Lawrence Chin (New Earth)

Combattor
Mainstream Universe‎, 1986‎-2011‎
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Real Name	Lawrence Henry Chin
Main Alias	Combattor
Other Aliases	Synapse
Affiliation	Employee of Lex Luthor
Base Of Operations	Metropolis
Status
Alignment	Bad
Citizenship	American
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Origin
Universe	New Earth
Creators	Marv Wolfman · Jerry Ordway
First Appearance	Adventures of Superman #427 (April, 1987)
Appearance of Death	Adventures of Superman #437 (February, 1988)

Lawrence Chin was turned into Combattor by Lex Luthor.

History

Superman's first encounter with Combattor was not actually in real life, but rather in an illusion-like dream created by Prann of the Circle. In this illusion, he was referred to by the name of "Synapse," and he teamed up with Lex Luthor, Bizarro and Metallo to fight Superman.

Superman's real life encounter with Combattor came at a later date. Luthor's intention was that Combattor would engage Superman in battle and prove Luthor's point about the dangers of superhumans by causing significant collateral damage in their fight. However, his plan went wrong when Combattor's attempt to use Lois Lane as a hostage to draw Superman out for a fight instead pitted him against Gangbuster, who managed to prevent him from injuring any of the observers until he was able to hit Combattor with a taser. The shock of the weapon, combined with the strain on his health caused by the implants that gave him his strength, caused Combattor to suffer a heart attack and collapse.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Cybernetic Enhancement

Related

• 2 Appearances of Lawrence Chin (New Earth)
• 1 Images featuring Lawrence Chin (New Earth)
• Quotations by or about Lawrence Chin (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Lawrence Chin (New Earth)

Footnotes

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