Who Is Paragon? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Paragon is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Dr. J. Baines Cochin, with over 4 comic issue appearances. Duplicates and magnifies metahuman powers.

Who is Paragon?

History/Re-emergence Serving his sentence in a non-metahuman prison, luck smiled upon Dr. Cochin when a battle between two metahumans passed just over the prison and into the range of his duplication powers. Cochin was then able to use these powers to break out of prison, proceeding to build himself a new suit capable of storing duplicated powers for longer periods of time. Ready to resume his old school mission of establishing world dominance, enslaving metahumans for constant duplication, and a little survival-of-the-fittest style purging of the masses, Paragon sought out a highly powerful being whose powers he could use to accomplish his goals. Craving a little good, old-fashioned revenge for his year in prison on the side, naturally, Paragon locked onto Superman's power signature and attacked Clark Kent at the Daily Planet . After a brief battle and plenty of back-and-forth, eventually Paragon ends up aiding Superman in defeating a trio of hostile Daxamite high priests and their "weapon", an extremely powerful and large Golem-like creature of Daxam lore. The priests show up demanding Superman turn over the heretic Lar Gand (aka Mon-El, who is a suspended condition in the Phanto.

Key facts

Paragon is of human origin and first appeared in "The Supremacy Factor!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 4 recorded issue appearances, Paragon ranks among the most featured characters in comics.