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longwuzhere · 9 months

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Here are some cool Easter eggs that I found the newest My Adventures with Superman episode, “Let’s Go to Ivo Tower, You Say”. Links to the easter eggs post:

Episode 1 is here

Episode 2 is here

Episode 3 is here

Episode 5 is here

Episode 6 is here

Episode 7 is here and here

Episode 8 is here

Episode 9 is here

Episode 10 is here SPOILERS if you have not seen the episode of course:

Perry assigns our intern trio to go get interviews about Anthony Ivo. I previously mentioned Ivo's deal in the comics in this post, but we'll talk more about this version of Ivo later.

Shout out to Lois' hanbok! As a kid in the 90s my first exposure to the DC was through the DC Animated Universe. Because of the way some of the characters like Lois, Clark, Bruce, Dick, Tim, and Terry, were designed, as a kid, I thought they were Asian. Very cool to see this version of Lois be Korean.

Before Lois shows up for their black tie event at Ivo Tower, Jimmy knocks down a stack of papers and magazine and Clark goes to pick it up and stumbles upon the Metropolis Star with a cover that shows him as a kid flying 15 years ago.

The Metropolis star is a rival newspaper to the Daily Planet in the comics. The publisher makes its first appearance in Superman #9 (1987) (W&P: John Byrne, I: Karl Kesel, C: Tony Ziuko, L: John Costanza).

When our intern trio makes it to Ivo Tower, Lois spots some very interesting powerful and political figures of Metropolis, the CEO of Galaxy Communications and Mayor Fleming.

Galaxy Communications makes its first appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133 (1970) where it was headed by Morgan Edge, the then leader of Intergang. In the comics Clark and Lois does work for Galaxy communications thanks to it buying out the Daily Planet forcing Clark to be the evening news anchor. The Galaxy Communications panels here are from Swamp Thing #68 (1988) (W&P: Rick Veitch, I: Alfredo Alcala, C: Tajana Wood, L: John Costanza).

Mayor Fleming makes her first appearance in Action Comics #894 (2010) (W: Nick Spencer, P: R.B. Silva, I: Denis Freitas, C: Dave McCaig, L: Rob Leigh) where she appoints Jimmy Olsen and Sebastien Mallory as a welcoming committee for Dalwythians aliens. Like her MAwS counterpart she is obviously the Mayor of Metropolis.

Later, Lois goes and questions Senator Sackett at the party/event.

In the comics Sackett was a councilman not a senator who makes his first appearance in Superman #130 (1997) (W: Dan Jurgens, P: Norm Breyfogle, I: Joe Rubenstein, C: Glenn Whitmore and Digital Chameleon, L: John Costanza) depicted here in the issue's panel wearing a Superman costume. Sackett in the comics is in Luthor's pocket.

I am like 99.99% sure this is Lex Luthor like who else in Metropolis is named Alex, has red hair (if this is Lex Luthor and he shows up again, I'll talk about him and what I mean by this in another post.), and works in the science and tech field.

We finally meet Ivo and he is as I was hoping he'd be a major techbro tool. The way he acts in his introduction and his meeting with Clark is very much like Lex and Clark's meeting in Batman v Superman. Both Ivo and Lex upon meeting Clark know how strong he is. In MAwS Ivo punches his chest and it hurts him and in BvS you heard an audible thud when Lex knocks on Clark's chest. Very similar vibes between both scenes.

Clark confronts Ivo about one of his deals and name drops one of Metropolis' mob families.

Bobby Gazzo, head of the Gazzo crime family in Metropolis, makes his first appearance in Batman: Dark Victory #1 (W: Jeph Loeb, P&I: Tim Sale, C: Gregory Wright and Heroic Age, L: Richard Starkings). Fantastic sequel to Long Halloween, highly recommend reading both books.

After Clark gets thrown out and Lois offers to repair his jacket, we see Lois mentioning her dad, Sam Lane a military general and if the person at the end of the second part of the first episode is Sam Lane...

...and he shows up again in the show I'll talk more about it in another post. For now this is all just speculation.

Might be reading into this but maybe a subtle nod to how the words "Superman" and "pal" are often used together. Both have been used as a comic book title, "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" as I've mentioned in these posts a few times.

The show here did a very clever thing with Ivo. Normally any other media pertaining to Ivo would give the audience his power and weakness stealing robot Amazo, but here the MAwS team was able to combine both Ivo and another villain in Superman's rogues gallery, Parasite.

