A. Bizarro

A. BIZARRO

Real Name: Al Bizarro

Class: Human clone

Occupation: Farmer, former rock star

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: Ernesto Del Valle (brother-in-law) Rosmunde Del Valle (wife)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: San Latte, formerly Metropolis, L.A.

First Appearance: A. Bizarro #1 (July, 1999)

Powers: A. Bizarro was an imperfect clone prone to backwards thinking. He possessed superhuman durability.

History: (A. Bizarro #1) - Dr. Sydney Happerson of LexCorp was making improvement on the Bizarro project, and asked LexCorrp worker Albert M. Beezer to volunteer for a molecular scan. Beezer didn't see the harm, and Happerson hinted that he chose him because he bore a resemblance to Superman. With Beezer gone, Happerson checked on the clone, Al Bizarro, and found that he shared Beezer's memories. He tranquilized him, hoping to learn more by dissecting him. Beezer never got the chance, and put A. into cryogenic sleep. A lightning bolt struck the facilities where A. Bizarro was being stored, freeing him from his containment unit. He stumbled from the wreckage, trying to remember who and where he was. He was uncertain if he was Beezer or a duplicate, but upon viewing his Bizarro reflection he knew he didn't look like Beezer. He visited Beezer's wife who fainted. He revived her, and she said she was no longer married and hated Beezer, but A. begged her to talk to him. They got drunk, and Olivia decided she liked A. better than her ex-husband, who divorced her two years ago after he had an affair with an employee named Sam. A. had some memories of Dam was, infuriating Olivia, and deciding he was as bad as her ex, she shot him. The bullet stung, but he still stood, and she fainted again. A. found mail from Beezer, and decided to ask the man he was cloned from what to do with himself now. Beezer told him he recently got a call from LexCorp, and told A. to stay away from LexCorp because they meant nothing but trouble. A. saw Beezer as perfect, but Beezer said his awful decision ended his career and his marriage, so he advised A. to take his memories of how Beezer had lived his life, and do the exact opposite.

(A. Bizarro #2) - A. decided to end it all by stepping in front of an oncoming truck, but was rescued by superman. Superman thought him another Bizarro Superman, but Al thought he was being stupid, and said he wasn't Superman, but Wonder Woman. Superman made him promise not to try to hurt himself again, and A. agreed, but crossed his fingers behind his back. A. decided to either keep trying to die, or find out what living was for. A. decided Beezer chose life by being born, so he'd do the opposite, and jumped off a building, but was unhurt. After a jump from a skyscraper failed A. decided people didn't commit suicide because it was too difficult. While hungry and panhandling he met grifter E. Wilbur Wolfingham, who saw a way to earn money with A. Wolfie played up A.'s bizarre appearance, claiming he was incredibly ill, and they were rolling in begging money. Wolfie's homeless pals were jealous, and after putting a knife to his throat had A. try to rob a convenience store so they could share in the loot. A. had no idea how to rob someone, and when Guardian arrived and started smacking him around he told him the situation. Guardian chased off the homeless, including Wolfie, and told them to stop corrupting A. A. contemplated what to do next, and remembered that Beezer dreamed of being a superhero and a rock star before his dad demanded he find a more reliable career. A. decided to live the life Beezer dreamed of, but in his moment of triumph a LexCorp copter netted him and flew back to LexCorp.

(A. Bizarro #3) - LexCorp scientists kept A. docile in a tank of super-oxygenated liquid, and confirmed that unlike Teng's Bizarro he wasn't undergoing cellular degradation, and was a viable lifeform. Lex considered making a Bizarro race, and considered his assistants Eliska and Tiffany for the position of mate, but they were horrified at the idea. So was A., who was upset enough to break out of his confinement. Tiffany chased him, and peeved that he rejected her because she was pretty she shot at him. A. found a Mother Box in LexCorp labs, and it created a boom tube that transported him to Apokolips, which he thought was beautiful. Darkseid's Parademons captured him, but after determining he was not from New Genesis, Darkseid handed him over to his torturer Desaad. Desaad got little pleasure at the prospect of torturing a dim creature capable of feeling virtually no pain, so he pawned him of on Granny Goodness's orphanage to annoy her. Granny thought he was worthless, so she had one of her children warriors named Seera act as his babysitter. Serra played the Apokolute, and A. thought it the perfect backing for his rocker songs, even performing with her for the other children at the orphanage. Granny didn't like A.'s influence on her, and forbid Seera to see him, but she revolted, helping A. escape. They recovered A.'s mother box, and transported to Earth. A. found Wolfie and told him about his dreams of being a rock star and breaking hotel rooms. Wolfie figured one racket was the same as the next, so after recording A. and Seera's music he released the CD Al Pokolips.

(A. Bizarro #4) - Al Pokolip's tour made a name for him, between his bizarre songs and exit via boom tube. He was living the high life with Seera when LexCorp contacted its attorneys and had all his possessions confiscated, and him arrested. Wolfie objected, but attorney Pillich told him that as inorganic matter A. was considered LexCorp property, and all his possessions he bought with performance money belonged to LexCorp too. Seera could take no more, and after freeing A. from the police she told him to open a boom tube, and the gang escaped. Mother directed them to the Central American country San Latte, where they were met by guerilla's with guns. They learned that A. was running from Lex Luthor, who'd destroyed their country with his coffee plantations and brutal coffee company, and immediately welcomed him, asking for his help in taking down El Lexigente. A. didn't see himself as a hero, but the sister of the guerilla's leader Ernesto convinced him that he could inspire the men and prevent more wasteful loss of life. The revolution succeeded with the help of Superman, and Presidente Kurosawa and the Lexigente company were ousted. The guerilla's wanted A. as new presidente, but he knew Ernesto was the right leader. All he wanted was Ernesto's sister Rosamunde's hand in marriage. Bizarro and Rosamunde settled down on a small piece of land, and she was soon pregnant with a little Bizarro.

Comments: Created by Steve Gerber & Mark Bright.