There have been several villains who have used the code-name Parasite in DC Comics history and all of them have shared the same disturbing power of absorbing the life force, memories and superpowers of anyone they touch. The first was a petty crook named Raymond Jensen, who was mutated after being exposed to toxic waste.

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The second was a janitor at STAR Labs named Rudy Jones, who was likewise changed after a lab accident. There was also a pair of twins - Alex and Alexander Allston - who were transformed into Parasite clones by the villain Ruin. Finally, in, The Parasite was a bike courier named Joshua Allen, who changed after trying to attack an alien creature with a live electrical wire. Related: The Arrowverse version of Parasite introduced in 'Changing' had the same powers and general appearance of his comic book counterpart. His origins, however, were drastically changed from the original comics. In fact, this version of The Parasite owed more to and the movie than he did to the character from Superman.

Jones mutated into Parasite's familiar ' purple people eater' form, after attempting to absorb the powers of Supergirl and Martian Manhunter at the same time. Literally biting off more than he could chew, Jones seemingly became trapped in his monstrous form after absorbing Martian Manhunter's shape-changing powers but not the knowledge of how to control them.

Unable to reason with Parasite, Supergirl attacked him with a handful of Plutonium-239, which caused Parasite to explode when he tried to drain the energy within it. Ignoring the issues that many fans had with how casually Kara Zor-El resorted to killing Parasite in the episode's climax, many felt it was a waste of a good villain to have him die after only a single appearance. Thankfully, the trailer for the upcoming episode 'Parasite Lost' reveals that Agent Jensen - a treacherous DEO agent who betrayed the agency to join the anti-alien militia run by Agent Liberty - has become infected by the same kind of alien worm and is seen to be fighting Supergirl and holding his own.

Hopefully, this Parasite will last longer than his predecessor and remain a standard-bearer for the rest of season 4.

Rudy Jones as the Parasite on the cover of Superman #684. Publication information (Jensen) #340 (August 1966) (Jones) vol. 2 #58 (April 1987) (Allstons) #633 (Dec. 2004) (Allen) #23.4 (Sep. 2013) (Jensen) (Jones) and Joe Brozowski (Allstons), Matthew Clark, and Andrew Lanning (Allen), Dan Brown In-story information Alter ego - Raymond Maxwell Jensen - Rudolph 'Rudy' Jones - Alex and Alexandra Allston - Joshua Michael Allen Species Team affiliations Abilities Absorption of victim's, and via physical contact The Parasite is the name of several appearing in published. Each version of the character has the ability to temporarily absorb the, and of their victim. The most recurring and well-known incarnation is Rudolph ' Rudy' Jones, who is a main adversary of and belongs to the collective of enemies that make up his.

In 2009, Parasite was ranked as 's 61st Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. The Rudy Jones version of the Parasite has been substantially adapted from the comics into multiple forms of media, most notably in the 's. He has been portrayed on live-action by in and in as Rudy Jones. Anthony Konechny took over the role of Parasite in the season of Supergirl playing Raymond Jensen. Contents. Publication history The Raymond Maxwell Jenson version of Parasite first appeared in #340 and was created.

The Rudy Jones version of Parasite first appeared in vol. 2 #58 and was created by and Joe Brozowski. The Alex and Andrea Allston versions of Parasite first appeared in #633 and were created by, Matthew Clark, and Andrew Lanning. The Joshua Allen version of the New 52 Parasite debuted in #23.4 and was created. Fictional character biography Pre-Crisis. Cover to Action Comics #340.

Raymond Maxwell Jensen was a lowlife who got a job as a plant worker for a research center. Wrongly believing that the company payrolls were hidden in storage containers, Jensen opened one and was bombarded with energies from biohazard materials (which was actually waste collected by Superman when he traveled into outer space), which transformed him into a purple skinned, parasitic entity, becoming the Parasite.

Any time he touched someone, he could absorb their physical and mental properties. Touching Superman would instantly absorb a sizable fraction of his superhuman powers (it was established early on that he is not capable of acquiring the whole of his powers). On one occasion, while attempting to absorb a greater portion of his adversary's powers than previously, his body disintegrated for a period of time due to the pressure to his cells. Despite these abilities, the Parasite became depressed because he could no longer embrace his wife and children.

