Amazo
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Real Identity: Amazo
Appearances (Comics): The Ones Who Fell To Earth Part One, The Ones Who Fell To Earth Part Two, The Ones Who Fell To Earth Part Three, The Ones Who Fell To Earth Part Four, The Ones Who Fell To Earth Part Five, and The Ones Who Fell To Earth Finale
Powers/Skills: Power Absorption
Voiced By: Not Applicable
A series of robots were created by the Kryptonian Empire to terraform planets and create clones of Krypton. They absorbed planets, warped them, and killed them. The stolen energy they stored was transferred to planet-destroying weapons. One of these robots awakened on a Kryptonian ship and the first thing he saw was stars. But something was wrong with him. The robot woke in laboratory at Ivo Tower some years later. Dr. Ivo and Lex Luthor believed he was a mistake and was not supposed to think. They decided to scrap him. Before that could happen, Team Seven covertly cleaned up the laboratory while the Parasite demonstration went off the rails. Amazo was among what was taken to Mt. Simonson Base. He was experimented on and felt excruciating pain. Despite his pleas for them to stop, they continued.
Before Christmas, Amazo escaped from its chamber in the Mt. Simonson Base and began causing buildings around Metropolis to become dangerously unstable. It eventually came upon the Daily Planet. Superman used his heat vision to fix the Planet and noticed two handprints. He caught up with Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane, who saw a path melted through the snow. They followed the path into the sewers. Superman heard something and raced ahead. Amazo came up behind Superman and they soon burst through the street above. Amazo touched a building and it came apart. A little girl was almost crushed by debris but Superman saved her. Superman yelled at it to stop then realized it agained super-strength after it touched him. He then recognized it looked like the Parasite suit and thought Dr. Ivo was in it but feared it was someone else who had no idea the technology was flawed and caused out-of-control aggression in the person wearing the suit. Amazo showed part of its robotic face. Agent DuBois and two military helicopters surrounded Superman and Amazo in the middle of their fight.
DuBois ordered Superman to stand back and that it was a matter for the U.S. military. They continued fighting. Amazo flew up and fired heat vision at one of the helicopters but Superman took the blast to the chest. He countered its punch with his own punch and realized it was learning how to use his powers in addition to adsorbing them. Amazo punched him so hard he went flying backward through the giant Parasite. Superman grabbed it from behind and it tried to say something. Superman's bio-electric aura manifested and he prepared to take it out with a definitive punch. He stopped just short when he heard Amazo ask him to save it. DuBois blasted it with a green laser and took it offline. DuBois repeated himself one last time to stand down and clarified the matter did not concern him and the robot was the property of the United States of America. Superman relayed that he spoke to him. DuBois stated "he" was an it, a robot mech-suit prototype that had no speech program or artificial intelligence. DuBois declined to answer any questions and the helicopter escort left with Amazo confined in a container.
Superman saw a kindred spirit in Amazo: someone who was terrified of being hurt and of hurting others and scared of who he was. Amazo was examined by Team Seven's Dr. Killgrave and his team of scientists. The process was torturous for Amazo. Five days before Christmas, its screams set Killgrave off and he yelled for someone to turn down its vocal processor. Someone did. He asked if that was so hard then lamented the fact that Dr. Ivo went nuts because they had no idea how he built Amazo's artificial intelligence or why its absorption mechanics worked differently than the prototype Parasite suits. A scientist added Task Force X was dragging its feet in handing over information. Killgrave expressed contempt for them and thanked God that Checkmate pulled in Team Seven rather than letting "jarheads" prod delicate alien technology. Elsewhere on the base. Agent Wilson detonated several explosives and rocked the base in order to make Team Seven look weak to Checkmate.
In the confusion, Lois Lane sealed herself, Clark Kent, and Amazo in the lab. Kent removed Amazo from its restraints and told it he was a friend of Superman. Agent DuBois and Wilson's battle spilled over into the room where Amazo was being held. He saw Amazo and Clark Kent and reckoned he now had to two messes to fix. Jimmy Olsen managed to relocate several explosives onto the tower where the Red Sun Omega Field was being generated from. Wilson triggered them thinking they would blow open his exit but the tower was blown up and the field went down. DuBois ordered all units to fall back and repair the red sun field. He then activated the White Pawn Override program in Amazo. It acknowledged the command. DuBois ordered it to target all non-Team Seven members. It charged Wilson despite its desire not to hurt anyone. Wilson dodged its slash. With the field down, Clark Kent's powers returned and he ran Lois Lane outside with super speed then went back for Amazo and pointed out they had no idea how its A.I. worked and it was stronger than their program. DuBois ordered Amazo to finish its mission. Amazo grabbed his laser rifle, blasted a hole in the ceiling, and flew out.
Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen took Amazo to the latter's apartment. Amazo was curious about everything and broke a lot of things. It inquired what it was holding. Lane told him it was mug. He pronounced "mug." Olsen asked why they had to bring Amazo to his place. She asked if he had any better ideas. He suggested her place. She pointed out his was closer then noted his heating was intense. Olsen assumed the Amazo-Tech robot broke it. The robot overheard and liked the name "Amazo." It asked where Superman was. Lois informed Amazo they were going hide it then go back for Superman. To their suprise, Kent was at the door. While Kent told them there were no security measures against Superman at Stryker's Island Penitentiary, Amazo ripped the sink handle off and asked what it was. Kent answered. Amazo pronounced "sink" and stated he never saw anything like their apartment before. He recalled he awoke in a laboratory and there were people who thought he was a mistake, not supposed to think, and needed to be scrapped then new people took him and hurt him. Kent promised no one will ever hurt him again.
Lois Lane thought of hiding Amazo at the Area 52 facility in the Metropolis National Forest. Kent rushed back to Stryker's to avoid being found out. Ma & Pa Kent happened to arrive at the apartment with pie. Olsen remembered he set up the surprise visit for Christmas. While holding a plunger, Amazo asked what a pie was. Ma & Pa Kent were speechless. They piled into the Kent's van and headed east on the Metropolis Bay Bridge. Amazo hid under a blanket. While stuck in traffic, Amazo informed Olsen he could slow down his absorption ability if he concentrated but could not completely turn it off. He likened it to a human breathing. Dr. Killgrave traced Amazo's heat signature to the middle of the bridge in the eastbound lane. Team Seven conducted a search of every vehicle on the bridge in search of Amazo. Superman and Agent DuBois battled arguing if Amazo was a person or a weapon, no more alive than a computer. He wondered what sort of people Kryptonians were to create a computer that could feel pain. He stated there was a threat on the bridge, a robot made of alien technology.
Amazo began to lose control out of fear of being taken back to the laboratory and hurt. They tried to get him to calm down. Amazo began to absorb everything around him. Damaged vertical suspenders began to snap and the bridge started to collapse. Superman held the bridge up from underneath and used heat vision to try to repair some damage. They managed to slip away on foot without being detected and entered the Metropolis National Forest. Superman caught up to them just as the Area 52 facility came into sight. Amazo apologized to Superman and stated he had control of himself again. Superman told him it was all right and he would be safe inside. They were unaware that Task Force X set up a security feed at the facility. Amanda Waller dispatched Agent Wilson go hunt them down. Checkmate gave DuBois 24 hours to retrieve Amazo. Three days before Christmas, Amazo absorbed the properties of tinsel and the tree decorated by the Kents. Amazo did not understand the function of tinsel and asked if it would keep them safe.
Pa Kent explained tinsel was decoration and this time of year had a lot of holidays. Amazo keyed on "holidays." Ma Kent explained they were little rituals humans did to celebrate the season and decorating made their son happy as well as celebrating family. Amazo recognized the term as those biologically related by genetic material and recalled Lane told him about it. Pa Kent added they adopted Clark but he was still family. He admitted their life became more full the day Clark fell to Earth and their family grew for the better with each person he brought in like Olsen and Lane. Amazo asked if he asked him to do that. Pa Kent explained that was who Clark was. Amazo contended it was behavior within parameters he set out. Pa Kent admitted they did their best as parents but they made mistakes all the time and what mattered was they tried, change if you're wrong for the people you love, and hope that in return their imperfect love was enough. Amazo concentrated and remembered the first thing he saw was stars. Superman was pulled into his mind as well. Amazo remembered something was wrong with him. They were interrupted by the arrival of Task Force X. He slipped out without anyone noticing.
