Who Is Eraser? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Eraser is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Unknown, with over 13 comic issue appearances. The Eraser is an enemy of the Shield. He is sometimes considered the character’s arch nemesis.

Who is Eraser?

Character History The Eraser is a criminal scientist and a masked hit man, he always promises to “rub out” the targets he was hired to kill. In the late forties he was hired by a mob boss to kill The Shield. The Eraser was successful and efficient; he managed to turn the famous hero into a stone statue with an “ion ray”, a device of his own creation. This event led Bill Higgins, the son of the first Shield, to take up his father’s moniker and become the new Shield, swearing to get revenge on The Eraser for his father’s petrification. Bill tracks the Eraser down and defeats him, imprisoning him in another dimension, where he would remain for over a decade. Eventually the Eraser escaped from his imprisonment in the alternate dimension, but was amnesic, unable to remember anything. Later the Brain Emperor (a long-time foe of the Mighty Crusaders, who was out to kill the super team) used his telepathic powers to restore The Eraser’s memory. The Eraser once again resumes his career as a super villain, incorporating “dimensional transporters” into his gloves, which let him literally “erase” objects by transporting them to another dimension.

Key facts

Eraser is of human origin and first appeared in "The Mighty Crusaders vs. The Brain Emperor". The character is published by DC Comics. With 13 recorded issue appearances, Eraser ranks among the most featured characters in comics.