The first Parasite, Raymond Jensen, makes his first appearance in Action Comics #340 (1966) (Cover Art by Curt Swan, George Klein, and Ira Schnapp). All iterations of Parasite have the ability to temporarily steal away anyone's energy, strength, and their knowledge. As I've said there have been other Parasites that Superman fought, the second and most recurring Parasite is Rudy Jones, the Parasite I'm more familiar with, who makes his first appearance in Firestorm #58 (1987).

Cover Art by Joe Brozowski, Bruce Peterson, and Tom Ziuko Alex and Alexandra Allston the third and fourth Parasite (green Parasite and purple Parasite respectively) first appeared in the Adventures of Superman #633 (2004).

Cover art by Gene Ha and Art Lyon

The latest Parasite, Joshua Allen, makes his first appearance in Superman #23.4 (2013).

Cover art by Aaron Kuder and Dan Brown So yeah there are similarities between the Amazo robot and Parasite and it was smart of the MAwS team to just combine Ivo with Parasite to avoid redundancies. Besides the Amazo robot is more of a Justice League villain anyways.

Near the end of the episode, after the Parasite suit wrecks Ivo's body, he begins to look more like his recent iterations in the comics now. The panel here is from Justice League of America #4 (2013) (W: Geoff Johns, P: Brett Booth, I: Norm Rapmund, C: Andrew Dalhouse, L: Rob Leigh). Hope you all had a wonderful time checking this post out. Like I said at the beginning my other MAwS easter egg posts are:

Episode 1 is here

Episode 2 is here

Episode 3 is here

Episode 5 is here

Episode 6 is here

Episode 7 is here and here

Episode 8 is here

Episode 9 is here

Episode 10 is here

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kal8elle · 8 months

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#superman #parasite #professor ivo #anthony ivo #leslie willis #livewire #my adventures with superman #superman the animated series

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why-i-love-comics · 1 year

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Batman/Superman: World's Finest #14 - "Manhunt" (2023)

written by Mark Waid art by Dan Mora & Tamra Bonvillain

#superman #clark kent #professor ivo #anthony ivo #DC #wednesday spoilers #spoilers #comic spoilers

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mattzerella-sticks · 10 months

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LEX LUTHOR AS IVO’S ASSISTANT?!?!?

#My Adventures with Superman #he's called Alex but WE KNOW #lex luthor #and he has HAIR #if he loses his hair in this ep...#professor ivo #also anthony ivo is like a stark reject lmao #TONY IVO #IN A MECH SUIT #WITH A GOATEE

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march-harrigan · 2 years

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So a fun fact about me is that every time Peter MacNicol voices a DC character, I end up simping!

#jervis tetch #mad hatter #dc mad hatter #arkhamverse #kirk langstrom #man-bat #matsudaverse #the batman 2004 #anthony ivo #professor ivo #young justice #dc #the more you know

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mat2modblog · 9 months

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We've gone from Zilla Parasite to mini-Eva Unit 01 Parasite

#my adventures with superman #superman #Professor Ivo #Anthony Ivo #dc comics #hbo max #yes i know it's just max now but that's too generic to tag

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scienceninjaturtle · 1 year

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BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #15

Written by MARK WAID

Art and cover by DAN MORA

Variant covers by DANIEL SAMPERE and BRUNO REDONDO

1:25 variant cover by WALTER SIMONSON and LAURA MARTIN

1:50 variant cover by NIKOLAS DRAPER-IVEY

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

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The rise of Ultra-Morpho!

Years ago, Professor Anthony Ivo built Amazo, a killer android who could duplicate the powers of the Justice League. But now an even deadlier android stalks the DC Universe: Ultra-Morpho! Able to transform into any element, including Kryptonite, Ultra-Morpho can kill Batman, Superman, Robin, and Metamorpho in one fell swoop! But who created him? Who does he work for? And what has he done to Will Magnus, inventor of the Metal Men?!

