Alpha Centurion

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Alpha Centurion

Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Adventures of Superman #527 (September, 1995)
Created by	Karl Kesel Stuart Immonen

Characteristics
Alter ego	Marcus Aelius
Affiliations	Superboy Supergirl Eradicator Steel
Abilities	None. Special armor Flight, superhuman strength, invulnerability Can summon energy sword and shield at will

Alpha Centurion is a DC Comics superhero.

During the Zero Hour storyline, Superman was transported to an alternate timeline where he stumbled upon a Metropolis whose hero was the Alpha Centurion, a man named Marcus Aelius from Ancient Rome who had been abducted by aliens only to return centuries later. The Alpha Centurion went on to fight Extant and Parallax alongside the heroes of the DC Universe in a battle to save time itself. Having to restart existence with a new Big Bang, all alternate realities ceased to exist and this Alpha Centurion was no more.

Some time later, the Alpha Centurion of our timeline showed up. He too was Marcus Aelius and, like his counterpart had done before him, began operating out of Metropolis. There was initially some tension between Superman and him because in the alternate timeline, Lois Lane "folded his togas" to use her words. Marcus was very attracted to her, but she did not reciprocate (although he did turn up for her wedding). With Lex Luthor in hiding and the Contessa Erica del Portenza in charge of Lexcorp, AC was put in charge of Team Luthor, which he remodeled after himself. When Superman was put on trial in front of an alien tribunal, the Centurion recruited Superboy, Supergirl, the Eradicator, and Steel to rescue him. He had a brief falling out with the others, since they mistakenly believed for a time that he was the Cyborg Superman in disguise. After arriving back on Earth, he was publicly embarrassed by Lex Luthor and quit Team Luthor before leaving Metropolis. He was last seen in Washington D.C..

[edit] Powers

Marcus was a normal human who had been taken by aliens into space. It is unclear if he lived for 2000 years in space, or if only a few years passed relative to him. Either way, Marcus was granted access to incredible knowledge and advanced technology. In addition to his spacecraft, Marcus's equipment allows him to fly and to generate an engergy blade similar to a lightsaber.