The Parasite made a number of reappearances before the Crisis, yet he never successfully found a means to permanently defeat Superman. Despite this, he had knowledge of his foe's alter ego and often used this to attack Clark Kent. Gaining sizable intellect from his multiple encounters with Superman, Parasite devised the means to reanimate dormant plant remains left behind from the supervillain, creating a newer and stronger version of the creature to plague his adversary. On another occasion, Parasite devised the means to transfer the powers of the hero to the young hero's adversary Davy Jones temporarily. The eventual fate of the Pre-Crisis version of the Parasite is briefly mentioned in the beginning of, where Lois Lane talks about the fates of the various Superman villains. Parasite is dead, having died while fighting his occasional partner-in-crime in what Lane refers to a 'clash of egos'.

Terra-Man is killed in the battle as well. Post-Crisis Rudy Jones Originally a menial slacker, Rudolph 'Rudy' Jones was transformed into the Parasite while working as a at a facility. Unknown to anyone at the scene, the Lord of, remembered the Pre-Crisis Parasite and manipulated Jones to become the modern version. He made Rudy think that a waste container might have held something valuable.

He opened it and was exposed to strange radiation that changed his body into the bald, green-skinned villain. Jones now had the ability to absorb the life energy of other people, leaving behind smoldering skeletons. This power was necessary for his survival as his own body is in a constant state of hunger for energy that it cannot sustain on its own. During this time, Martin Stein, one half of the matrix (Ronnie Raymond being the other half) learned he was dying and decided to destroy all the nuclear weapons in the world. This did not sit well with Earth's governments, particularly the United States, who sent the to Times Square where Firestorm was holding a press conference.

Things quickly got out of control as the Squad and the, both intent on subduing Firestorm, fought one another, and the Parasite (who was brought on the mission against the protests of both and Colonel Jr.) is released. He goes on a rampage and apparently kills, only being brought under control by the cooperation of both teams.

Later, he attacked the new Firestorm who easily subdued him and left him near death. During one of his stints at Prison, doctors attempted to make him human again. Despite their intentions, the doctors only managed to change his skin color to the more familiar purple and also inadvertently increased his absorption power, enabling him to feed on other forms of energy, such as electricity and heat. After a number of years, the Parasite became involved in the plot to save Superman from overloading on solar energy. Rudy and Superman battled on the moon where Superman uncontrollably unleashed an immense blast of heat vision that the Parasite absorbed, causing him to mutate even further into a huge, hulking monster with teeth resembling a leech's. This mutation again increased Rudy's draining abilities, allowing him to absorb fast-moving objects' inertia, as well as making him impervious to telepathic attack to an unknown extent, since he could now drain energy through a mental link as he displayed when telepathically attacked him.

His extra size and power did have a downside, however; he needed to absorb more energy more frequently in order to stay alive. Cover to Action Comics#715. Art by Kieron Dwyer. Unfortunately for a scientist that was tending to Rudy during one of his terms of imprisonment, he was tricked by and somehow absorbed into the Parasite.

This joining was different from Rudy's others as, apparently due to unspecified modifications to Rudy's physiology during this stint at S.T.A.R. Labs (although some sources speculate that the scientist's strength of character contributed to his 'survival'), he actually retained the scientist, Dr. Torval Freeman, as a part of his own mind. This combined intelligence made the Parasite even more menacing, given Freeman's superior intellect; however, just as the Parasite was about to finish off Superman (who he had drained almost to death), Superman was taken by the Tribunal and Dr. Freeman's wife intervened, convincing the Dr. Freeman persona to leave the Parasite (along with Dr. Freeman's body); after this, Rudy Jones' personality was back in control.

He is later recruited by to be part of the second. After Superman's powers were converted into energy-based ones, the Parasite returned to see what he could absorb from the Man of Steel. However, at this point in time, Superman was not in full control of what was happening with his powers and nearly killed the Parasite. Later, Parasite returned once again to make trouble for Superman, but found himself facing off against instead, absorbing some of her new angelic powers and nearly killing himself due to the 'divine judgment' of Supergirl's new 'wings'. At one point, Rudy was contracted to help drain off a being named excess electromagnetic energy as she could not fully control it.

