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Contents 1 History 1.1 Absorbancy Boy 1.2 Earth Man 2 Powers and Abilities 2.1 Powers 3 Notes 4 See Also 5 Recommended Reading 6 Links and References 6.1 Footnotes

History

Absorbancy Boy

Kirt Niedrigh first appeared trying out for membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes. Calling himself Absorbancy Boy, and possessing the ability to absorb the energy residue of any super-powered being, gaining their powers himself, he was rejected on the grounds that his powers were too limited.^[1]

Incensed at his rejection, Niedrigh found the costume of "Zoras", a fake villain used as a final test for new Legionnaires. Attacking the Legion and defeating them, Niedrigh revealed himself, believing that he had earned his place on the team. The Legion did not see things this way, and Superboy attempted to confiscate the suit. Niedrigh used the suit to project red sun radiation, and, absorbing Superboy's powers, was able to defeat the Kryptonian. Niedrigh was then defeated by the Legion's new member Tyroc, who used an ultrasonic scream to blister his newly-acquired superhearing.

Years later, after the Dominator's had secretly taken over Earth and disbanded the Legion, Kirt's name appeared on a list of Dominator test subjects. ^{[2] [3]}

Earth Man

However, during an archaeological expedition in the Arctic, a crystal tablet was found. The tablet said that Superman was not from the planet Krypton, but from Earth, and protected Earth from aliens. Absorbency Boy, now called Earth-Man, spread the "true origin" of Superman further, and made Earth secede from the United Planets and bann all aliens. Earth-Man formed his own team of superpowered Earthlings called the Justice League of Earth to hunt down aliens and place them in camps.^[4]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Power absorption: Earth-Man has the ability to absorb and duplicate the superpowers of others.

Notes

This character is exclusive to the continuity of the original Legion of Super-Heroes universe and its variations.

The original LSH universe and its variations are from between their first appearance to Zero Hour and from Lightning Saga and beyond.
Any official designation for the home universe for this character has not been given, and thus this page may have to be moved in the future. In the meantime, it's designated as "Pre-Zero Hour".

See Also

• Discuss Kirt Niedrigh (Pre-Zero Hour) on the forums
• Appearances of Kirt Niedrigh (Pre-Zero Hour)
• Character Gallery: Kirt Niedrigh (Pre-Zero Hour)
• Images featuring Kirt Niedrigh (Pre-Zero Hour)

Recommended Reading

• Action Comics #859-863, 'Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes'
• Action Comics #864, 'Batman and the Legion of Super-Heroes'

Links and References

• Earth-Man at Wikipedia
• Absorbancy Boy at The Comic Book Database
  

Footnotes

This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Kirt Niedrigh. 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.