General Hardcastle (DCAU)

Hardcastle (first name unrevealed)
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Real Name	Hardcastle (first name unrevealed)
Affiliation	Project Achilles, Project Cadmus
Status
Alignment	Neutral
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Occupation	General in the United States military
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	DCAU
Creators	Paul Dini · Rick Burchett
First Appearance	Superman Adventures #1 (November, 1996)
Appearance of Death	"Fearful Symmetry" (September 4, 2004)

History

Hardcastle was an alien hating member of the United States Military, who was involved with several big name projects, including the Z-8 Combat drones, the original predecessors to Zeta. When Darkseid attacked Earth, having mind controlled Superman, into thinking he was actually the adopted son of Darkseid, Hardcastle was among the soldiers who defended the planet. One of his shots actually hospitalized Supergirl.

After this event, Hardcastle retired and tried to fade into obscurity. However years later Supergirl, Question, and Green Arrow actively sought out Hardcastle after a series of Z-8 robots attacked the trio when they were looking into Supergirl's bizarre assortment of nightmares. Reluctantly, Hardcastle told them what he knew. For years, long before the Justice League was first formed, an organization was formed to keep an eye out for the heroes, should they turn rouge. Among their work included Volcana and the original Royal Flush Gang. After their interrogation, Hardcastle is killed by Galatea as a means of tying up loose ends.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Military Protocol

Notes

• General Hardcastle was voiced by Charles Napier.

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