Dubbilex
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| Dubbilex | |
 Dubbilex, DNAlien. Card from DC Superman 1st Edition, by Jae Lee and June Chung |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #136 (March 1971) |
| Created by | Jack Kirby |
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| Alter ego | Unknown |
| Team affiliations | Project Cadmus |
| Abilities | Telepathy and telekinesis, also brain blasts |
Dubbilex is a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe.
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[edit] History
[edit] Pre-Crisis
Dubbilex started off his life as a creation of Dabney Donovan in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #136. He is a so-called DNAlien — a human clone whose DNA was modified to create an alien-looking creatures with paranormal abilities, in Dubbilex’s case, telepathic and telekinetic abilities.
[edit] Post-Crisis
Making his post-Crisis debut in Superman Annual (2nd series) #2, Dubbilex’s origins remained the same: the DNAlien creation of Dabney Donovan. Created as an agent of Cadmus Labs, Dubbilex grew close to Superboy. Once Kon-El left the Labs for Hawaii, Dubbilex accompanied him to report his status to Cadmus. Although their relationship started off somewhat rocky, they became great friends. Superboy taught Dubbilex about many things of the modern world.
Dubbilex gains many friends of his own while in Hawaii. Agent Rex Leech, Rex's daughter Roxy, TV reporter Tana Moon, and Bibbo Bibbowski's white puppy named Krypto. Superboy and most of this group end up operating out of a small, weather-beaten, out of the way house. Dubbilex also helps uncover the nature of Knockout. While Superboy's super-powered girlfriend has fought villains many times, it is revealed, via Dubbilex's powers, that she casually kills an innocent police officer simply because he was in her way.
Once Superboy returned to Cadmus, Dubbilex followed and became the Head of Genetics. Although partly blaming himself for Tana Moon’s death, Dubbilex eventually found a retreat and learned from a monk that Superboy needed to move on with life without his guidance. After Superboy left the Project, Dubbilex has stayed in the background.
Dubbilex, and the rest of Project Cadmus, resurfaced during Countdown Week 32, in an attempt to help Jimmy Olsen with his new superpowers.
[edit] Powers
With powerful psychic abilities, Dubbilex is both telekinetic and telepathic. He is also capable of brain blasts, which can create an extreme amount of pain in an enemy’s head.