This exposure to Strange Visitor's power caused the Parasite to mutate again, giving him the ability to fully and permanently retain the intellects of all of his victims and also allowed him to maintain any stolen energy for up to twenty-four hours. Like Torval Freeman, Rudy also absorbed an unknown into his biology, granting him the permanent power to mimic the exact genetic makeup and appearance of his victims. After he later escaped from S.T.A.R.

Labs in the early 2000s, the Parasite began to form a plan to get back at Superman. He began stalking and in an attempt to get to those closest to Superman. The Parasite had taken the form of one of his previous victims, an old man, and was run down in the pandemonium that evening when Lois came to his aid. Not realizing that she was actually in contact with the Parasite, a simple touch was all Rudy needed to get her knowledge of Superman. Rudy was surprised to learn from Lois Superman's. A new plan formed when he realized how close Superman actually was to Lois; the Parasite decided to take her place and tear him down emotionally by pretending to be a scorned Lois Lane, apparently even having an affair with Luthor in the process. When Clark attempted to confront Lois about her recent distance from him, in a fit of rage uncharacteristic of Lois Lane, Rudy punched Clark out of their apartment and into the streets of Metropolis.

Shortly after this display, Superman got the Parasite to reveal himself in the guise of Lois Lane. Rudy could not handle the fact that anyone other than himself as the Parasite took down the Man of Steel.

Just as the Parasite was about to lay the final blow to an exhausted Superman, Rudy drops, completely crippled by Kryptonite poisoning he had drained from Superman, unbeknownst to either Rudy or Clark. Superman finally realized the reason he has felt so weak recently was because he was being constantly drained by the Parasite and also the victim of the mysterious Kryptonite poisoning. When he asked Rudy how long he had pretended to be Lois, the Parasite related his story to the Man of Steel. In his final moments, he tells Superman that he still needed to have contact with Lois once every twenty-four hours to maintain his charade, confirming that she is still alive.

He also told him that Lois loves him more deeply than he could ever know, and loves him in a way that nobody ever loved the Parasite. The Parasite died before he could tell Superman where Lois was imprisoned ( Superman vol.

Although Superman initially tried to investigate himself, his efforts were hampered by a bout of kryptonite poisoning, and was forced to contact to help the investigation. Accompanied by Superman, Batman tracked a spree of recent disappearances to the Parasite's hiding place, during which Superman gained a new insight into Batman's methods and actions, and Lois was soon found alive by the two heroes. Lex Luthor, with whom it is implied the Parasite had engaged in amorous, 'extramarital' activity while in Lois' formwas infuriated when he learned of the Parasite's schemes. As such, Luthor went to great efforts to obtain the Parasite's remains. 2) #2, the Parasite is found to be holed up in St. Roch, Louisiana, where he uses his power-absorbing abilities to temporarily neutralize the powers of villains for a fee so they might evade detection during the course of criminal efforts.

Cover to Adventures of Superman#635 by J.H. Williams III. In Annual #10, a of the Parasite was seen as part of 'Superman's Top 10 Most Wanted' that bore a resemblance to the version seen in. This version of the Parasite later appeared in Action Comics #751 wearing the -inspired costume Parasite wore circa 2000, and is later seen as a member of the new. It has not yet been revealed if this Parasite is the same that appeared in Justice League of America (vol. 2) #2, but he has been revealed to be a resurrected Rudy Jones by Lex Luthor in.

He can seen as the member of 's. In the storyline where 100,000 Kryptionian refugees are freed from the bottle city of, the Kandorians decide to take it upon themselves to eliminate Superman's enemies. A group of Kandorians break the Parasite out of prison, killing several prison guards in the process and imprison the Parasite in the. Superman freed Parasite so he could be taken to Belle Reve, but Parasite escaped. Superman: Secret Origin The 2009-10 miniseries redefines Parasite's origin.

In this version, Rudy Jones is a janitor of the Daily Planet. One day Lex Luthor chooses Rudy as part of a daily 'LexCorp Lottery' in which he selects one person from the crowd formed outside the LexCorp building to provide them with a new life. Inside LexCorp, Rudy eats a donut which had been accidentally spilled with a purple toxic material (revealed in issue #5 to have been produced by extracting the radiation from Kryptonite). This transforms him into the Parasite, subsequently going on a rampage in Metropolis until he is stopped by Superman.

