- Charybdis (comics)
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caption = Charybdis
comic_color = background:#8080ff
character_name = Charybdis
real_name = Charybdis
publisher =DC Comics
debut = "Aquaman (Vol.5) " #1
creators =
alliance_color = background:#c0c0ff
alliances =Secret Society of Super Villains
The Seven Seas
aliases = Piranha-Man
powers =Charybdis also known as Piranha-Man is a Super-villain in
DC Comics .Citation | last = Greenberger | first = Robert | author-link = Robert Greenberger | contribution = Charybdis | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia | pages = 78 | publisher =Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4119-5 | oclc = 213309017]Fictional character biography
Charybdis and his wife Scylla were international terrorists who took code names after monsters in
Greek mythology . Scylla was killed when a bomb she had been holding exploded. The grief drove her husband insane. He was next seen wielding inexplicable metahuman powers and carrying a grudge againstAquaman . Charybdis beat Aquaman in battle and strapped his unconscious form to a device that transferred all his powers to Charybdis. (It was during this battle that Aquaman lost his hand.) Charybdis, not yet having mastered Aquaman's ability to communicate with fish, fell into a pool of deadly piranha, and absorbed their spirit, transforming himself into Piranha Man. Aquaman ultimately defeated this new incarnation of his enemy.In "
Infinite Crisis ", Charybdis became a member of theSecret Society of Super Villains .Powers and abilities
Piranha Man has super human strength, agility, endurance, gills, sharpened teeth and can use them as a weapon. He can absorb the abilities of other super humans, and breathe in water as well as on land and able to control sea life. He is also resistant to cold.
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