Gangbuster (comics)

Gangbuster
Gangbuster Art by Tom Grummett
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	As Jose Delgado: Adventures of Superman #428 (May 1987) As Gangbuster: Adventures of Superman #434 (November 1987)
Created by	Marv Wolfman (writer) Jerry Ordway (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Jose Delgado
Team affiliations	S.T.A.R. Labs
Supporting character of	Superman
Abilities	Skilled boxer and martial artist Cybernetic enhancement implants in his legs

Gangbuster is a comic book fictional character, a DC Comics superhero. He first appeared as Jose Delgado in Adventures of Superman #428 (May 1987), and as Gangbuster in Adventures of Superman #434 (November 1987). He was created by Marv Wolfman and Jerry Ordway.

Jose Delgado grew up in the Metropolis area known as Suicide Slum. As he grew older he became a skilled boxer. He went into teaching and ended up as a high school teacher in Metropolis. He became a mentor to Jerry White (the son of Perry White). When Lex Luthor enlisted youth gangs into organized crime under his control, Jose adopted the identity of Gangbuster to deal with the threat posed to the teenagers in his community.

Jose Delgado suffered a spinal injury while saving Lois Lane's life during a fight with a creature called Combattor (Ironically, Luthor had secretly created Combattor with the intention of framing Superman for the damage caused in Combattor's rampage, but Gangbuster's efforts not only contained Combattor but caused him to collapse when the implants that gave him his strength had negative consequences on his health). Delgado was hospitalized and talked into retiring by Cat Grant. He recovered the ability to walk with the assistance of a LexCorp cybernetic implant, similar to the implant later used on Maximum from the Supermen of America.

Delgado later discovered someone else was masquerading as Gangbuster, and using much more violent methods. This turned out to be an amnesiac Superman, who was suffering from a nervous breakdown after a fight with Brainiac.