Rudolph Jones (Prime Earth)

Parasite
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 2011‎-present
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Real Name	Rudolph Jones
Main Alias	Parasite
Other Aliases	Rudy Jones
Affiliation	Formerly Suicide Squad
Base Of Operations	Metropolis
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Criminal
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Bald
Skin	Purple
Origin
Universe	Prime Earth
Creators	John Ostrander · Joe Brozowski
First Appearance	Superman Giant Vol 2 #1 (February, 2020)
Appearance of Death	The Swamp Thing #8 (December, 2021)

Rudolph "Rudy" Jones was the supervillain known as Parasite and an enemy of Superman.

History

Through unknown means, Rudy Jones was somehow turned into the monstrous entity, Parasite, who fed on energy, asborbing it into his own body; he also became an enemy of the Kryptonian hero, Superman.

At some point in time, Rudy Jones became an acquaintance of various Superman villains, including John Corben/Metallo; he also met the Joker.

Years later, during the final battle between the Earth 0 resistence and the Last 52 Multiverse supervillains, Parasite and other Superman villains witnessed the rampage of Last Sun, a dark version of Superman. Metallo asked Parasite if he could suck Last Sun's powers with his abilities but the latter refused as he believed that the dark Kryptonian's energy could be dangerous to him.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Unique Physiology
  • Power Absorption

Weaknesses

• Power Limitation

Notes

• Rudolph "Rudy" Jones/Parasite was created by John Ostrander and Joe Brozowski, first appearing in Firestorm (Volume 2) #58. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Rudolph "Rudy" Jones/Parasite first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Superman Giant (Volume 2) #1 by Robert Venditti and Paul Pelletier.

Related

• 11 Appearances of Rudolph Jones (Prime Earth)
• 1 Images featuring Rudolph Jones (Prime Earth)
• Quotations by or about Rudolph Jones (Prime Earth)
• Character Gallery: Rudolph Jones (Prime Earth)

Footnotes

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