Morphicius is a member of an alien race called Xenusians.
History
He came to Earth to expand a plague naturally created by his race, coming into conflict with Hawkman.
Exile
The Xenusians were a race of malevolent aliens who spread a mysterious plague that caused the victims to mutate and transforms into new Xenusians. Also, the Xenusians were responsible for the annihilation of the entire Vexaphon race.
Morphicius spread the Xenuisan plague across the galaxy until he was captured by a mysterious High Council, who sentenced him to imprisonment to a containment vessel. Eventually, Morphicius's containment vessel fell to Earth, and he spent hundreds of years in cryogenic stasis until his vessel was found by Professor Ziegler's research team. One scientist, Terrance, was secretly working for Hogarth Kane, a military official who sought to obtain the vessel for military use, opened the tomb, awakening Morphicius and released the plague. In a matter of moments, the plague mutated the scientists and turned them into Xenusians.
Hawkman arrived and killed two Xenusians until Morphicius personally fought Hawkman, absorbing some of his lifeforce. Morphicius then grew his own Nth Metal armor.
As the fight continued, Morphicius gained the advantage, until Hawkman dissipated his armor and prepared to fight him on his own, saying that he had nothing to lose. Morphicius simply replied that Hawkman had indeed something to lose, just not yet, and flies away.
As he flew across Manhattan, Morphicius lost control of the Nth metal and fell towards a secluded alley. There, he found a mysterious man who identified himself as Waker, the last Vexaphon. Although Morphicius attacked him, Waker told him that he had been sent to save his life.
Waker took the weakened Morphicius to the Non-Lethal Alternative Studios building, where Kane's research team began performing experiments on him. Kane eventually decided that they would get better data from Morphicius if they performed an autopsy on him, and Morphicius fell unconscious.
Later, Morphicius awoke before Kane, who introduces himself. Kane said that he was aware about the nature of the Xenusians and stated that he would find a way to control Morphicius's power and take profit from it. As Morphicius swore vengeance on Kane, Askana, Kane's assistant, performed a vivisection on him.
Hours later, the vivisection ended and Morphicius has been cut to pieces, leaving only his head. Kane ordered Askana to dispose of Morphicius's head when Hawkman arrived, having discovered Kane's involvement in Morphicius's release. Hawkman had also brought Terrance with him.
While Hawkman fought Askana, Terrance, who had been infected with Morphicius's plague, reached Morphicius's disembodied head and merged it with his own body, and Morphicius was fully reborn.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Alien Physiology
- Energy Absorption: Morphicius can absorb the energy from his victims, transforming them into Xenusians or killing them. This power also allows Morphicius to absorb some of his victims's power.
- Accelerated Healing: Morphicius possesses extraordinary healing, allowing him to survive injuries that would otherwise prove fatal to human beings. Morphicius can even survive decapitation and dismemberment.
- Infection
- Fangs
- Wings
Weaknesses
Trivia
- Morphicius was one of many characters who was introduced into the DCnU (formerly known as DCU) after the 2011 relaunch.
Related
- 4 Appearances of Morphicius (Prime Earth)
- 3 Images featuring Morphicius (Prime Earth)
- Quotations by or about Morphicius (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Morphicius (Prime Earth)
Footnotes
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