Bushmaster (DC Comics)
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Bushmaster is a fictional superhero
published by DC Comics
. He first appeared in Super Friends
#45 (June 1981), and was created by E. Nelson Bridwell
and Romeo Tanghal
.
and Robin
dismantle a bomb in Venezuela
and hunt down a criminal. He also becomes a founding member of the Global Guardians
. Later, he is seen in Paris, France, assisting his Guardian teammates against a horde of Apellaxian aliens. Along with other Global Guardians
, he is brainwashed by the Queen Bee
of Bialya.
While under the will of the Queen Bee, he and his team travel to the French embassy of Justice League International. The Queen, in an attempt to raise positive public perception for her brainwashed team, sends a robot, created by a member of the Dominators
to attack both teams. During the battle, Bushmaster demonstrates the ability to blend like a chameleon
, use of a technological shield that can snap open in a moment and the ability to construct large weaponry in seconds.
The entire team ends up escaping the influence of the Queen Bee, thanks to the influence of rogue Justice League
members.
Enraged, Fain sends a blast of energy at the criminal. It kills him and three nearby police officers.
Fain would go on to confront the other Guardians, killing Thunderlord
. After his defeat, statues are erected to all the Guardians who have died over the years. Bushmaster's has him holding out a snake. Someone wearing Bushmaster's costume is seen fighting alongside the Ultramarine Corps
against brainwashed gorillas.
Superhero
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published by DC Comics
DC Comics
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. He first appeared in Super Friends
Super Friends
Super Friends is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes, which ran from 1973 to 1986 on ABC as part of its Saturday morning cartoon lineup...
#45 (June 1981), and was created by E. Nelson Bridwell
E. Nelson Bridwell
Edward Nelson Bridwell was a writer for Mad magazine and various comic books published by DC Comics. One of the writers for the Batman comic strip and Super Friends, he also wrote The Inferior Five, among other comics...
and Romeo Tanghal
Romeo Tanghal
Romeo Tanghal is a Filipino comic book artist who has worked primarily as an inker. He became well known in the industry in the 1980s for his work on DC Comics' The New Teen Titans.-Career:...
.
Fictional character biography
Bernal Rojas is a herpetologist who invented gadgets that mimic the abilities of reptiles, past and present. He helps BatmanBatman
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and Robin
Robin (comics)
Robin is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, originally created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson, as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero Batman...
dismantle a bomb in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
and hunt down a criminal. He also becomes a founding member of the Global Guardians
Global Guardians
The Global Guardians is a team of fictional DC Comics superheroes whose members hail from countries around the world. The concept originated in the Super Friends Saturday morning cartoon, in which several heroes were added to the Justice League to give it more ethnic diversity.-History:The...
. Later, he is seen in Paris, France, assisting his Guardian teammates against a horde of Apellaxian aliens. Along with other Global Guardians
Global Guardians
The Global Guardians is a team of fictional DC Comics superheroes whose members hail from countries around the world. The concept originated in the Super Friends Saturday morning cartoon, in which several heroes were added to the Justice League to give it more ethnic diversity.-History:The...
, he is brainwashed by the Queen Bee
Queen Bee (comics)
Queen Bee is the name of four different DC Comics supervillains.-Queen Bee :The leader of the hiveworld Korll, Zazzala lives only for the interstellar expansion of her species. Zazzala first appeared in Justice League of America #23...
of Bialya.
While under the will of the Queen Bee, he and his team travel to the French embassy of Justice League International. The Queen, in an attempt to raise positive public perception for her brainwashed team, sends a robot, created by a member of the Dominators
Dominators
The Dominators, collectively known as the Dominion, are a fictional alien race from the outer cosmos of the DC Universe. They are highly technologically advanced, and live in a rigid hierarchical society, in which one's caste is determined by the size of a red circle on one's forehead...
to attack both teams. During the battle, Bushmaster demonstrates the ability to blend like a chameleon
Chameleon
Chameleons are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of lizards. They are distinguished by their parrot-like zygodactylous feet, their separately mobile and stereoscopic eyes, their very long, highly modified, and rapidly extrudable tongues, their swaying gait, the possession by many of a...
, use of a technological shield that can snap open in a moment and the ability to construct large weaponry in seconds.
The entire team ends up escaping the influence of the Queen Bee, thanks to the influence of rogue Justice League
Justice League
The Justice League, also called the Justice League of America or JLA, is a fictional superhero team that appears in comic books published by DC Comics....
members.
The Hostage Situation
Bushmaster moves back to Venezuela. He is called in to help with a hostage situation at a local bank. The criminals agree that he can enter, unarmed, to negotiate. He enters with a snake and disturbs the criminals with the idea the snake might be poisonous, which allows him to defeat the criminals easily. Outside the bank, he is attacked by the ancient entity Fain Y'onia. During the battle, he is temporarily blinded by Fain and knocked back inside the bank. He lands near one of the hostage-takers, who is being arrested by a plainclothes policeman. The criminal grabs the officer's gun and shoots Bushmaster three times in the chest, killing him.Enraged, Fain sends a blast of energy at the criminal. It kills him and three nearby police officers.
Fain would go on to confront the other Guardians, killing Thunderlord
Thunderlord
Thunderlord is a fictional DC Comics superhero, a Buddhist monk who has vocal manipulation powers.-Fictional character biography:Liang Xih-k'ai, Thunderlord's real name, helps the Black Canary dismantle a bomb on the island of Taiwan. Later on, he assists the brothers Thunder and Lightning in...
. After his defeat, statues are erected to all the Guardians who have died over the years. Bushmaster's has him holding out a snake. Someone wearing Bushmaster's costume is seen fighting alongside the Ultramarine Corps
Ultramarine Corps
The International Ultramarine Corps, formerly the Ultramarine Corps, is a fictional team of superheroes published by DC Comics. They first appeared in DC One Million #2 , and were created by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter....
against brainwashed gorillas.
External links
- Bushmaster at the Guide to the DC Universe