He was last seen in issue #5 to be in a holding cell in LexCorp tower, having been seen by both Lex and Lois Lane's father, General. Alex and Alexandra Allston After the villain Ruin (who was secretly ) performed some experiments, two new Parasites debuted, one purple, the other green. The two new Parasites were teenagers named Alex (the green Parasite) and Alexandra (the purple Parasite) who wanted to seek vengeance on the people who made their lives difficult. They were soon subdued by Superman after a battle. After attempting to escape from a metahuman prison, Alex was killed by an while his sister Alexandra escaped and joined the under (who was posing as ). She is later one of the villains sent to retrieve the Get Out of Hell Free card from the.

The New 52 In, a reboot of the DC Comics universe that began in 2011, Joshua Michael Allen was a delivery boy who hated his life and Metropolis who was caught in the middle of a battle between Superman and a giant parasite. Allen snapped and attacked the creature, electrocuting it and himself with a live wire.

While at Star Labs to check his health from the encounter, their testing transformed him into a creature who constantly feels hunger for energy he obtains from people, leaving their molded skeletons. Tired of this kind of life, he tried to commit suicide and was rescued by Superman, from whom Allen absorbed energy like never before. This eased the pain and hunger he experienced, until his energy was depleted. Allen was imprisoned in Belle Reve.

During the ' storyline, Allen escaped and joined the 's version of the Secret Society of Super Villains. Parasite is defeated by an overload of energy.

Allen was later forced into the. Powers and abilities All incarnations of the Parasite have the ability to temporarily absorb the, and of their victims through physical contact, and are also able to drain virtually any other form of energy and use it as a power source. In particular, Rudy Jones is granted enhanced, intelligence, agility, durability, and reflexes by absorbing the energy of other beings. When Jones drains other super-powered individuals, he gains their abilities for a limited period of time until he 'runs out of life-energy' and must seek a new prey to 'feed on'.

He is shown to have a heightened sense of perception that allows him to detect the life-force and power within other beings. While drawing the energy of ordinary humans is almost instantaneous, it takes a notably longer time in the case of immensely powerful beings, which gives the victim more time to react and free themselves from Parasite's grip. Following an encounter with the, however, Parasite's powers were enhanced and enable him to retain the energy he takes for longer as well as granting Jones the ability to shape-shift; he can now physically morph into his victims right down to their DNA, being able to access their, gain their natural abilities, and mimic their voices. The Parasite's biggest weakness is that he also absorbs the weaknesses of his victims and cannot counter such susceptibilities even when he has other abilities that should; when he absorbed both Superman and 's powers, he retained the latter's vulnerability to water despite possessing the former's near-invulnerability. Other versions All-Star Superman An alternate version of Parasite appeared in DC Comics' #5 as an antagonist in the main subplot. He passes by who is interviewing Lex Luthor, a prisoner on Death Row at the ' prison. Clark is surprised to see the Parasite, and the entity feeds on Superman's ambient energy.

This provides enough power for the Parasite to go on a murderous rampage. The sheer amount of energy causes the Parasite to evolve into little more than a body and a mouth. Clark uses subterfuge and his strength to ultimately defeat the creature. Lex believes his attempts actually helped. Crossovers Parasite was one of the main characters in the second Marvel/DC between and Superman ( #28). In this story, he was recruited by as an agent in Doom's latest plan to conquer the world by wiping out all power sources but his own fusion reactor. Doom claimed that he needed the Parasite to function as an invincible bodyguard, capturing the and and giving the Parasite a harness that would allow him to retain their powers for prolonged periods.

However, Doom's true intention was to kill the Parasite by allowing him to absorb so much power that his cells would burst, causing Parasite to, according to Doom's calculations, transform into a crystalline mass that would allow Doom to perfect the reactor by using its energy-manipulation abilities to control the reactor's power output. This plan was thwarted when the Parasite briefly absorbed Spider-Man's powers, causing his borrowed spider-sense to alert him to Doom's treachery and turn on Doom, although he was subsequently defeated by Superman using a gauntlet of Doom's that prevented the Parasite from absorbing his energy when he was attacked. JSA: The Liberty Files In the second miniseries entitled JSA: The Unholy Three, Parasite is a former agent working freelance as a contract killer. Justice features the faceless, pre- Crisis version of the Parasite as part of the. While not identified by name in the story, it is revealed via 's files that this version of the Parasite is Maxwell Jensen. He first appears in issue four as part of a group of villains sent to kill Superman (alongside, and ), draining Superman's powers before Metallo exposes Superman to his Kryptonite heart.

