Hellgrammite (comics)

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This article is about the comic book character. For the insect, see Dobsonfly.
Hellgrammite
Hellgrammite as seen on the cover of Action Comics #673 (January 1992).
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceThe Brave and the Bold #80 (November 1968)
Created byBob Haney, Neal Adams
In-story information
Alter egoRoderick Rose
SpeciesMetahuman
Team affiliationsIntergang
Notable aliasesRobert Dobson
Abilities

Hellgrammite (Roderick Rose) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an enemy of Superman, Batman, the Creeper, Green Arrow and Black Canary.

In the series Supergirl, the Hellgrammite is portrayed by Justice Leak.

Publication history

Hellgrammite made his debut in The Brave and the Bold #80 (November 1968) created by Bob Haney and Neal Adams.[1] In this issue, he battled Batman and the Creeper.

Fictional character biography

Pre-Crisis

An

the Creeper in The Brave and the Bold #80, and with Green Arrow and the Black Canary in World's Finest Comics
#248-249.

Post-Crisis

In the

Neron, trading his soul
in return for increased physical powers and an improved ability to transform others into his drones. In a one-shot issue, Underworld Unleashed: Patterns of Fear #1, it was stated that he had once used the alias Robert Dobson.

Although there were rumors of Hellgrammite's death as a member of the

rogues' gallery, acting as an assassin for Intergang
.

Following the destruction of Star City at the hands of Prometheus, the new Batman leads a newly formed Justice League in a hunt to track down the various villains who helped Prometheus in his plot. The team finds Hellgrammite and several other villains attempting to flee the country and a battle ensues. Hellgrammite is ultimately defeated after Donna Troy ties up a villainess named Harpi with her lasso, and then swings her into the villain, knocking both of them out.[5]

Powers and abilities

Hellgrammite is super-strong and durable, able to jump long distances, secrete adhesives, and produce cocoons for imprisoning his foes or transforming them into drone versions of himself. In both forms, he has expertise in entomology.

In other media

Television

  • Hellgrammite makes non-speaking appearances in Justice League Unlimited. Following a minor appearance in the episode "The Cat and the Canary" as a participant in Roulette's "Meta-Brawl", he returns in the episode "Alive!" as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society. Prior to and during the latter episode, Lex Luthor took command of the group, but Grodd mounts a mutiny. Hellgrammite sides with the latter and defeats the Cheetah, but ends up frozen by Killer Frost and killed off-screen by Darkseid along with Grodd's other loyalists.
  • Hellgrammite appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Time Out for Vengeance!", voiced by John DiMaggio.
  • Hellgrammite appears in
    Ben Lockwood
    into causing chaos, Hellgrammite attacks a carnival until he is defeated by Supergirl, though he kills the Graveses for appearing to threaten her before surrendering to the DEO.

Miscellaneous

Hellgrammite appears in

Adventures in the DC Universe #17.[7]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0
    .
  2. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X
    .
  3. ISBN 9780345501066
    .
  4. ^ Newstime, p. 10 (May 1993). DC Comics.
  5. ^ Justice League of America (vol. 2) #43 (May 2010)
  6. ^ Dornbush, Jonathon (2015-07-29). "Supergirl casts Justice Leak as Hellgrammite". EW.com. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  7. ^ Adventures in the DC Universe #17 (August 1998)
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