This sample had been found by the scientist who resurrected John Corben as Metallo, powering the cyborg with the alien matter in a paranoid attempt to save the world from Superman, as a mistranslation of a message from Jor-El caused the scientist to conclude that Superman was the leader of an alien invasion force.

Luthor successfully accessed Brainiac ’ s brain and after Metallo and Reactron were taken to Kandor as prisoners of the Kryptonians who had now settled on Earth he used Brainiac to reactivate the Coluan ’ s ship that was also being held in Kandor.

Its operation was to sabotage a Waynetech research facility accomplished by infecting Metallo with a computer virus and controlling him from orbit.

Brainiac's nanoswarm body was destroyed, though he had infected the Metal Men during their previous encounter with Metallo.

Ma ' aleafa ' ak was apparently killed when Savage launched the missile, and Metallo was decapitated by Superman when he realized the missile had been launched.

Her most prominent role was when she dated small-time criminal Johnny Corben before he was identified as new villain Metallo.

He targets Metallo, claiming the cyborg's body was based on material stolen from his grandfather.

Toyman makes his final appearance in Smallville's penultimate episode " Prophecy " where he was still in jail confined to solitary, nevertheless he managed to gather a team called Marionette Ventures, an organization that works to control the water front properties composed by Metallo, Roulette, Dark Archer, Black Manta, Captain Cold and Solomon Grundy.

In addition, the backstory of Mr. Freeze was adapted from his portrayal in Batman: The Animated Series, and the visuals and / or characterization of Green Lantern, Tim Drake, Supergirl, Toyman, Two-Face, Parasite, Metallo, Clayface, and many others have been applied to their comic counterparts.

After amassing large quantities of Kryptonite, including kidnapping the supervillains Metallo and the Kryptonite Man, Lex uses it to power a Kryptonian battleship controlled through a " sunstone " crystal.

After he is caught, and facing time in solitary confinement, Tess Mercer visits Schott in jail and gives him the Kryptonite-powered heart to study which Zod and his men created to power Metallo in previous episodes.

Upon discovering that Metallo is powered by a ' heart ' of kryptonite rock in Superman ( vol.

At the same time John Corben, who is receiving his last adjustments in his transformation into Metallo, is suddenly possessed by the artificial intelligence who demands for Superman.

Bane buries Batman alive, Star Sapphire makes Hal Jordan lose his will by having some people ( including a fake-robot version of Carol ) die in front of him, Cheetah infects Wonder Woman with a poison that makes everyone she sees be Cheetah, making her fight them all until her heart gave out, Mirror Master planted a bomb through Flash's wrist that would explode should he remove it, do nothing, or decelerate, should he chose to run ( which he did ), Metallo shoots Superman in the chest with a Kryptonite bullet, and Ma ' alefa ' ak coats the Martian Manhunter in magnesium sulfite and lights him on fire.

Villains include Lex Luthor ( voiced by Clancy Brown ), Mercy Graves ( voiced by Gwendoline Yeo ), Metallo ( voiced by Lex Lang ), Count Vertigo ( voiced by Greg Ellis ), The Wrath ( voiced by Christopher Gorham ), Toyman ( voiced by Richard Green ), Shadow Thief ( voiced by Diedrich Bader ), Sinestro ( voiced by Miguel Ferrer ), Mirror Master ( voiced by John Larroquette ), and the Terrible Trio ( voiced by David Faustino, Grey DeLisle, and Googy Gress ).

Gold later tries to imprison him in his body, hoping to turn Parasite into gold, but is distracted after Platinum is attacked by Metallo.

* Mechanikat ( voiced by Maurice LaMarche ): The main antagonist of the series, he could be based on Brainiac or Metallo.

** Superboy of the Super Seven: This Elseworlds version of Kon-El is one of the " Super Seven ", a group of heroes which include Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, and a Lex Luthor / Metallo hybrid, who help humans fight off " The Horde ", an alien race that occupies Earth.