The quartet are soon defeated by, who slams Metallo's heart into Parasite to defeat him. Teleports to the group almost immediately after Marvel and Superman leave to the, literally scolding the group as he returns Metallo his heart, telling Parasite he also gets Superman's weaknesses as well as his strengths.

He is later seen giving Luthor an unconscious. When the Justice League attacks the Hall of Doom, Parasite initially attacks using some of Supergirl's powers, hoping to take his powers and threatens 's life, and is subsequently stabbed by Aquaman. Later tries to imprison him in his body, hoping to turn Parasite into gold, but is distracted after Platinum is attacked by Metallo. After escaping he takes 's powers and Metallo's heart to kill Superman, but he is still unable to beat the Man of Steel and is defeated by the lightning bolt from Black Adam saying Shazam!

Kingdom Come In the DC alternate timeline, the Parasite is involved in the explosion that destroys. This incarnation of Parasite is the Raymond Maxwell Jensen version. Besieged by a group of metahumans led by, the weakened Parasite desperately lashes out at, tearing through his outer shell and causing the Captain's nuclear energy to erupt. The ensuing explosion destroys everything within a large radius and annihilates over a million people. With the exception of Magog and the enormous hero Alloy, none of the metahumans involved in the battle, including the Parasite, are shown to survive.

Superman: Earth One Parasite is the primary antagonist in Superman: Earth One Volume Two, the sequel to. This incarnation of Parasite is the Raymond Maxwell Jensen version. Raymond Jensen was a criminal who would do anything to get what he wanted, including murder. His back story reveals that he has been sociopathic since childhood and delights in killing anyone or anything for pleasure. After an accident at, he becomes a serial-killing with the ability to absorb energy and through physical contact and to convert that energy into health and power for himself. This increases his strength, durability, muscle mass, and allows him to project the energy as a weapon.

By absorbing Superman's life force, he gains his powers and renders the Man of Steel powerless. Ray has a sister named Theresa Jensen, who believes that her brother is a consultant with a real estate firm, unaware of his status as a murderous criminal until his transformation. Superman: Family Adventures In Art Baltazar's Superman Family Adventures, Otis from the movies became this universe's Parasite. Lex grabs a purple rock from space that Otis keeps instead of throwing away, which takes over his body and allows him Parasite's abilities.

Rather than commit villainous acts, Otis focuses his efforts on living Superman's life and dubs himself the 'Purple Superman' before Lois calls him Parasite. Superman defeats him by putting oven mitts on his hands while avoiding Otis, causing Otis to eventually lose Superman's powers and tire out. Superman: Red Son In, an incarnation of Parasite is one of various enemies of Superman created. Injustice: Gods Among Us The Joshua Michael Allen (modeled after the Rudy Jones version's appearance) version of the Parasite appears in 's prequel comic. In Year Five, Parasite is fightning against the and in until Superman arrive and takes him to the sun, where he throw Parasite, apparently killing him. In other media Television Live-action.

The Rudy Jones version of the Parasite appears in, portrayed. In the episode 'Injustice', Parasite appears with, and to form into a team of hired by to search for.

After Doomsday kills Neutron and Mercer kills Livewire, Plastique and Jones decide to go rogue. After taking 's powers, they almost kill Tess, until appears and weakens Jones with. The Parasite is forced to return Clark's powers, and both the former and Plastique are returned to jail. Different versions of Parasite appear in. In this show, Parasite is the result of anyone getting exposed to an Angon alien parasite. The Rudy Jones version of Parasite appears in the second season episode 'Changing', portrayed.

Rudy Jones is an environmental scientist who is infected by an alien parasite that remained dormant in an 's corpse. When he is confronted by and, Jones reveals that he now has the ability to drain the life out of his victims simply by touching them. Eventually, Jones is transformed into a large, purple monstrous creature when he absorbs the powers of both Supergirl and the, after which he rechristens himself 'Parasite'. Parasite goes on a rampage after defeating and, only to be ostensibly obliterated when Supergirl uses plutonium from a nuclear power plant to 'overload' him.