#dc comics #batman #superman #world's finest

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dispatchdcu · 1 year

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Batman/Superman: World's Finest #15 Preview

Batman/Superman: World's Finest #15 Preview #batman #superman #worldsfinest #darkknight #manofsteel #dccomics #comics #comicbooks #news #dcu #dcuuniverse #art #info #NCBD #previews #reviews #amazon #DCEU

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #15 Preview: The rise of Ultra-Morpho! Years ago, Professor Anthony Ivo built Amazo, a killer android who could duplicate the powers of the Justice League. But now an even deadlier android stalks the DC Universe: Ultra-Morpho! Able to transform into any element, including Kryptonite, Ultra-Morpho can kill Batman, Superman, Robin, and Metamorpho in one fell swoop!…

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#batman #Batman/ Superman #Batman/Superman: World&039;s Finest #Batman/Superman: World&039;s Finest 15 #Batman/Superman: World&039;s Finest 15 Preview #comic books #comics #DC Comics #DC Comics Previews #Previews #Superman

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wwprice1 · 5 years

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Not sure I like them calling it DC's "Newest Hope", but Shazam looks incredible!

#dc comics #dc heroes #dceu #dc extended universe #dc cinematic universe #shazam #billy batson #zachary levi #mark strong #anthony ivo #professor ivo #freddy freeman #captain marvel #david f sandberg #total film

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longwuzhere · 10 months

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Here are some cool Easter eggs that I found the newest My Adventures with Superman episode, "My Interview with Superman" Links to my first two easter egg posts for episode 1 and 2 are here and here.

Link to my episode 4 easter egg post is here

Link to my episode 5 easter eggs post is here

Link to my episode 6 easter eggs post is here

Link to my episode 7 easter eggs post is here and here

Link to my episode 8 easter eggs post is here

Link to my episode 9 easter eggs post is here

Link to my episode 10 easter eggs post is here SPOILERS if you have not seen the episode of course:

We start off the episode with an Amazo Tech blimp crashing into a building in Metropolis

You don't see a lot of blimps in Metropolis. Gotham is usually the one with a lot of blimps flying around. If you saw the episode on Adult Swim when it premiered on air you'll know that the next episode involved Professor Anthony Ivo and Amazo Tech. Throughout the previous episodes and this one, the Amazo Tech brand is shown to set up next week's episode. After the scene we go to a break in at Stryker's Island (more on that location later) as we see one of the villains for the episode Mist...

and one of his partners...

Rough House who are trying to break out...

Shiobhan McDougal. If you know your Superman comics, you'll also know here as Silver Banshee.

Kyle/Mist is a VERY old DC supervillain from the 1940s who first appeared in Adventure Comics #47 (1941) as the arch villain to Starman. Mist's design in the comics is RADICALLY different from the show.

MAwS modernized Mist's design compared to here in these comics panels (W: Alfred Bester, P&I: Jack Burnley, C: Raymond Perry, L: Betty Bentley). In the comic Mist's power allows him to turn his body into a gaseous form thus the name. MAwS uses Mist as someone who can turn himself and objects invisible (lowkey when Mist showed up I was like "is that Luminus from Superman the Animated Series?") Fun fact in the comic, we don't know what Mist's last name is. All we know is that his name is Kyle and in the show that is what Rough House calls him on accident but at least he has a last name, McDougal in MAwS.

Rough House makes his first appearance in Adventures of Superman #544 (1997) (W: Karl Kesel, P: Stuart Immonen, I: José Marzán Jr., C: Glenn Whitmore & Digital Chameleon, L: Albert DeGuzman) where we see him rip open a door with his bear hands as a member of Intergang (more on them later).

Siobhan McDougal aka Silver Banshee makes her first appearance here in Action Comics 595 (cover by John Byrne). In the comics Silver Banshee's powers are a lot different than how MAwS does it. Comics Silver Banshee has the Banshee Curse giving her powers like flight, super strength, a death stare, and of course her signature thing, the Death Wail, a sonic scream that can knock someone into a coma or it outright kills them. The version in the show gives Silver Banshee her signature sound manipulation powers through a mask...

which kind of invokes her comic counterpart's skull face design.

Mist and Rough House break into Stryker's Island to free Mist's sister Silver Banshee (in the comics Mist and Silver Banshee have no familial connection). Stryker's Island makes its first appearance in Superman #9 (1987) (W&P: John Byrne, I: Karl Kesel, C: Tom Ziuko, L: John Costanza) where Joker arrives in Metropolis to challenge Superman. Stryker's Island is supposed to be a stand in for Riker's Island in New York even though there is a Riker's Island in the DC Universe because Metropolis is often a reflection of New York City.

The next Easter egg is the scene after where Lois name drops Waid's Cafe as a reference to...

