Hellgrammite (comics)

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character_name = Hellgrammite
publisher = DC Comics
debut = "The Brave and the Bold" #80 (October-November, 1968)
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alter_ego = Roderick Rose
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alliances = Intergang
aliases = Robert Dobson
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powers = Superhuman strength
Ability to leap long distances
Secretion of adhesives
Durable exoskeleton
Can turn others into "larvae" of himself

Hellgrammite is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in DC Comics. He first appeared in "The Brave and the Bold" #80 (October-November, 1968).

Fictional character biography

An entomologist named Roderick Rose, the Hellgrammite subjected himself to a mutagenic process that transformed him into a grasshopper-like humanoid insect possessing superhuman strength and leaping abilities, the power to secrete adhesives and weave transformative or imprisoning cocoons, and a durable exoskeleton. (Curiously, he does not resemble an actual hellgrammite, the larval form of the dobson fly.) A number of his schemes revolved around transforming others into weaker, subordinate versions of himself, leading to clashes with Batman and the Creeper in "Brave and the Bold" #80, and with Green Arrow and the Black Canary in "World's Finest Comics" #248-9.

In the Post-Crisis DC Universe, the Hellgrammite returned as a recurring foe for Superman, first encountering the Man of Steel after being hired (by then LexCorp board member George Markham) [Cite comic
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Date = May, 1993
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ID = ] to kill Lex Luthor. During the "Underworld Unleashed" crossover, he made a deal with Neron, trading his soul in return for increased physical powers and an improved ability to transform others into his larvae. In a crossover special, "Underworld Unleashed: Patterns of Fear", it was stated that he had once used the alias Robert Dobson. The special also confirmed that his Pre-Crisis history was largely intact.

Although there were rumors of Hellgrammite's death as a member of the Suicide Squad during the Imperiex crisis, it was instead a similar villain named Larvanaut who died. He has recently been seen alive One Year Later, still a member of Superman's rogues' gallery, acting as an assassin for Intergang.

Other media

In "Justice League Unlimited", Hellgrammite was a member of Roulette's Meta-Brawl, and later appeared as a member of the Secret Society and participated in the insuing mutiny siding with Grodd and defeating Cheetah. He and several other villains were later frozen by Killer Frost in the series finale.

The animated Hellgrammite was also featured in an issue of "The New Batman Adventures", which loosely adapted "Brave and the Bold" #80.

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