Nero (DC)
Nero is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Alexander Nero
Nero started suffering from a persecution complex and delusions of grandeur that culminated in Nero attacking his landlord when he began to fear his landlord was poisoning his water. He was committed to Bellevue hospital and heavily sedated. His doctors were disturbed by the fact that he spent all day making gruesome artwork depicting graphic violence and demonic beings. Qwardians warped into Nero's cell and presented him with a yellow power ring and told him to do with it as he pleased. (Green Lantern v2 #132)
Alex Nero returned, revealed as having masqueraded as Kyle during previous issues by Hal Jordan, who confronted him for his crimes. (Ion v1 #4) Nero was presumed responsible for the massacres once thought to have been committed by Kyle. After a battle with Kyle and Hal Jordan, he was rendered into a vegetative state after being overwhelmed by Ion's power. Before he became totally vegetative, he revealed that he was forced to masquerade as Ion by an unknown group. Kyle proceeded to Oa to seek answers from the Guardians of the Universe, bringing Nero with him. (Ion v1 #5) However, when Nero awoke on Oa in the Guardians' presence, he seemed to spontaneously release a massive amount of energy, as if exploding. (Ion v1 #6) Held captive by the Guardians of the Universe, still broken and unstable but now conscious again, Nero revealed that he couldn't name his mysterious contractors. The Guardians confirmed that the same foe or foes that set Alex Nero (and Effigy) against Kyle had altered Alex's mind, expunging all his knowledge about the mysterious group. (Ion v1 #8)
The Ultra-Humanite used Johnny Thunder’s Thunderbolt to conquer the world, and imprisoned Nero and virtually every superhuman on Earth in stasis tubes, only reviving them when he needed mind-controlled slaves to serve in his personal guard the Thunderfront. Nero served as a member of the Thunderfront when they attacked the JSA, the only heroes not under the Humanite’s control. During the fight Thunderfront member Captain Atom’s shell was cracked, quantum leaping him and everyone around him, including Nero, one week into the future. By this time the JSA had already defeated the Humanite and freed the Thunderfront from his control. (JSA v1 #35)
Nero was released from his prison along with Superboy-Prime and others during the Sinestro Corps' assault on Oa. Nero hid and eluded capture before finding and confronting Kyle and Sodam Yat near Oa. (Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Ion v1 #1)
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Notes
- Nero was created by Judd Winick, Darryl Banks and Mark Bright where he made his first appearance in Green Lantern v3 #132 (January, 2001).
Appearances
- Green Lantern v3: (2001)
- JSA v1:
- Green Lantern Corps v2:
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