Mark Waid, one the best writers in the comic book industry. In terms of DC work, you might recognize his writing credit on Flash with artist, Brian Augustyn (we miss you Brian), Kingdom Come with painter, Alex Ross, and Superman Birthright with artist, Leinil Yu (highly recommend checking out all three titles). He's also currently writing for Batman/Superman: Worlds Finest with artist Dan Mora, which I also HIGHLY recommend reading. Fantastic writer, super nice person if you ever meet him at a convention.

Later, Jimmy is heard screaming "back you monsters" and we see some more of the Daily Planet staff...

From left to right its Cat Grant (doing the anime high society lady laugh), who runs the celebrity and gossip side of the paper, Steve Lombard, who reports on sports, and Ronnie Troupe, the investigative journalist on the team. Their names were mentioned in the previous episode after taking Lois, Jimmy, and Clark's credit for the Superman piece.

Cat Grant make her first appearance here in the Adventures of Superman #424 (1987) (W: Marv Wolfman, P: Jerry Ordway, I: Mike Machlan, C: Tom Ziuko, L: John Costanza) as a potential love interest to Clark to shake up the Clark-Lois-Superman dynamic. You might've seen her in the live action CW Supergirl show. Like in MAwS, in the comics Cat does the gossip columns writing for the Daily Planet.

Steve Lombard makes his first appearance in Superman #264 (1973) (W: Cary Bates, P: Curt Swan, I: Murphy Anderson) as a foil to Clark Kent. Steve acts very brash and rude to contrast Clark's mild manner and friendly demeanor. Later iterations of Steve give him the mustache that becomes part of his signature design.

In MAwS, Ronnie Troupe is a gender swap of Ron Troupe in the comics who makes his first appearance in the Adventures of Superman #480 (1991) (this page specifically, W: Jerry Ordway, P: Tom Grummett, I: Denis Rodier, C: Glenn Whitmore, L: Albert DeGuzman). Like his MAwS counterpart, Ron is an investigative journalist and very level headed. He was the first to break the story about Cyborg Superman meeting the then PoTUS, Bill Clinton.

A news report on TV in the Daily Planet shows Bethany Snow of Channel 52 News reporting about the break out in Stryker's Island. The logo for Channel 52 News reminds me very much DC's 2005 logo.

As for Bethany Snow and Channel 52 News, Bethany made her first appearance in the New Teen Titans #22 (1982) (W: Marv Wolfman, P: George Perez, I: Romeo Tanghal, C: Adrienne Roy, L: Ben Oda) as a news reporter and follower of the Brother Blood cult.

Later iterations and retcons had Bethany Snow as just a reporter where she does the Channel 52 news in the back end of DC comic titles in 2013.

Freddie E. Williams II is the artist for these as Channel 52 was way to let readers know what is happening in other DC titles that they might want to check out with other DC characters reporters accompanying Bethany as seen in the promotional art with Vartox, Ambush Bug, and Calendar Man. Obviously MAwS redesigned Bethany Snow but they at least kept her occupation.

A quick one but we see Lois call Clark "Smallville" a nickname that has been used in various media involving Clark and Lois.

After news report on TV, we cut to Siobhan, Kyle, and Rough House in their hide out where they name drop their group name, Intergang.

In the comics and other media, Intergang is a world wide crime syndicate who is supplied with powerful high tech weaponry from the evil New Gods of Apocalypse, if you know your DC universe, that is everyone is Darkseid's circle. Intergang first appeared in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #133 (1970) created by LEGENDARY artist Jack Kirby.

Here in Forever People #1 (1971) (W&P: Jack Kirby, I: Vince Coletta, L: John Costanza), you can see they have direct contact with Darkseid. Originally led by Morgan Edge, later versions of Intergang had leadership change from Joe Danton to Max Danner. Post-crisis, Intergang is led by Bruno Mannheim (the Intergang boss that I am familiar with), his father Moxie Mannheim would later lead Intergang. Current continuity in DC has Bruno still be the leader of Intergang.

In the episode we learn that MAwS version of Intergang is very small time. Siobhan, Kyle, and Rough House rob convenience stores and make smash and grab runs. But maybe MAwS will move Intergang in the criminal syndicate direction in the future who knows.