DuBois fired Black Wing Sweep at Wilson. Amazo stepped in front of Wilson and defended him with a steel door. Amazo refused to let his family get hurt on Christmas. DuBois was taken aback by his statement then used Bloodsport and fired. Superman countered it with his heat vision. Amazo was weakened. Superman lent his strength to the surprised Amazo. Superman they were family as far as he was concerned since they both fell from the sky. Bloodsport was fired again. They both used heat vision to force both sides to retreat. Superman believed they should move again just to be sure but told Amazo he was safe. Amazo thanked him and revealed he would like him to be his family. Amazo was shot from behind by Wilson, leaving a gaping hole in his chest. Amazo asked Superman to save him. An energy field was unleashed. Superman and DuBois were pulled into Amazo's memories. DuBois attacked Superman with Kryptonite blasts. DuBois continued to argue Amazo was not a person and it trapped them in a hologram.
Amazo sensed his earliest memory and accessed it. Team Seven lost contact with DuBois over comms. Amazo realized there were several of him. DuBois quipped invaders never come alone. Amazo claimed he would not harm others. DuBois asked why he was fusing with them and the ground if he would not harm. Superman cut him off and reminded him what matters was what he wanted. Amazo wanted to know why he was created and what they wanted him to do. He realized they were deployed to distant planets to terraform them to make them into clones of Krypton. He watched in horror as their stolen energy helped a Kryptonian weapon destroy planets. DuBois compared him to Nemesis Omega and Zero Day on Earth and believed he was going to destroy Earth, too. Amazo refused to believe he wanted to do that. DuBois repeated a gun doesn't want. Superman countered the military tried to make him into a weapon to fight their wars. Superman remembered when he found out the truth about his origins and recalled when Lois Lane told him the choices he made mattered more and he made the choice to help, not harm.
Amazo believed he had no choice because the energy it took to keep him operating came externally and even when he absorbed the least amount, he emitted too much heat and caused pain. DuBois ordered Agent Cash to ready Project Orion. Orion appeared above DuBois, Superman, and Amazo. DuBois ordered Agent Cash to fire on his command. Superman pleaded with DuBois to stop since the blast would take out Metropolis. DuBois went on a rant claiming it was worth the trade off to end the threat forever and he would go down in history as the one who took down Nemesis Omega and the one Waller and Task Force X mocked would prove his worth and be the hero the Earth deserved. Unable to reason with DuBois, Superman flew to Orion and attacked it. Amazo still retained some of Superman's powers and heard his plea to go save their family because he wasn't sure he could stop Orion in time. Amazo suddenly appeared in Area 52. Lane refused to abandon Superman since Team Seven was still firing on him. Amazo apologized and warn it would hurt then whisked Lane, Olsen, and the Kents to the city.
Superman tried to push Orion away from Earth but energy containment was reached and it fired a beam. Amazo blocked the beam despite the pain. He insisted on helping. DuBois stated the fate of a weapon was to destroy or be destroyed. Orion detected a blast obstacle and prepared to fire again. Superman coached Amazon to ignore DuBois. Amazo confirmed he was built to be a weapon but admitted he now knew he was more than that and chose not to hurt but to help. He pushed Orion into space, knocking Superman and DuBois off their feet. Orion detected a terminal malfunction from Amazo's absorption and stated a self-destruct was imminent. Amazo knew he could save everyone and he chose to be a person, not a weapon. Superman caught up to him in space. Olsen, Lane, and the Kents accompanied in a plane. Lane revealed she accessed classified files back at Mt. Simonson Base and those files included Amazo's schematics. Olsen told Superman Amazo's core memory unit was safe to touch. Amazo was still worried Superman would get killed if he touched him at all. Superman pleaded with Amazo to let him save him like he asked when they first met.
Superman succeeded at getting to the memory unit right as the array exploded. Superman was able to access the memory unit telepathically like he could with the spaceship that brought him to Earth as an infant. He uploaded his memories into the unit along with the Kents, Olsen, and Lane. Amazo found himself in a snowy landscape. Superman told him what happened and confirmed everyone on Earth was safe thanks to him. They walked to a Smallville memory. Superman promised he would figure out a way to stop his absorbing problem but in the meantime he would keep the memory core safe from the military. Amazo was happy to have a space where he wouldn't have to worry about hurting others. He hugged Superman and told him it was family, it was perfect. Amazo went to join the Kents and a young Clark. Superman wished him a Merry Christmas. The Brain and Monsieur Mallah were recruited to build Amazo a "New Non-Murder Amazo Body."