lantern Sinestro who managed to fight him off. Afterwards, Actrocitus met with him in secret and provided him his payment which was a Red Lantern Power Ring. (Green Lantern v4 #55)
Brainiac threatened to destroy Colu, and Vril Dox fled to see his secret weapon. He found Lobo on Raggashoon, and after sharing a drink with him, convinced him to go after the hefty bounty on Brainiac's head. Vril returned to Colu with Lobo in tow, and noticed Lobo had a Red Lantern ring. Lobo said he'd racked up an enormous debt, and would probably have to pawn it. Brainiac wanted to capture and study the last Czarnian, so he sent Solaris class Pulsar Stargrave to subdue him. Their battle raged, but Solaris couldn't incinerate Lobo enough to subdue him. Vril and his son Lyrl sent holograms of themselves to the data-core to distract Brainiac, but he saw through their ruse, and entered the neural connection between them and their holograms, draining their brains. Vril's subconscious resisted him, but he pushed through and was overcome by traumatic and hateful emotions, suffering a breakdown. Vril said he should not be surprised, he'd grown up in abject fear of his father while secretly hoping for just one kind word from him, and had buried his emotions deep inside. Brainiac fled the planet with Stargrave, taking the data-core with him, and Lyrl was impressed with his father's novel way of defeating the villain. Rookie GLs Altin Ad'ms and Gorius Karkum arrived on Colu to arrest the Doxes for the destruction they'd caused. (R.E.B.E.L.S. v1 #20) (R.E.B.E.L.S. #21) - Vril refused to be subordinate to the GLC or follow their laws, and sicced Lobo on the GLs. Altin Admos was in awe of Lobo, whose bloodthirsty past was spoken of with reverence on Okaara, but he enjoyed having a challenge worthy of his skills. Lobo and the GLs fought to a standstill until L.E.G.I.O.N. ships and media arrived on Colu. Vril said he intended to rebuild Colu, so unless the GLC was up to the job they could forget about arresting him. He assured them Lobo would be in his safekeeping since he always paid his debts and Vril could help him with the bills he'd accumulated as archbishop of the triple-fish god. Vril was joined by his R.E.B.E.L.S., and said their name was apt because that's how the Guardians of the Universe viewed them. He said the L.E.G.I.O.N. used police by consent utilizing each planet's laws, but the Guardians sought justice using only their own capricious whims. Vril denied charges that Lyrl had invaded Colu, saying he was under the control of Pulsar Stargrave, and painted Stargrave as having always been Brainiac's pawn. Lobo took a minute to curse out the Green Lantern Corps to the cameras. (R.E.B.E.L.S. v1 #21)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
At some point, he was noted to had unknowingly fathered a daughter who lived on Earth where she took the name Crush. (Teen Titans v6 #25)
He came to be captured by Amanda Waller who imprisoned him alongside four other dangerous convicts at the Catacombs. Among his cellmates were Emerald Empress, Johnny Sorrow, Doctor Polaris and Rustam where they remained in the top-secret facility located underground in Death Valley, California. This was until Maxwell Lord used his powers to kill all the guard and freed the five in-mates to help him take over the world. (Justice League vs. Suicide Squad v1 #1)
With Luthors device, he managed to usurp control over his daughters body and make her follow his commands against her will. Thus, he had her turn against the Teen Titans where she managed to defeat her team mates. Lobo then decided to take the young heroes to the Other who had hired him to bring them to the mysterious figure. During this time, Lobo had grown to enjoy using his daughter against her friends and thought of negotiating to keep her whilst leaving the rest of the Teen Titans with the Other. (Teen Titans v6 #36)
Overview
Personality and attributes
The name Lobo was said to come from a Khundian dialect which translated to mean "He Who Devours Your Entrails and Thoroughly Enjoys It". (Justice League International v1 #18)
In terms of killing, he regarded himself as the best there was and that no power in the universe could stop him. (Justice League International v1 #18)
Though paid big money for killing, against opponents who angered him he was fine with killing them for free. Against such foes, he even killed them in brand new and utterly disgusting ways. (Justice League International v1 #19)
One thing he said that he hated was getting cute nicknames. (Justice League International v1 #19)
He said he hated most interstellar lifeforms though the one exception was space dolphins who he thought were swell. In fact, he made efforts in helping care, freed an preserve the endangered species. (Justice League International v1 #18)
Powers and abilities
He had said that no one could match him in terms of willpower to the point that he was able to overwhelm a shield made on him by a Green Lantern Power Ring. (Justice League International v1 #18)
As aspect of his biology was that if he bled even one drop then it grew into another one of him. (Justice League International v1 #18)
His arsenal includes numerous guns and a titanium chain with a hook on his right arm. Extra weapons may include "frag grenades" and giant carving blades.
