Derek Powers

Derek Powers
Derek/Blight
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Batman Beyond "Rebirth, Part 1"
Created by	Bruce Timm Paul Dini
In-story information
Alter ego	Derek Powers
Team affiliations	Wayne-Powers
Notable aliases	Blight
Abilities	Radiation manipulation Burning skin Energy projection

Derek Powers, also called Blight, is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in the Batman Beyond (1999–2001) animated series, voiced by Sherman Howard. He served as the primary antagonist of the series' first season. Powers is the archenemy of the second Batman, Terry McGinnis.

Derek Powers is a corrupt businessman who gains control over Wayne Enterprises (now called Wayne-Powers) after merging it with his own company Powers Technologies when Bruce Wayne's health begins to decline. Powers develops a lethal mutagenic nerve gas and intends to sell it as a weapon. One of his employees, Warren McGinnis, discovers evidence of the gas, and Powers has him murdered, inadvertently setting Warren's son Terry on the path to becoming Batman. McGinnis stops Powers' plans and exposes him to the gas; Powers is subjected to extreme radiation exposure to save his life, but as a side effect, his entire body becomes radioactive, rendering him translucent. (Batman Beyond episode "Rebirth") He is able to hide his state and contain his radiation with a special cosmetic skin that, over time, flakes off'. (Batman Beyond episode "Black Out", Batman Beyond episode "Shriek") The cosmetic skin begins to disintegrate faster and faster as his temper becomes more and more uncontrollable and his radiation levels keep rising.

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