Originally Posted by
godisawesome
I was going to disagree... until I remember that Erron Black has become a low-key fan favorite of Mortal Kombat, and is basically the same idea.
So...
The Terran With No Name
An intergalactic fugitive, ne’er-do-well, part-time bounty hunter, part-time robber, and perpetual thorn in the side of all the usual Galactic heroes, villains and factions, most of what’s known about this outlaw to the Galaxy at large is that he hails from Earth, is more slippery than a space-eel in an asteroid field, and is absolutely ruthless and pragmatic.
In fact, you know that old story-detail of how no humans served in the Green Lantern Corps until recently? The Terran might have actually had something to do with that prejudice. Right after the Civil War, he was so desperate to escape pursuit by Jonah Hex after a robbery gone wrong that he wound up fleeing into what would one day become Roswell, New Mexico, and wound up being captured by alien slavers. In spite of being out of his element, the fugitive managed to join the crew himself, and when a slave revolt doomed the ship, he stole the only escape pod, and began his career.
Clark and Lois actually end up being the ones to figure out who he is, since they try and figure out if there’s anyway to get to him when he comes to Earth to try and rob Intergang of their Apokiliptikan tech (that stuff sells well to the Dominators.) They find out the story of Tobias Manning, and Superman ends up becoming The Terran’s personal enemy by being the first person in almost 150 years to catch him; The Terran prefers to target weaker opponents, and was throng to avoid Superman and the Green Lanterns, but got caught when Clark outsmarted him.
The Terran is a hodge-lodge of alien tech and organics in a cowboy form; his biological body ages slowly, but has clearly mutated a bit. His right arm is robotic, and designed for a freakishly effective and accurate quickdraw with a powerful Coluan firearm. And yeah, he wears a futuristic cowboy outfit and rides a vaguely winged-horse-like animal, but it’s all clearly alien in origin. He also has a scavenged and salvaged father box for boom-tube transport, his main getaway tool.
Ironically, The Terran isn’t really scared of Superman, and in fact enjoys challenging him when he gets the chance; he regards the Lantern Corps as more common opponents he can easily outwit, but finds an alien who is adopted Earth as his home and is freakishly powerful a delightful opponent. He *is* however, scared that if Superman catches him, his longest and most dedicated pursuer will finally catch him - Lobo. The Terran’s about the only fugitive to repeatedly hoodwink and escape Lobo, and the Main Man now has a hilariously morbid plan for what he’ll do if he finally catches him, which adds some funny desperation The Terran has in trying to escape captivity when he knows the word on his capture is out.