Notes
- Lobo was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen where he made his first appearance in Omega Men v1 #3 (June, 1983).
- In an interview on Newsarama, writer Keith Giffen noted, "I have no idea why Lobo took off. I came up with him as an indictment of the Punisher, Wolverine, bad ass hero prototype and somehow he caught on as the high violence poster boy. Go figure."
Alternate Versions
- In Injustice: Gods Among Us Annual v1 #1 (2014), an alternate version of Lobo was shown to exist in the Injustice reality in a world in the Multiverse. Lobo was a bounty hunter who travels throughout the galaxy, taking jobs from whomever will pay him the most money. One of his jobs involved Superman after he killed Kalibak, the son of Darkseid. Darkseid paid Lobo to kill Superman as a means of revenge. Lobo confronted Superman on Earth in Metropolis, going as far as toppling an entire building on Superman to kill him. Instead, the Kryptonian flew the Czarinian into the sun, which nearly annihilated Lobo. Superman didn't kill him, but instead turned the tables on Lobo, by asking him to perform a mission for Kal-El instead of for Darkseid. Superman asked Lobo to find Harley Quinn and bring her to him. Harley eluded Lobo twice, and she led him to the Arrow-Cave, where Green Arrow, Black Canary and Harley subdued him after a fight. Now playing the therapist, Harley deduced that Darkseid did something to Lobo to belittle him, and that Lobo needed to take it back and prove he is better than Darkseid. Lobo agreed, and left for Apokolips to face Darkseid in battle.
In other media
Television
- In the DC Animated Universe, Lobo made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting:
- In Superman: The Animated Series, Lobo appeared in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Brad Garrett. Lobo was responsible for killing every other member of his race. He wiped out all life on his entire home planet, Czarnia, later claiming it was his "high school science project" where he he gave himself an 'A', leaving him as the last of his kind. Since then, Lobo has been a mercenary throughout the galaxy, taking on any quarry so long as he got paid. He generally refers to himself as "The Main Man". Because of this, he's made a lot of enemies and extremely few, if any, allies. Not long after Superman made himself known on Earth, Lobo was hired to bring in the universe's last Kryptonian so that the intergalactic Preserver could keep him in safety. Although Lobo was eventually defeated on Earth, Superman pursued the mercenary into space and fell into a trap. Before Lobo could collect, however, he was himself captured by the Preserver by virtue of also being the last of his species. Together, he and Superman broke free while also dealing with some old enemies who had a vendetta against him. In the end, Superman took the animals off the ship to his new Fortress of Solitude, while Lobo was able to claim a bounty from Emperor Spooj. Later on, he crashed in on Queen Maxima, who had been previously trying to make Superman her husband. Lobo declared that he was there to catch the criminal De'Cine, it seemed to arouse Maxima's interest, although nothing apparently ever came of it.
- In Justice League, Lobo appeared in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Brad Garrett. When Superman was seemingly killed, Lobo gate crashed into the Watchtower and declared himself the new replacement League member. This action was hotly refuted by the other Leaguers and a fight ensued. After being subdued by the other superheroes, Lobo relented and said he'd join the league, as long as he was in charge. Before things could heat up again, the Leaguers received a report of increased violence in Metropolis due to Superman's absence. The Leaguers decided to let Lobo come along, partially due to the sheer number of thugs running around and partially out of a desire to keep an eye on him instead of leaving him alone in The Watchtower. During the ensuing battle, Lobo reveled in rampant destruction and defeated Kalibak by piling cars on him until he said 'uncle'. The other Leaguers disapproved and forced him to relent. Once Superman showed up, Lobo was fired despite his enthusiasm that 'the whole team was together again, all eight of us'. Lobo angrily told them to never bother asking for his help, because he would not give it, and rode away.
- In Legion of Super Heroes, Lobo made a non-voiced cameo appearance in the animated television series where he appeared in the episode "Legacy".
