Bloodsport (comics)

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Bloodsport is the name of three DC Comics supervillains, the first two were enemies of Superman.

1 Bloodsport I
2 Bloodsport II
3 Bloodsport III
4 Other media

[edit] Bloodsport I

The first Bloodsport (Robert DuBois) had a mental breakdown and became obsessed about the Vietnam War, after learning that his brother had gone to fight in his place and become a quadruple amputee. An agent of Lex Luthor persuaded DuBois that Superman was the enemy and supplied DuBois with a teleporter and weapons including bullets made from kryptonite. DuBois rampaged through Metropolis as Bloodsport, and injured Superman with the kryptonite bullets before collapsing when confronted by his brother.

[edit] Bloodsport II

The second Bloodsport (Alex Trent) was a fanatical racist, a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist group that Perry White and Franklin Stern encountered when they were younger (ironically, the original Bloodsport was African American). He had a similar teleporter grafted into his body, which he could likewise use to summon weapons. He was captured by Superman after Ron Troupe destroyed the warehouse he was teleporting the weapons from.

Some time later, in an effort to provide an outlet for rising tensions at Stryker's Island Prison, a boxing match between the two Bloodsports was organised. Trent, however, was able to activate his teleporter, and bring in weaponry. In the resultant confusion, DuBois was killed while trying to escape. Trent was later burned in his prison cell by the Brotherhood for showing weakness in front of DuBois.

The teleporter technology has since been used by the anti-corporate vigilante Demolitia.

[edit] Bloodsport III

A new Bloodsport has recently appeared in Superman comics, but little has been revealed about him thus far.

[edit] Other media

In Justice League Unlimited, Bloodsport appeared at Roulette's Meta-Brawl and was fighting Electrocutioner. He later appeared as a member of the Legion of Doom, but was killed off-screen during JLU's series finale.