In fact, Bizarro is 1 worst villain of all and has starred in many boring stories. Hey, what would the Bizarro World version of Den of Geek be anyway? Den of Suave Sophistication?
For decades, clever writers have done some awesome story gymnastics with the Bizarro concept, gifting fans with a buffoon or a blood curdling super monster. Ad — content continues below. Surprisingly, Bizarro did not start his long and strange legend as a foe to Superman. When Bizarro first appeared in Superboy 68 Oct. Like really tragic. Like tug on the heartstrings in the Silver Age tragic. Like, those tear stains will muck up CGC gradings years later tragic. The story goes that a scientist used a duplicator ray on Superboy as part of an experiment as one does.
This ray created a chalky, hideous duplicate of the Boy of Steel. The creature was shunned by the residents of Smallville who did everything but whip out the torches and pitchforks. In his debut story, Bizarro befriended a young blind girl and after it was rejected by everyone around it, including Superboy what a dick , Bizarro forced the duplicating ray to blow up, destroying the creature in the process.
The blind girl was cured thanks to the explosion so Bizarro went out a hero. Boy, would that all change…and soon. During the bygone days of the Silver Age, both Superman and Superboy faced countless strange menaces.
Between the two versions of Clark Kent, both Man and Boy starred in something like 80 books, so DC had to come up with an endless string of age-appropriate aliens, monsters, imps, and villains for its heroes to face. But something about Bizarro had staying power, so in Action Comics , Bizarro returned. This time it was an adult Superman who had to face his imperfect duplicate and this time, this once dangerous monster was played more for laughs.
The whole mess began when Lex Luthor duplicated the duplication ray whoah! This new adult Bizarro was more of a nuisance than a menace and became a craggy pain in the balls to Superman and his friends. In fact, it was Lois who managed to defeat Bizarro by creating a Bizarro duplicate of herself.
Soon, Bizarro variants and recreations would become a huge theme for the character moving forward. Bizarro and Bizarro Lois left Earth but not for long.
Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! In Action Comics vol. Now calling himself Bizarro 1, the Bizarro Luthor created had used the duplication ray to make an imperfect double of Earth. He and Lois populated this square world because awesome with duplicates of themselves. Not the case, because Silver Age logic does what Silver Age logic wants! So now there was a world of Bizarros and Bizarro 1 and Bizarro Lois even had a baby!
There was also a Bizarro Supergirl and all sorts of duplication shenanigans happening. The classic monster version of Bizarro was gone as DC now used the character to satire its own Super Family of characters. There were now Bizarro versions of just about every major and minor Superman supporting character populating the square Bizarro World, including a Bizarro version of Titano the Super Ape! An imperfect, chalk white, craggy Bizarro ape might be the coolest thing ever.
At this time, DC began to build a mythology for the Bizarros, inventing such concepts as Blue Kryptonite which, of course, could only hurt Bizarros and a Bizarro Justice League. The whole wonderful mess proved so popular that Bizarro World became a beloved back up feature in Adventure Comics running from issue to issue June Aug. There have been many versions of Bizarro over the years, some created by science and some by magical means, but he has been a persistent thorn in the side of Superman since the earliest days of the Silver Age.
Usually wanting nothing more than to be seen as the hero that his famous counterpart Superman is, he has often developed a strong hatred for his "perfect" brother. Sometimes misguided, sometimes genuinely malevolent, and even sometimes a true hero himself, Bizarro is nevertheless a force to be reckoned with.
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Plus, what does Lex Luthor have to do with all of this? Superman travels to a place so alien and strange, it could only be presented in a special 3-D section, featuring 3-D effects by Ray Zone!
That's right, the action in ACTION takes on a whole new meaning as this benchmark story takes a sharp turn into the third dimension! Plus, meet the all-new Superman Revenge Squad! But even Black Hand is unaware of the true power he holds that will connect him to the Blackest Night!
Daniel British. Libby British. Mia British. Karen Australian. Hayley Australian. Natasha Australian. Veena Indian. Priya Indian. Neerja Indian. Zira US English. Oliver British. Wendy British. Fred US English. Tessa South African. How to say bizarro in sign language? Examples of bizarro in a Sentence Amy Nell : Since the beginning of the school year it has felt like bizarro world, we are being told that science — what we think it is and everything we know about viruses — may be not true.
Amy Nell : This ruling was made with incoherent justifications, not based in science and facts — frankly not even remotely focused on the merits of the case presented.
Nancy Davis : It is definitely a Bizarro type of world. Popularity rank by frequency of use bizarro
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