Who Is Dubbilex? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dubbilex is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 190 comic issue appearances. Being a D.N.Alien, Dubbilex is really a human clone with telepathic powers that has been made to look like an alien.

Who is Dubbilex?

Pre-Crisis Dubbilex started off his life as a creation of Dabney Donovan in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #136. He is a so-called DNAlien — a human clone whose DNA was modified to create an alien-looking creature with paranormal abilities, in Dubbilex’s case, telepathic and telekinetic abilities. Post-Crisis Making his post-Crisis debut in Superman Annual #2 , Dubbilex’s origins remained the same: the DNAlien creation of Dabney Donovan. Created as an agent of Project Cadmus , Dubbilex grew close to Superboy . Once Kon-El left the Labs for Hawaii , Dubbilex accompanied him to report his status back to Cadmus Labs . Although their relationship started off somewhat rocky, they became great friends. Superboy taught Dubbilex about many things of the modern world. Dubbilex gains many friends of his own while in Hawaii.

Key facts

Dubbilex is of human origin and first appeared in "The Saga of the D.N.Aliens!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 190 recorded issue appearances, Dubbilex ranks among the most featured characters in comics.