Lex Luthor returned in one episode and many other villains began to appear from the comics, such as The Prankster, Metallo, the Toyman and the criminal group known as Intergang, and the show featured new love interests for the ace reporters: Dan Scardino ( Jim Pirri ), a government agent interested in Lois, and D. A. Mayson Drake ( Farrah Forke ).

It is hinted that he knew firsthand about Lex Luthor's plans for world domination and deliberately kept it a secret in exchange for Luthor allowing him to kill Metallo ( something Batman makes note of ).

Lex Luthor teleports to the group almost immediately after Marvel and Superman leave to the Batcave, literally scolding the group as he returns Metallo his heart, telling Parasite he also gets Superman's weaknesses as well as his strengths.

The line-up consists of Lex Luthor, Bizarro, Black Adam, Calculator, Catwoman, Circe, Doctor Psycho, Gorilla Grodd, Joker, Metallo, Mr. Freeze, Solomon Grundy, Deathstroke, Brother Blood, Ursa, Harley Quinn, Felix Faust, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Riddler, the Rogues ( Captain Boomerang, Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Mirror Master ), Talia al Ghul, Two-Face, and Zoom.

As part of the continuity changes which followed The Man of Steel and Superman: Secret Origin, Luthor is shown actively participating in the creation of three Superman villains, Parasite ( indirectly ), Bizarro ( the failed result of an attempt to clone Superman ), and the cyborg Metallo.

Savage forms the Legion of Doom to destroy the Justice League, and hires Bane, Metallo, Cheetah, Star Sapphire, Mirror Master ( who had been recruited before the events of the film ), and Ma ' alefa ' ak to kill Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and the Martian Manhunter, respectively.

By the events told in the New Krypton storyline however, several Superman villains, like Metallo and Reactron, have acquired some kryptonite samples to use against the Kryptonians on Earth.

Since 2009, he has appeared in a recurring role on Smallville as Metallo.

Green portrayed the cyborg Metallo on the 9th season of Smallville.

In " Metallo ", during an investigation of Kryptonian sightings on Earth following the defeat of Metallo at the hands of Clark, Tess finds Jor-El in the center of a burnt crest of the House of El.

Brainiac ’ s robots attacked the Kryptonians, providing a distraction as Metallo and Reactron used their Kryptonite hearts to kill their captors and murder Zor-El.

Superman fights the possessed Metallo with the help of John Henry Irons.

Brainiac sends Metallo to attack Superman, but due to Superman reasoning with him over his feelings for Lois Lane, he breaks free of Brainiac's control and joins Superman in his attack.

stumbled onto Skartaris and teamed up with him to stop Deimos and his unlikely allies Metallo and Silver Banshee of the Secret Society from stealing a huge piece of kryptonite rock.

His role in the film is very similar to that of the comic with the difference that he personally kills Metallo in order to frame Superman.

McDowell has lent his voice to Lord Maliss in Happily Ever After, the Superman villain Metallo in Superman: The Animated Series, Mad Mod in Teen Titans, Merlyn in DC Showcase: Green Arrow, Arkady Duvall ( son of Ra's Al Ghul ) in Batman: The Animated Series and as the voice of a Death Star commander in a Robot Chicken episode parodying Star Wars.

McDowell reprised his role of Metallo in the video game Superman: Shadow of Apokolips and an episode of Justice League Unlimited.

In same ways they are quite similar to the Superman villain Metallo.

Other villains Superman battles in the game include Parasite, Darkseid, Brainiac, Mala and Metallo.

* John Corben, alias Metallo, cyborg supervillain and foe of Superman

He first appears in issue four as part of a group of villains sent to kill Superman ( alongside Bizarro, Solomon Grundy, and Metallo ), draining Superman's powers before Metallo exposes Superman to his Kryptonite heart.

" The Italian Capuchin friar and former metal vocalist Cesare Bonizzi (" Fratello Metallo ") stated that there are " maybe " some satanic metal bands " but I think it's an act so that they sell more ," and went to add that " metal is the most energetic, vital, deep and true musical language that I know.

The Manhunters, the Metal Men, Red Tornado, Robotman, Hourman, and Metallo are but a few examples.