Who Is Professor Potter? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Professor Potter is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Phineas Potter, with over 87 comic issue appearances. An eccentric professor who creates bizarre machines; he was a part of the Superman story-lines in the Pre-Crisis Universe.

Who is Professor Potter?

POTTER (Professor). A brilliant, albeit somewhat eccentric, inventor and friend of Superman who is forever creating bizarre devices which, while admittedly ingenious, often fail to perform any truly useful function, an example being his machine, invented in April 1965, whose only claim to practicality is that it "can squeeze 2,000 gallons of onion juice in an hour" ( Superman #176 - Superman's Day of Truth! ). Professor Potter is Lana Lang's uncle ( Action Comics #313 - The End of Clark Kent's Secret Identity! ). In October 1961, after an overzealous agent for the Internal Revenue Service has declared Superman delinquent in his income taxes in the amount of $1,000,000,000, Superman uses "a special growth serum" developed by Professor Potter to stimulate the world's biggest oyster into producing the world's largest pearl in an effort to accumulate part of the money he needs ( Superman #148 - The Super-Mischief of Mr. Mxyzptlk! ). (See Rupert Brand .) In April 1963, after exposure to Red Kryptonite has temporarily robbed Superman of his invulnerability and super-powers, Professor Potter feeds the relevant data into his new "electronic computer" and correctly informs the Man of Steel .

Key facts

Professor Potter is of human origin and first appeared in "The Super-Brain of Jimmy Olsen". The character is published by DC Comics. With 87 recorded issue appearances, Professor Potter ranks among the most featured characters in comics.