Bloodsport (comics)
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| Bloodsport | |
 Panel from Adventures of Superman #507 of Bloodsport aka Alex Trent. |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | (DuBois) Superman vol. 2, #4 (April 1987) (Trent) Adventures of Superman #506 (November 1993) |
| In story information | |
| Alter ego | - Robert DuBois - Alex Trent - Unnamed |
| Team affiliations | Aryan Brotherhood |
| Abilities | (All) Access to high tech weaponry in a warehouse by using a teleportation device. |
Bloodsport is the name of three DC Comics supervillains, the first two were enemies of Superman.
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[edit] Alter egos
[edit] Robert DuBois
First appearing in Superman Vol. 2 #4 (April 1987). An African-American man named Robert DuBois has a mental breakdown and becomes obsessed with the Vietnam War, after learning that his brother had gone to fight in his place and became a quadruple amputee.[1] An agent of Lex Luthor persuades DuBois that Superman is the enemy and supplies DuBois with a teleporter and weapons including bullets made from kryptonite.[2] DuBois adopts the name Bloodsport, rampaging through Metropolis, and injures Superman with the kryptonite bullets before collapsing when confronted by his brother.
[edit] Alex Trent
Alex Trent is a fanatical racist, a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist group that Perry White and Franklin Stern encountered when they were younger. He adopts the name Bloodsport, ironically used previously by an African American. He also has a similar teleporter grafted into his body, which he can likewise use to summon weapons. He is captured by Superman after Ron Troupe destroys the warehouse from which he was teleporting his weapons.
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 is organised. Trent is able to activate his teleporter, and bring in weaponry. In the resulting confusion, DuBois is killed while trying to escape. Trent is 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] Unnamed
A new Bloodsport has recently appeared in Superman comics, but little has been revealed about him thus far.
[edit] One Year Later
Bloodsport is seen among the captured villains in Salvation Run.
[edit] Other media
In the Justice League Unlimited animated series, Bloodsport (Robert DuBois) appears at Roulette's Meta-Brawl fighting Electrocutioner. He later appears as a member of the Secret Society, but is killed off-screen during JLU's series finale[citation needed].
[edit] References
- ^ Byrne, John (w), Byrne, John (p), Kesel, Karl (i). Superman vol. 2, #4 (April, 1987) DC Comics (22)
- ^ Byrne, John (w), Byrne, John (p), Kesel, Karl (i). Superman vol. 2, #4 (April, 1987) DC Comics (13)
