David Grahm (Earth-One)

Super-Scavenger
Mainstream Universe‎, 1950s-1986
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Real Name	David Grahm
Main Alias	Super-Scavenger
Base Of Operations	San Francisco, Vandyre University
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Mob Leader
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Earth-One
Creators	Cary Bates · Art Saaf
First Appearance	Supergirl #4 (March, 1973)
Last Appearance	Supergirl #4 (March, 1973)

While my gang executes the crimes I lay out for them... I establish an alibi for myself here on campus! A perfect system!

— David Grahm

David Ghram was a young gang boss pretending to be a normal student making post-grad work in Criminal Sociology at Vandyre University.

History

As part of a plan to bolster his cover, he hit on Linda Danvers.

David sustained a brain injury when he hit his head on a chunk of concrete on the bottom of the swimming pool. Blaming herself for not being around to save him, Supergirl used Kandorian brain-surgery equipment to transfer some of her brain cells to David's head to replace his damaged cells. David recovered, but he gained temporary powers due to the transplant.

Ignoring his powers would vanish soon, David created a costume with a lead mask, called himself Super-Scavenger and got to commit crimes. When challenged by Supergirl, he attempted to fight her off, but his powers went off during the skirmish. Supergirl -who had deduced his real identity- saved him from falling to his death and turned him over to the police.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Unique Physiology: Because of a Kryptonian cells transplant, Super-Scavenger had some Kryptonian powers for a while.
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Energy Projection
  • Flight

Abilities

• Leadership
  

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Lead mask

Notes

• This version of Super-Scavenger, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

Related

• 1 Appearances of David Grahm (Earth-One)
• 1 Images featuring David Grahm (Earth-One)
• 1 Quotations by or about David Grahm (Earth-One)
• Character Gallery: David Grahm (Earth-One)

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