Parasite is seemingly revived in 'Mr. Mxyztplk' and wreaks havoc in once more, though it is later revealed to be an illusion created. Raymond Jensen appears in the season 4 episode ',' portrayed by Anthony Konechny. This version is a Agent who sided with Otis and when they persuaded him to assist them. In the episode 'Ahimsa,' Agent Jensen turns on the DEO and releases a Kopy and a from their custody. Later on, performs an experiment on Jensen involving an Angon alien parasite obtained from the DEO following the Graves' apparent deaths. In the episode 'Parasite Lost,' Raymond becomes Parasite where he starts using his abilities to drain the abilities of aliens that he comes in contact with while leaving them in a withered state.

He soon targets the medallion of an alien named Amandei to keep the Angon alien parasite in him alive and maintain the alien abilities. With help from Supergirl, Alex Danvers and the DEO confront Jensen. After giving in to Kara, Jensen removes the medallion from him and collapses.

It was mentioned by Colonel Lauren Haley to Alex Danvers that Jensen is still unconscious and has been imprisoned in a military desert base. Animation. Parasite first appeared in animated cartoons—and, indeed, on film or television in any form—in 'The Pernicious Parasite,' an episode of the 1960s cartoon, which was written by Oscar Bensol. However, despite having the same name and powers, his appearance has little in common with the comic book version.

Here, the Parasite is a thief named I. Harris, who specializes in stealing radioactive materials, and he is portrayed as a balding man with a mustache and does not have purple skin. In the episode, Superman knowingly tricks this Parasite into absorbing so much of his energy that he explodes. Superman then explains of Harris to a police officer that witnessed the explosion: 'He didn't realize that an Earthman's body was too frail to contain the super-power of a man from Krypton.' .

The Raymond Jensen version of Parasite appears in the animated series, voiced. This iteration seems to be based on Raymond Jensen, the Silver-Age Parasite, given the fact that he takes on the alias of 'Ray the Roustabout' in order to infiltrate the Circus.

In the episode 'Performance', he infiltrates Jack Haley's Circus, while on their foreign tour in Europe, to steal tech using the abilities of the members of Haley's Circus. After stealing 's abilities, discovers him shape-shifted into a clown, resulting in the Parasite's cover being blown.

When cornered on the top of the Haly Circus train, the Parasite reveals that he had siphoned Miss Martian's powers and knows that she is, in some way, related to the Martian Manhunter. The Parasite uses Miss Martian's telekinesis to pull Superboy towards him in order to siphon Superboy's powers, then flies off. But manages to pick the Parasite's pocket at the last minute in order to obtain the technology for 's plot to build a black hole generator. When they arrive at Geneva, the Parasite has assembled the black hole generator, but then Superboy suddenly goes berserk after using Lex Luthor's shields and attacks the Parasite. The Parasite manages to drain Superboy's powers again.

When asked by Miss Martian on what he has against Geneva, the Parasite stated that he 'never liked the food'. Use a foam arrow on the Parasite, which proves not to work, but the heroes manage to trick the Parasite into igniting gas tanks. As with his usual appearance, he also drains the weaknesses out of his victims, which causes him to be affected by Miss Martian's weakness of fire. The Parasite is then arrested by and his agents as King Faraday places an inhibitor collar on the Parasite. The Rudy Jones version of Parasite appears in, voiced.

This version sprouts tentacles from his torso in order to absorb the powers of anyone. He first appears in 'Power Outage' when Superman is summoned to Stryker's Island where the unnamed prison warden tells Superman about Parasite building his energy up by absorbing the energy from the cockroaches. Superman was able to defeat Parasite with Wonder Woman's help. Afterwards, Parasite gets possessed by the Brothers Djinn member Calythos and plans to reduce Earth back to its pre-human state. Superman and had a hard time fighting Calythos due to him using Parasite's ability. As Calythos starts to form a volcano off the coast of Metropolis, Superman and Wonder Woman trick him into absorbing Martian Manhunter's powers with the side effects having Calythos acquiring Martian Manhunter's fear of fire. Upon bailing from Parasite's body, Calythos is defeated and both villains are detained.