After the Intergang scene we cut to Lois, Jimmy and Clark walking up to the front of Stryker's and Jimmy mentions something interesting about convincing the warden to spill on the government's... (read Jimmys quote in the screenshot to complete the sentence)

The term meta-human has its roots in the DC Universe if you did not know! The term was first used here in Invasion #1 (1988) (W: Keith Giffen and Bill Mantlo, P: Todd McFarlane, I: P. Craig Russell, C: Carl Gafford, L: Gaspar Saladino)

In the comic, the Dominators discover that certain humans have what is known as the meta-gene which grants them powers when under a lot of duress and so to test this they rounded up a group of humans and experimented on them with only 6 surviving who gained powers. The Dominators conclude that the human population must be eliminated or there will be a rise in meta-humans on Earth.

How does the government, according to Jimmy, connect to all this. is a possible nod to one of the plot points in Doomsday Clock where the idea that 90% of DC's meta-humans are from the US and they have been engineered by the government. This conspiracy, in the comic is known as the Superman Theory.

This here is one part of the back matter you can read at the end of Doomsday Clock # 5 (2018) (W: Geoff Johns, P&I: Gary Frank, C: Brad Anderson, Back Matter Design: Amie Brockway-Metcalf). Later the trio, specifically Lois, steals the warden's ID badge and were able to access where Siobhan was kept. On the ID the warden's name is Agatha Zorbatos, who's first appearance in the comics was in Batman #23.4 (2013), as the warden of Blackgate Penitentiary in Gotham

Obviously her design in the comic is drastically different from how she looks in the show. The one on your right is from Batman Eternal #4 (2014) (Story: Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV, Script: John Layman, Consulting Writers: Tim Seeley & Ray Fawkes, P: Dustin Nguyen (my favorite comic book artist of all time), I: Derek Fridolfs, C: John Kalisz, L: Rob Leigh).

At the climax of the episode we see more of the alien crystal that Superman encountered last episode from the tech that MAwS Intergang used and it strangely looked familiar. I wouldn't be surprised if the animation team were fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion especially with the way the robots were designed in the first part of episode one and here how the crystal reshapes itself like the angel Ramiel. Also since I'm at my 30 image limit here and I can't post anymore, I also want to point out that the poster that Siobhan has in her cell was a cat with the words "Believe it" over its head I like to believe that is a Naruto reference because the dub has Naruto say "believe it" all the time. I guess I'm gonna be doing the Easter Eggs and references for each episode so expect this to be a weekly thing. I hope you all enjoy my doing this If you made it down here and want to see my first two easter eggs and reference posts for episodes one and two are here and here.

My post of episode three's easter eggs is here

My post of episode five's easter eggs is here

My post of episode six's easter eggs is here

My post of episode seven's easter eggs is here and here

My post of episode eight's easter eggs is here

My post of episode nine's easter eggs is here

My post of episode ten's easter eggs is here

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kal8elle · 8 months

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#superman #flip johnson #professor ivo #anthony ivo #amanda waller #my adventures with superman #maws official artwork

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why-i-love-comics · 5 years

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Justice League #27 - “Apex Predator II” (2019)

written by James Tynion IV art by Javier Fernandez, Bruno Redondo, & Hi-Fi

#professor ivo #anthony ivo #hawkgirl #kendra saunders #DC #amazo #martian manhunter #jonn jonzz #wednesday spoilers #comics #wednesday spoiler #comic spoilers #spoilers #comic books

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thevindicativevordan · 2 years

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In your own opinion how would you rank these from smartest to least smartest?

Lex Luthor

Bruce Wayne/Batman

Ted Kord/Blue Beetle

Ray Palmer/The Atom

Ryan Choi/The Atom

Matthew Holt/Mr Terrific

Professor Anthony Ivo

Winslow Schott/Toyman

Hiro Okamuru/Toyman

Ozymandias

Well going with the ones you listed I'd have to say:

Lex > Holt > Palmer > Ivo > Ozymandis > Schott > Okamuru > Batman > Choi > Kord

My hot take is that Batman being the first, or even the second smartest guy in the DCU, is an idiotic idea born of the need to constantly reassert his top dog status. None of Batman's tech can match up to the kind of super science the other guys whip up with ease, Steel has a suit of armor on par with Iron Man while it takes Batman decades to build the primitive in comparison Beyond suit, because if that worked it would break the nitty gritty noir type status quo people like Batman to operate in. Why handicap or belittle the other DC supergenuises by making them unable to surpass Batman in scientific knowledge? There's still a way to let those guys be "smarter" while still showing Batman as being smart in a way they aren't.

