Lobo

Lobo is a DC Comics antihero, arguably a superhero. Created by artist Keith Giffen and writer Roger Slifer, he first appeared in Omega Men #3 (1983). more...

An alien from the planet Czarnia who works as an intergalactic mercenary, Lobo was intended to be an over-the-top parody of 1980s-era Marvel Comics antiheroes, most notably Wolverine. Lobo has the dress and attitude of a caricatured version of the Hells Angels and has an extreme love of bloodshed and destruction. He has been featured in a number of comic books noteworthy for their ironic portrayals of over-the-top violence. Although meant as a one-note gag, Lobo was one of DC’s most popular new characters in the 1990s.

"I have no idea why Lobo took off," Giffen said "I came up with him as an indictment of the Punisher, Wolverine, bad ass hero prototype and somehow he caught on as the high violence poster boy. Go figure."

Lobo has made a few appearances in the animated series of the 1990s/2000s-era DC animated universe. At one point, an animated series and video game starring the character were to be released but were cancelled.

Publication history

Lobo was originally a regular character in Keith Giffen and Roger Slifer’s Green Lantern spin-off Omega Men. When the series Omega Men was disrupted in 1988, Lobo became a regular character in L.E.G.I.O.N. and its successor series R.E.B.E.L.S. until 1990, when he appeared in his own miniseries, Lobo: The Last Czarnian, by writer Alan Grant and artist Simon Bisley.

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