The Art of the Brain-Flick
Whoa! Now that's a power I didn't know Lobo possessed. Apparently, during his first appearance in The Omega Men, he displayed superhuman finesse by flicking an alien's nose, thereby BLASTING HIS BRAIN OUT THE BACK OF HIS SKULL.
Cool.
Add this to the wide variety of other superhuman skills and Lobo seems pretty much unbeatable. Chief amongst these powers has got to be his ability to regenerate. And no, we're not talking Wolverine level regeneration here. We're talking the ability to completely regenerate from a DROP OF BLOOD.
Lobo also seems to possess mad street-fighting skills, enough to take on powerhouses like Superman, Despero or even Darkseid and win. Opponent's Invulnerable? Means nothing to the 'Bo. He's made Kryptonians bleed on occasion, like so:
Another ability of The Main Man seems to be the power to circumvent a GREEN LANTERN'S POWER RING. 'Bo attributes this power to the fact that the Lanterns' rings work on Willpower, and apparently no one can match him for Willpower. So why not sign Lobo up for the Corps, Guardians?
Oh, my bad. He was once a GL, briefly, though if I remember correctly, he stole the ring.
But Lobo's weirdest power has got to be his ability to track prey ACROSS GALAXIES, like some kind of cosmic bloodhound. How does this work? Absolutely no idea. This is comics, remember?
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Lobo's first appearance in Omega Men #3, June 1983. He was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen. |
Anyhow, Lobo's most frightening power has got to be that little old Brain Flick he exhibited way back in the 1980's, when comics were still bronze and insanity was the norm. Just reflect on this for a moment: A big grotesquely muscled Czarnian walks over to you and nonchalantly flicks your nose...then BOOM! It's bye-bye brain. Even the SFX accompanying the act insults you at the moment of death. "Twit!"
So respect the 'Bo, or something horrible might happen to you, courtesy of a Czarnian digit.
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