DC animated universe. Parasite as he appears in the. Rudy Jones/Parasite is featured in the. The character made his animated debut in, voiced. In the episode 'Feeding Time', Rudy Jones is a janitor at who helps Martin Lebeau steal barrels of purple chemicals from the facility. The barrels ultimately spill their contents all over Rudy and transform him into the Parasite, who nearly kills Lebeau with his new energy-draining abilities until Superman intervenes. Parasite then drains a substantial amount of energy from Superman and discovers his secret identity.

With the Man of Steel's powers, Parasite goes on a citywide rampage and traps Superman inside a boiler room at S.T.A.R. Labs as a 'daily recharge' for his crime sprees.

Superman manages to free himself and dons a titanium-lead alloy armor to engage Parasite, forcing the latter to grab a piece of (Superman's greatest weakness) and rendering him temporarily. In 'Two's a Crowd', Superman is forced to ask for Parasite's help in learning the location of an by absorbing the memories of former S.T.A.R. Labs scientist Earl Garver (voiced by ), to which Parasite agrees in exchange for a television in his cell. However, Garver's mind unintentionally takes over Parasite during the absorption process and while Rudy fights to regain control of his body, Superman manages to destroy the bomb.

As Garver is being incarcerated, Parasite is seen watching TV in his cell. In 'Double Dose', breaks Parasite out of prison and forms an uneasy alliance with him to kill Superman.

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After defeating Superman, Parasite betrays Livewire and absorbs her powers as well. Superman then triggers the emergency sprinkler system which, reacting with Livewire's vulnerability to water, temporarily strips Parasite of his memories once more. Parasite is then arrested and returned to prison. Parasite appears in, now voiced by (due to Brion James's passing). In the episode 'Secret Society', recruits him into his (along with, and ) to defeat the.

During the final battle, Parasite is defeated. Parasite makes non-voiced appearances in.

In the episode 'Clash', he defeats and absorbs the powers of and, and briefly engages before being apprehended. He is later seen as a member of Gorilla Grodd's new Secret Society. In 'Alive', Parasite sides with Grodd during the mutiny against. He is last seen being frozen. The era episode 'Epilogue' features a different version of Parasite, voiced. It is unknown whether this Parasite has any form of connection to Rudy Jones.

He is seen as a member of the Iniquity Collective, an enemy of the Justice League Unlimited. Parasite is knocked out. Film. The Rudy Jones version of Parasite makes a cameo appearance in the DC Universe Animated feature. He is seen battling Superman and Batman along many other villains, trying to claim Lex Luthor's one billion dollar bounty on the Man of Steel.

A version of Parasite appears in voiced. In this version, he possessed a thermal-like vision that helped him to identify sources of energy. Parasite appears as a prisoner on at the prison where Clark Kent is interviewing. Due to Superman's cells overwhelmed with a massive amount of yellow solar radiation, Parasite was able to absorb his energy without touching him. This provides enough power for the Parasite to go on a murderous rampage. Clark uses subterfuge and his strength to ultimately defeat the creature by throwing debris over him. The Rudy Jones version of Parasite appears in, voiced.

Video games. The Rudy Jones version of Parasite appears as a boss in, with Brian George reprising his role. Parasite appears as a boss in. Parasite was featured in concept art for the console versions and as a main boss in the Nintendo DS version of. The Rudy Jones version of Parasite appears in voiced by Robert Faires.

In the villain campaign, Parasite's clones were unleashed on Metropolis University and the players had to fight the Science Police to keep them from being freed. Afterwards, Lex Luthor informs the villains that Parasite has Power Girl barricaded in Metropolis University's library. Lex stated that he enlisted Parasite's help in order to harvest Power Girl's DNA in exchange that Parasite has a Kryptonian-based meal. In order to help Parasite get to Power Girl, the players had to use the mutagen Lex Luthor developed on some meta-powered University students transforming them into Parasite-resembling Leeches. Parasite uses the Leeches in order to disable the force fields.

Once the force fields are disabled, the players had to infect more University students to help Parasite defeat Power Girl. When Power Girl is defeated with the help of Parasite and his Leeches, the players take a sample of Power Girl's DNA. The Rudy Jones version of Parasite makes a cameo appearance in. He is in the background of Stryker's Island.

The Rudy Jones version of Parasite appears as a playable character in, voiced. Parasite appears as a playable character in. See also.

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