El Muerto (DC Comics)

Infobox comics character
character_name=El Muerto


caption=Acrata (bottom), El Muerto (lower left) and Iman (upper left) with Superman art by Huberto Ramos
publisher=DC Comics
debut="Superman (2nd ser.) Annual #12 (2000)"
creators=Oscar Pinto F. G. Haghenbeck Carlo Barberi
alter_ego =Pablo Valdez
Base of operations = Mexico City
alliances =
powers = "Highly skilled fighter" "Nearly Impervious" "Supernatural" "Undead"
cat=super
subcat=DC Comics
hero=j
sortkey=Muerto, El

El Muerto is a comic book super-hero in the DC Universe created by Oscar Pinto, Francisco Haghenbeck and Carlo Barberi. His first appearance was in "Superman Annual #12"

Fictional Character Biography

Pablo Valdez, once a young man in Mexico City who idolized Superman, died in a crumbling building while trying to save a small girl from a hostage situation. He was later resurrected through mysticism as an undead hero. Donning an outfit reminiscent of hanging victims, he became El Muerto. In his new incarnation he ceased idolizing Superman and instead began to hate him. El Muerto blamed his death solely on Superman believing that had he been there, he could have prevented the entire incident. He was also critical on the fact that Superman did not help Mexico in fighting crime on the streets and began to do so himself. El Muerto teamed up with fellow heroes Acrata and Iman in defending the streets of Mexico city from the sorcerer Duran. Eventually, El Muerto met The Man of Steel when a girl used her occult energies to destroy half of downtown Mexico City. Superman arrived to give the three superheroes aid, but his vulnerability to magic meant that all four heroes had to unite in order to stop the supernatural menace. El Muerto has since reconciled with his former hero and continues to patrol the streets of Mexico City.

El Muerto was present at Stone Hedge in Infinite Crisis #6

ources

*cite book | first = Phil| last = Jimenez | year = 2004 | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia | id = ISBN 0-7566-0592-X (plcj)
* [http://www.dccomics.com DC Comics Home Page]
* [http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/2000-post-crisis-reviews/c-review-2000.php?topic=ann-sup12 Superman Homepage: Superman Annual #12]