Who Is Van-Zee? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Van-Zee is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 62 comic issue appearances. Van-Zee was Superman's cousin who lived in Kandor and the second Nightwing.

Who is Van-Zee?

Van-Zee is the son of Nim-Zee ( Superman #151 ), and he was a native born Kandorian and a surviving cousin of Superman in the pre-Crisis history. Van used the enlarging ray of a scientist Zak-Kul to grow to normal size and leave the city. While on Earth he fell in love with Lois Lane but backed out after he realized that his cousin was in love with her. However, he met a earth woman named Sylvia Dewitt who greatly resembled Lois; the two fell in love and married. Van and Sylvia lived on the planet of Venus where the two had children, a son named Lyle and a daughter named Lili. In Kandor , Van was always something of a hero to Kandor and started using the name, costume, and equipment of Nightwing and with his assistant Ak-Var who became the new Flamebird the two battled crime in Kandor as a crime fighting duo. Due to the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths , Van, his family, and life as Nightwing were erased from DC continuity. Convergence Van-Zee is killed during the events of Convergence.

Key facts

Van-Zee is of alien origin and first appeared in "The Super-Family of Steel!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 62 recorded issue appearances, Van-Zee ranks among the most featured characters in comics.