- In Young Justice, Lobo appeared in the animated television series starting from its second season where he was voiced by actor David Sobolov. The Light anonymously hired Lobo to further their plans. He was to travel to Earth and capture or kill the Krolotean posing as Tseng. The contract specified that Lobo was to 'put on a show for the locals', and he was happy to oblige, recklessly forcing his way through police and security forces. Despite interference from both Batgirl and Wonder Girl, Lobo successfully captured his quarry and returned to space. Lobo was approached by a Contract-Bot that offered him a job. Initially uninterested, Lobo was persuaded by this case and accepted the contract to head to Earth and assassinate Forager. Arriving on Earth, he caught Nightwing and his group by surprise. He voiced his assignment to kill Forager and told the other heroes to leave, though they refused and engaged him in battle. Lobo fought the heroes while shrugging off their many attacks with his great resilience and strength. He refused to divulge the identity of his employer but confirmed it was neither Mantis nor Ma'alefa'ak. After being annoyed by their interference, Lobo turned to finish Halo and Helga Jace but Forager came to the rescue. Believing he caught the Bug, he began to attack him and knocked away the other heroes as they try to intervene and crushed Forager's shell. With his contract seemingly completed, Lobo taunted the heroes and escaped the area on his space bike. He was unaware that Forager shed his exoskeleton and faked his death. Sometime later, Lobo returned to Owings Mills where he killed a miniature clone of himself born from his lost finger. After dealing with the situation, he proceeded to walk off while throwing a cigarette onto the puddle of blood which ignited.
- In Justice League Action, Lobo appeared in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor John DiMaggio.
- In Krypton, Lobo appeared in the setting of the live-action television series where he was portrayed by actor Emmett J. Scanlan. A ruthless bounty hunter who murdered his entire species, he possesses a genius level intellect when it comes to matters of warfare, making him a deadly adversary. Imbued with superhuman strength and virtually immortal, Lobo will keep coming until the job is finished. His word was the only thing Lobo holds sacred; and although he'll never violate the letter of an agreement, he might disregard its spirit from time to time. Stumbling upon Adam Strange and Seg-El on Colu, Lobo quickly stuns Adam as he attempts to approach and talk, then stuns Seg as well. Talking to himself and to the two passed-out captives, Lobo seems to realize that they won't respond, and so binds their legs with chains and begins dragging them away. With Seg-El and Adam Strange chained to a tree, Lobo threatens to pull out "Seagull's" intestines, before becoming shocked that Seg-El has never heard of him. Adam Strange however, has heard of Lobo and this mollifies him. Even so, Lobo threatens to strangle Adam with Seg-El's intestines, rip open Adam's skull, and defecate in it in order to scare Seg-El into telling him where Brainiac is. Seizing the initiative to instead make a bargain, Seg-El offers to take Lobo to Brainiac's corpse in exchange for their freedom, which Lobo begrudgingly accepts, warning that he would kill them both if Brainiac was not there. Walking to the body after freeing Seg-El and Adam Strange, Lobo recounts how he slaughtered his entire race only for Brainiac to come bottle his home city and destroy his entire planet, and that he always keeps his word. Seg says he's trying to get back to Krypton after taking Lobo to Brainiac, which Lobo mishears as "Crap Town", thinking it a reality show. He asks what's so interesting about it that makes Seg want to return in a hurry, and Seg responds by saying that it's "19.138 million light years from here", confusing Lobo with its specificity and causing him to move on.
Films
- In Superman: The Man of Tomorrow, Lobo appeared in the setting of the 2020 animated film where he was voiced by actor Ryan Hurst. Due to unkown occurrences, Lobo's species, the Czarnians, were almost entirely eradicated, leaving only him to roam the Universe. Lobo decided to become an intergalactic bounty hunter, working for anyone who paid him enough, and somehow, gained immortality along the way, being unable to be killed by anything. At one point he also met the galactic conqueror and dictator Mongul on his planet-like weapon, the Warworld, where Lobo witnessed a large amount of the White Martian species, gathered from across the Multiverse, which was previously thought to be extinct. Sometime later, he was hired by an unknown client to take out the last known Kryptonian in the universe, who resided on planet Earth in Sector 2814, so Lobo took his Spacehog and set off to Earth.
Video games
- In Injustice: Gods Among Us, Lobo appeared as a playable character in the fighting video game where he was introduced in DLC and was voiced once again by actor David Sobolov.
- In DC Unchained, Lobo appeared as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game.
Appearances
- Omega Men v1: (1983)
- Justice League International v1:
- Lobo v1:
- Hitman/Lobo: That Stupid Bastich v1:
- Green Lantern v4:
- Adventure Comics v2:
- Deathstroke v2:
- Lobo:
- Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps:
- Justice League vs. Suicide Squad v1:
- Justice League of America:
- Teen Titans v6:
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