Eradicator (character)

Eradicator is the given name of four different fictional comic book characters, appearing in books published by DC Comics. The first iteration was an antihero character appearing in The Flash series of comics. The second was a superhero (and sometimes supervillain) having a recurring role in Superman stories, and the remaining two first appeared in 2013 and 2017, respectively.

Eradicator
The Eradicator as depicted on a variant cover of Action Comics #1055 (May 2023).
Art by Rafa Sandoval.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceAs a device:
Action Comics Annual #2 (May 1989)
As a humanoid:
Superman: The Man of Steel #1 (July 1991)
As The Last Son of Krypton:
Action Comics #687 (June 1993)
Created byDevice:
Roger Stern
Curt Swan
Humanoid:
Louise Simonson
Jon Bogdanove
Tom Grummett
Bob McLeod
Dan Jurgens
The Last Son of Krypton:
Roger Stern
Jackson Guice
Denis Rodier
In-story information
Place of originKrypton
Team affiliationsOutsiders
Team Superman
PartnershipsSuperman
Superboy
Cyborg Superman
General Zod
Supporting character ofSuperman
Notable aliasesThe Krypton Man
The Last Son of Krypton
The Visored Superman
Reign of the Supermen
Abilities
List
  • Currently:
    • Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, longevity, senses, and durability
    • Heat vision
    • Wind and freeze breath
    • Solar energy absorption
    • X-ray vision
    • Flight
    • Enhanced intellect
    • Telepathy
    • Technopathy
    • Shapeshifting
    • Energy manipulation
    • Genetic manipulation

    Previously

    • Intangibility
    • Power augmentation
    • Psionic manipulation

The Flash Eradicator was created by Carmine Infantino and Cary Bates and first appeared in The Flash #314. The first Superman character was created by writer Roger Stern and artist Curt Swan, and first appeared in Action Comics Annual #2 (1989).

Adam Rayner portrays a version of Morgan Edge who is revealed to be a Kryptonian and Superman's half-brother named Tal-Rho in the TV series Superman & Lois. He eventually lets himself get possessed by Kryptonian life-forces through a device called the Eradicator.

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