Batman's intelligence should be that he's the guy who can look at anything and see how to weaponize it. Ray Palmer and Ryan Choi are the ones who invent a way to shrink matter, but Batman is the one who immediately thinks "this could be used to shrink red suns and use them against Superman in case he goes evil". That's the kind of brainpower Batman has, the ability to see an offensive use for anything, even tech that's not intended to be a weapon.

#batman #dc comics

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docgold13 · 3 years

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365 DC Comics Paper Cut-Out Villains - One Villain, Every Day, All Year…

December 15th - Professor Ivo

 Anthony Ivo had been a brilliant scientist in the field of cybernetics who was driven by a near-crippling fear of his own death. His quest to avoid his death led him to cultivate a plan to defeat The Justice League, gain their powers and use them to somehow obtain immortality. To this end, Ivo built a sophisticated android that could scan and replicate any super power it came into contact with. This android, called ‘Amazo,’ was nearly able to defeat The Justice League yet the League ultimately triumphed. It would be the first of many altercations between Professor Ivo, his creations and the Justice League. Ivo has been a member of The Secret Society of Super Villains and additionally worked in tandem with T.O. Morrow. A version of Professor Ivo has appeared in the television series Arrow portrayed by actor Dylan Neal. The villain initially appeared in the pages of The Brave and The Bold #30 (1960).

#365 DC Comics Villains #DC Comics #Professor Ivo #Amazo #Justice League #T.O. Marrow #The Secret Society of Super Villains #Arrow #Dylan Neal #cut-out #paper art #DC Villains

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dc-earth53 · 4 years

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#0018: Amazo

Age: 19

Occupation: Criminal.

Marital status: Single.

Known relatives: Professor Anthony Ivo (creator), Frank Halloran (cyborg offspring).

Group affiliation: Secret Society of Super-Villains.

Base of operations: Mobile.

Height: 8′0″.

Weight: 425 lbs.

History:

19 years ago: Amazo is created by Professor Anthony Ivo to steal the Justice League’s powers and use them against them. He is defeated by the League and stored within their trophy room.

15 years ago: After years lying dormant, Amazo is re-activated by the Key when the latter breaks into the Justice League’s satellite headquarters to try to restore his decaying body. The pair is defeated by Zatanna, and Amazo is deactivated once more.

12 years ago: Ivo re-awakens Amazo, now in storage in the Secret Sanctuary in Happy Harbor, Rhode Island, and pits him against the Martian Manhunter’s informal new Justice League. He is once again defeated.

10 years ago: Ivo builds a second Amazo, who goes against the Conglomerate, Aztek, and Resurrection Man before being destroyed and assimilated by the original Amazo.

8 years ago: Amazo is pulled out of the timestream by the Hourman from the 853rd century, and copies his time powers, briefly attempting to conquer the timestream.

5 years ago: An Amazo is recruited into Lex Luthor’s Secret Society, taking part in the Battle of Metropolis.

4 years ago:

Professor Ivo uses human DNA and Amazo programming to create a cyborg who calls himself Kid Amazo and fights the Justice League.

Ivo installs Amazo programming into a body intended for Red Tornado, sending it against the Justice League once more.

1 year ago: Amazo is rebuilt once more by Ivo, only to be taken over by the Construct and used as a general in its robot army.

Commentary:

Amazo is one of those iconic Justice League villains who has surprisingly few appearances - but in each of those appearances, he is a major, major threat. Not only is he physically imposing, he can copy the abilities of several members of the Justice League and use them against them - any one of them alone would be dangerous, but an Amazo is generally a threat that requires the entire team to take down.

Over the years, Amazo has developed from a blank slate used to do Ivo’s bidding into having a personality of his own. He’s more or less obsessed with taking his revenge on the Justice League for numerous defeats, and spends his own little free time plotting against them, although his own methods usually involve little more than brute force.

Physically, he looks kind of silly with the elf ears and green vest, but I don’t think I’d change that for the world. It’s distinctive enough to stand out from other characters, and giving him a human visage allows him to emote like a human does, which is important. The second Amazo unit, however, bore the appearance of the DCAU’s Amazo, being made out of a more advanced liquid metal in parts.

Next: Plastic Man and Scandal Savage.

#dc #dc comics #earth 53 #profile #amazo #secret society of super villains

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