Floronic Man
| Floronic Man | |
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Art by Steve Bissette and John Totleben
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
As Jason Woodrue: The Atom #1 (June–July 1962) As Floronic Man: The Flash (vol. 1) #245 (Nov 1976) As The Seeder: Swamp Thing #21 (Feb 1984) |
| Created by |
Gardner Fox Gil Kane |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Jason Woodrue |
| Team affiliations |
Injustice Gang New Guardians Secret Society of Super Villains |
| Notable aliases | Plant Master, Floro |
| Abilities | resilient humanoid plant-based body with extensive control over a variety of plant life |
The Floronic Man (Jason Woodrue), also known as the Plant Master, Floro, and the Seeder, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
He first appeared as an enemy of the Atom in Atom #1 and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane. His Floronic Man appearance first appeared in Flash #245. His Seeder appearance first appeared in Swamp Thing #21.
Jason Woodrue first appears in The Atom #1 (June–July 1962). Woodrue is an exile from an interdimensional world (Floria) inhabited by dryads. Calling himself the Plant Master, Woodrue uses his advanced botanical knowledge to control plant growth in an attempt to take over the world. He is defeated by the superheroic Atom. Plant Master returns to face the Atom and the Justice League.
In Flash (vol. 1) #245 (November 1976), Woodrue uses an experimental formula to transform his body into a plant/human hybrid, with his skin resembling bark and his hair turning into leaves. Now calling himself the Floronic Man, he is defeated by Green Lantern. After a rematch with the Atom and Wonder Woman, the Floronic Man later becomes a member of the Secret Society of Super-Villains.
In Alan Moore's relaunch of the Swamp Thing in Saga of the Swamp Thing #21 (February 1984), Woodrue is hired by General Averly Sunderland to discover how scientist Alec Holland had been turned into the Swamp Thing. Woodrue discovers that the creature, instead of being a mutated version of Holland, is rather an intelligent mass of plant life that had fed on Holland's dead body and absorbed his knowledge and memories. The Floronic Man tries to warn Sunderland that the Swamp Thing is not dead, but the General refuses to listen and announces his intent to terminate Woodrue's employment. Subsequently, the Floronic Man traps Sunderland in his office with a thawed and enraged Swamp Thing, who kills the General.
In Saga of the Swamp Thing #22 (March 1984), the Floronic Man uses the Swamp Thing's body—now regressing to a plant-like state out of his inability to accept the new revelation about his origins, Woodrue literally eating parts of him—to contact the Green, which is composed of the life force of all plants on Earth. The experience drives the Floronic Man insane, and he sets out to destroy all nonplant life on Earth by forcing the plants to produce an excess amount of oxygen to force humanity into extinction, in the belief that he is 'saving' Earth from mankind. Woodrue is confronted by a revived Swamp Thing, who reveals to the Green that plants cannot survive without animals as he is depriving them of the carbon dioxide they require to breathe, forcing Woodrue to acknowledge that his actions are the actions of a man rather than a plant. The Green abandons the Floronic Man, who is then taken into custody by the Justice League after undergoing a complete mental breakdown.
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