Who Is Dr. Diehard? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dr. Diehard is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Hans Leckter, with over 46 comic issue appearances. Dr. Diehard is a member of the villainous Extremists and leader of the Zen Men. He is DC Comics' homage to Marvel's Magneto and Professor X.

Who is Dr. Diehard?

Doctor Diehard was one of the villians native of Angor/earth-8 . As all the characters from earth-8, he is a doppelganger of a marvel comics character, in his case, he is an analog of Magneto . In their last interpretation, the character included traits of Professor X . History Angor Doctors Diehard First Doctor Hans Leckter was a terrorist on the planet Angor and belonged to a group called the Extremists . He had gained his powers of magnetism after capturing an experimental nuclear weapon, that once in their possession exploded giving the group their powers. Diehard and the other Extremists, except for Dreamslayer , died on the planet Angor after the group caused a nuclear holocaust. Second Doctor Doctor Diehard was recreated as a robot along with the other dead Extremists by his former teammate Dreamslayer. Once the team was recreated and functioning they attempted to take over the Earth.

Key facts

Dr. Diehard is of alien origin and first appeared in "The Extremist Vector Part One: Kings of the Dust". The character is published by DC Comics. With 46 recorded issue appearances, Dr. Diehard ranks among the most featured characters in comics.