Who Is The Drummer? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

The Drummer is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of , with over 46 comic issue appearances. The Drummer is one of the three members of Planetary. He is a technopath who was saved by the team as a child and works with them now to fight against The Four.

Who is The Drummer?

The Drummer Very little is known about The Drummer. What is known is that he was one of several computer-savvy children kidnapped and manipulated by Randall Dowling of The Four , who was attempting to guide the future of the internet. Most of those children died during a raid by the Planetary * field team, but the young boy was saved by Jakita Wagner . At this point he wielded his ability to see and manipulate information to disable and destroy Dowling's computer systems. His powers appear to be inborn, a natural human mutation. Randall Dowling had every living relative of The Drummer killed to prevent anyone else from inheriting The Drummer's powers. He joined the Planetary field team and became their technologist. Some have remarked that he is insane, which may be true; he sees the world as a series of information patterns.

Key facts

The Drummer is of human origin and first appeared in "Planetary: "Nuclear Spring".". The character is published by DC Comics. With 46 recorded issue appearances, The Drummer ranks among the most featured characters in comics.