Who Is Veridium? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Veridium is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of David Magnus, with over 29 comic issue appearances. Veridium, used to be just a hallucination of Will Magnus' psyche, now through a botched experiment his evil brother David Magnus became a very real threat.

Who is Veridium?

When Gold of the Metal Men was killed on a mission with the team, Will "Doc" Magnus was mortally wounded. He decided to transfer his own consciousness into a robotic body made of an alien alloy. In this form, he called himself Veridium. Like the other Metal Men, he had enhanced strength and durability. Unique to him, he could also absorb energy and heat and redirect it to his will. After a few missions with the team, Doc Magnus found that he had an opportunity to become human again, but, it would cost him his powers. Longing for his old life, Doc put his mind into a cloned body of the original. Some time later, Will was recruited by his brother David (who had found a time machine in the ruins of Oolong Island ) in an attempt to recover an artifact known as the Wheel of the World .

Key facts

Veridium is of cyborg origin and first appeared in "It's My Party and I'll Fight if I Want To". The character is published by DC Comics. With 29 recorded issue appearances, Veridium ranks among the most featured characters in comics.