 MATTER EATER LAD [Tenzil Kem] |
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 Real Name: Tenzil Kem
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #301 (October 1962)
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Tenzil Kem was born on the planet Bismoll in the latter have of the 30th century, with the native Bismollian power to eat virtually anything. Upon hearing about the Legion of Superheroes, he moved to Earth and applied for membership. Taking the name, Matter-Eater Lad, he served a long and uneventful career as a Legionnaire before being drafted into politics on Bismoll. He resigned from the LSH and represented his planet in the Senate. He temporarily came out of retirement and ate the robotic Miracle Machine, saving the Legion in the process. The elements in the machine reacted violently with his intestinal tract and he went crazy. He was cured by Brainiac 5 and is now the President of Bismoll.
[Note: This text refers to the pre-Zero Hour version of this character.]
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