FUTURE-MAN

Real Name: Andrew Warner

Class: Human mutant

Occupation: Governor

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Gotham City

First Appearance: Batman I #165 (August, 1964)

Powers: Future-Man possessed a carapace that gave him superhuman durability, and had the powers of telepathy, teleportation, repelling ray and forcefield projection.

History: (Batman I #165) - Batman met with Governor Warner, who learned that he was a mutant, and his powers were emerging. Scientists, fascinated to see the shape of a future human, were going to speed up his mutation with radioactivity, and he wanted Batman and Robin to be present if he got out of hand. Warner became the mutant Future-Man and saw himself above Homo sapiens, attacking the scientists, and teleporting away. Batman and Robin pursued him to a nuclear lab, where he intended to expose himself to more radiation to reach the full potential of his powers. He put up a forcefield that no organic matter could touch between him and the Dynamic Duo, and bathed himself in radioactivity. Batman escaped by covering his face with his cowl, and placed a chest inside the forcefield so he could drag Robin out. Bruce had roomed with Warner in college, and the human part of his brain used telepathy to give Batman subtle clues about how to defeat him. Batman shined light through gold leaf, creating a green light that disabled the Future-Man. Future-Man was placed into suspended animation, and sent up in a rocket to orbit the sun until the day came when all humanity would be advanced powerful telepaths.

Comments: Created by Gardner Fox & Sheldon Moldoff.