Lobo (DC comics)
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Omega Men #3 (June 1983) |
| Created by |
Roger Slifer Keith Giffen |
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| Place of origin | Czarnia |
| Team affiliations |
L.E.G.I.O.N. Young Justice Church of the Triple-Fish God R.E.B.E.L.S. Suicide Squad Justice League of America |
| Notable aliases | The Main Man, The 'Bo, Master Frag, The Last Czarnian, Mister Machete, Scourge o' the Cosmos, The Ultimate Bastich, Machete Man, El Cazadores |
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Lobo is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The Lobo character was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, and first appeared in Omega Men #3 (June 1983). Lobo is an alien born on the utopian planet of Czarnia, and works as an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter.
Lobo was first introduced as a hardened villain in the 1980s, but soon fell out of use with writers. He remained in limbo until his revival as an anti-hero biker with his own comic in the early 1990s. Writers attempted to use Lobo as a pastiche of the 1990s trend towards "grim and gritty" superhero stories, epitomised by such Marvel Comics characters as Cable, Wolverine, and Punisher, but was instead enthusiastically accepted by fans of the trend. This popularity led to the character having a much higher profile in DC Comics stories from then on, as well as starring roles in various series in the decades since.
The character enjoyed a short run as one of DC’s most popular characters throughout the 1990s. This version of Lobo was intended to be an over-the-top parody of the Marvel Comics superhero Wolverine. In issue #41 of Deadpool, a separate Marvel series, Lobo was parodied as "Dirty Wolff", a large blue-skinned man who drove a demonic motorcycle. He was also parodied in the Image Comics series Bloodwulf and as "Bolo" in the Topps Comics series Satan's Six.
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