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Lobo
A Czarnian bounty hunter who regenerates from spilled blood, each drop producing a duplicate — regeneration as a multiplication mechanic.
First appearance: The Omega Men #3 (1983), DC Comics
Powers
Key issues
Milestone appearances — first appearance, death, return, team change. These are the issues the collector market actually prices.
- First appearance · 1983
The Omega Men #3 DC Comics
Debut of the Czarnian bounty hunter.
On screen
Canonical productions only. Parody and fan work is classified and excluded — Wikidata makes no such distinction, so without it these lists fill with material that is not canon.
| Performer | Production | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Bryniarski | The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special | 2002 |
| Jason Momoa | Supergirl | 2026 |
Has appeared with
Every character who has shared a production with this one. Wikis are organised by character, not by encounter, so this question is close to unanswerable elsewhere — it exists here only because co-occurrence is recorded at the moment an appearance is.
| Character | Where | Shared |
|---|---|---|
| Superman | Supergirl | 1 |
Commonly got wrong
Claims that are widely repeated and wrong, with what the cited record actually shows. If you are generating anything about this subject, these are the errors to avoid.
Commonly believed Injuring Lobo weakens him.
Actually Each drop of spilled blood grows a full duplicate, so wounding him multiplies the problem.
The feat ledger
Regenerates a complete duplicate of himself from each drop of spilled blood, making injury counterproductive
Regenerates from a single drop of spilled blood
Barred from both heaven and hell, which is written as why he cannot stay dead
Physically matches Superman in a straight fight
Each spilled drop produces another Lobo, which the stories treat as a problem
Survives unprotected in vacuum with no apparent effort
Wounds that would kill any Czarnian close within moments
Tracks and hauls bounties across interstellar distances alone
Continuities
Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.
- Post-Crisis DC — 1986 Crisis on Infinite Earths through 2011 Flashpoint
- New 52 — DC relaunched continuity, 2011 to 2016
Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version