Painkiller (New Earth)

Painkiller
Mainstream Universe‎, 1986‎-2011‎
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Real Name	Unknown
Main Alias	Painkiller
Affiliation	Tobias Whale
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Mercenary
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	New Earth
Creators	Tony Isabella · Eddy Newell
First Appearance	Black Lightning Vol 2 #2 (March, 1995)
Appearance of Death	Black Lightning Vol 2 #4 (May, 1995)

What should be obvious even to one of your limited capacity. How is a trifle more interesting.

— Painkiller

Painkiller was a metahuman mercenary who became an enemy of Black Lightning after being hired by the crimelord Tobias Whale to work with the street gang Royal Family.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Anesthetization: Painkiller is so named because of his ability to anesthetize any part of the human body. He's used this ability to "shut off" a man's legs temporarily.
• Superhuman Strength

Related

• 5 Appearances of Painkiller (New Earth)
• 3 Images featuring Painkiller (New Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about Painkiller (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Painkiller (New Earth)

Footnotes

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