| Kirt Niedrigh | |
|---|---|
 Earth-Man and the Justice League of Earth as depicted in Action Comics #860 (February 2008). Art by Gary Frank. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | as Absorbancy Boy: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #218 (July 1976) as Earth-Man: Action Comics #858 (late December 2007) |
| Created by | Original concept: Cary Bates Mike Grell Supervillain reinvention: Geoff Johns Gary Frank |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Metahuman |
| Place of origin | Earth (31st century) |
| Team affiliations | Justice League of Earth Legion of Super-Villains Green Lantern Corps Legion of Super-Heroes |
| Notable aliases | Absorbancy Boy, Zoraz, Earth-Man |
| Abilities | Super-power absorption and duplication Legion Flight Ring Power ring allows flight, superhuman strength, and hard-light constructs with use of power ring. |
Kirt Niedrigh is a fictional character, a semi-reformed supervillain and former antihero in the DC Comics Universe. Created by Cary Bates and Mike Grell, Niedrigh is a former hopeful for the Legion of Super-Heroes under the guise of Absorbancy Boy. After being rejected from the team, years later he resurfaced as Earth-Man leading a group of supervillains calling themselves the "Justice League of Earth", which help to enforce a xenophobic agenda that Earth has adopted. He first appears in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #218 (July 1976), and reappeared as Earth-Man in Action Comics #858 (Late December 2007), the first part of the "Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" story arc.