![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He came to replace a missing-in-action Clark Kent, and held a personal grudge against the Red-Blue Blur, who he blames for his sister's death.Ĭorben has dark hair and is about average height and build. John Corben (aka Metallo) is a journalist who worked for the Daily Planet. #252 Issue is notable for being the first time ever instance of Superman directly ovepower weakness caused by green kryptonite. Corben replaced his last radioactive charge with the kryptonite in this box, which turned out to be fake, leading to Corben's heart failure and death. In this story because Corben has an uncanny and natural resemblance to Superman and Clark Kent (with the only difference being a mustache), his augmented nature makes him very strong and practically invincible, and he accidentally shielded Lois Lane from an assassination attempt, Lois mistakenly concludes that he is Superman's secret identity, a fact which he later uses to steal necessary uranium while posing as Superman and performing incredible feats of strength.Ĭorben used the only green kryptonite piece that he had to weaken Superman and steal his box of kryptonite. ![]()
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