Jax-Ur

Jax-Ur
Jax-Ur in depicted in Action Comics #883 (January 2010), art by Pere Pérez.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceAdventure Comics #289 (October 1961)
Created byOtto Binder
George Papp
In-story information
SpeciesKryptonian
Place of originKrypton
PartnershipsGeneral Zod
Faora
Mala
Notable aliasesDr. Phillings[1]
Abilities
See list
    • Superhuman strength, stamina, endurance, speed, agility, reflexes, intelligence, longevity, and hearing
    • Solar radiation absorption
    • Enhanced vision
      • EM spectrum vision
      • Infra-red vision
      • Microscopic vision
      • Telescopic vision
      • X-ray vision
    • Invulnerability
    • Ice and wind breath
    • Heat vision
    • Flight
    • Proficiency in xenobiology and genetics

Jax-Ur is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, usually as an adversary of Superman. Created by writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp, the character first appeared in Adventure Comics #289 (October 1961). He has been described as "the worst troublemaker in the Phantom Zone"[2] and was the first criminal banished there.[3]

  1. ^ Action Comics #883 (January 2010)
  2. ^ Fleisher, Michael L. (2007). The Original Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes, vol 3: Superman. DC Comics. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-1401213893.
  3. ^ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. p. 169. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.