Roderick Rose (New Earth)

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Contents 1 History 2 Powers and Abilities 2.1 Powers 2.2 Strength level 3 See Also 4 Links and References 4.1 Footnotes

History

An entomologist named Roderick Rose, the Hellgrammite, subjected himself to a mutagenic process that transformed him into a grasshopper-like humanoid insect possessing superhuman strength and leaping abilities, the power to secrete adhesives and weave transformative or imprisoning coccoons, and a durable exoskeleton. (Curiously, he does not resemble an actual hellgrammite, the larval form of the dobson fly.) A number of his schemes revolved around transforming others into weaker, subordinate versions of himself, leading to clashes with Batman, The Creeper, Green Arrow and Black Canary. The Hellgrammite returned to fight Superman, first encountering the Man of Steel after being hired to kill Lex Luthor. During the Underworld Unleashed event, he made a deal with Neron, trading his soul in return for increased physical powers and an improved ability to transform others into his larvae.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Superhuman Strength: The Hellgrammite is several times stronger than the average human being.

• Super-Leaping: Ability to leap long distances

• Bodily Secretion: Can secrete adhesive compound from his body.

• Durable exoskeleton: Provides Hellgrammite with added durability against physical attacks.

• Transformation (others)" Can turn others into "larvae" of himself

  Strength level

Superhuman

See Also

• Discuss Roderick Rose (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of Roderick Rose (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Roderick Rose (New Earth)
• Images featuring Roderick Rose (New Earth)

Links and References

This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Hellgrammite (comics). The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with DC Database, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Footnotes