Who Is Va-Kox? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Va-Kox is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 68 comic issue appearances. A villain of Superman, Va-Kox was a great scientist on Krypton until he was imprisoned in the Phantom Zone for creating a monster.

Who is Va-Kox?

Professor Va-Kox was once a great Kryptonian scientist. After contaminating the Great Krypton Lake with his life force formula, a lizard-like, multi-headed monster was born out of the lake. Due to this crime, he was banished to the Phantom Zone before Krypton was destroyed. Vowing revenge for his imprisonment by threatening to unleash more monsters, Va-Kox waited in the Phantom Zone for the right time to escape. That time drew nearer as electrical ions of the Aurora Borealis created a hole in the Phantom Zone that led to Earth. Professor Va-Kox and other Phantom Zone prisoners waited for the hold between dimensions to become large enough for them to escape. Unfortunately for them, Superman , Supergirl , Mon-El , and Krypto became aware of the situation and used their combined X-ray vision to burn up the Aurora Borealis, which destroyed the link between the dimensions and closed the hole, foiling the escape attempt.

Key facts

Va-Kox is of alien origin and first appeared in "The Babe of Steel!; The Strange Bodies of Supergirl!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 68 recorded issue appearances, Va-Kox ranks among the most featured characters in comics.