Metallo

aliases

(I) George Grant, (II) John Wayne Corben

Initially a one-off villain in World's Finest Comics #6, George Grant was a scientist who used a suit of armor he called Metalo. This character made one additional appearance. This character made one additional appearance in The Superman Family #217.

The Silver Age Metallo was John Corben. He was a criminal who killed a man and made it look like a suicide by wiping the gun and putting it in his victim's hand, although e neglected the bullets. He accidentally drove off a cliff, but was found by Professor Vance and his housekeeper, Edith. Vance rebuild much of Corben's body using metals with plastic flesh. He required daily batteries of uranium in order to live, but they must be replenished each day. A rockslide triggers a stroke in Vance before he can tell Corben the other possibility. Corben takes a job at the Daily Planet, and when is body is revealed to be bullet proof, shaves his mustache to pretend he is Superman's secret identity. Dubbed Metallo by the press after a series of urani…more

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	Justice, Volume 1 by Alex Ross 4.18 avg rating — 12,158 ratings — published 2006 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman – Action Comics, Volume 1: Superman and the Men of Steel by Grant Morrison (Writer) 3.76 avg rating — 8,161 ratings — published 2012 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Justice, Volume 2 by Alex Ross 4.23 avg rating — 4,424 ratings — published 2007 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman: Last Son by Geoff Johns 3.91 avg rating — 4,518 ratings — published 2008 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever Evil by Geoff Johns (Writer) 4.02 avg rating — 4,268 ratings — published 2014 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman: Up, Up, and Away! by Kurt Busiek 3.93 avg rating — 2,046 ratings — published 2006 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman: The Man of Steel, Vol. 2 by John Byrne (Writer/Penciller) 3.75 avg rating — 741 ratings — published 1987 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman: The Man of Steel, Vol. 3 by John Byrne (Writer/Penciller) 3.65 avg rating — 546 ratings — published 1987 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman: The Man of Steel, Vol. 9 by John Byrne (Author/Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1988 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Superman Chronicles, Vol. 9 by Jerry Siegel 3.82 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2011 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars