Negative Man

Man in the Shell…

Larry Trainor was a test pilot for the government testing a plane that could travel in low Earth orbit above the atmosphere when his plane went into a massive radiation storm.  Larry’s plane shorted out and the radiation changed him permanently.  When the plane crashed, Larry’s body was glowing with burning radiation.

It took Niles Caulder’s genius to perfect special bandages that could keep Larry’s radiation shielded from others while he was still able to move around.  However Larry’s trip to the stars led to an interesting side effect.  Larry now was in possession of an astral form of negative energy that can leave his body.

This Negative Man form can fly and uses radiation touch to attack its opponents, however when this form leaves Larry’s body, his physical form goes unconscious and is unprotected.

Like the rest of the Doom Patrol, Larry met his end when the Doom Patrol was killed by General Zahl.

First Appearance

Created By:  Arnold Drake, Bob Haney, & Bruno Premiani

Powers

Negative Man has no special powers in his physical form, but when he releases his astral form, he does.

Astral Form - Negative Man has an astral form that comes out of his body.

Energy Absorption - Negative Man can absorb different forms of energy and exude it out as the signature negative energy.

Flight - Negative Man’s astral form is capable of flight, Negative Man’s physical body is not.

Phasing - Negative Man’s astral form can pass through solid objects.

Radiation Touch - Negative Man’s form gives off a damaging radiation attack.

Vulnerabilities

Negative Man is a normal man with normal vulnerabilities.

Defenseless - Negative Man’s physical form is unconscious when his astral form leaves his body.

Time Limit - Negative Man’s astral form can only be gone for a minute before he begins to fall into a complete coma and then would die.  This time limit has been lengthened over time.

Skills

Pilot - Larry is a skilled pilot.

Equipment

Bandages/Suit - Larry wears a special suit and bandages on his normally exposed skin to keep his radiation from leaking out and from keeping people from seeing his now translucent appearance.