Nick Yang is a metahuman with the ability to control energy around him.
Early life[]
His father was a physicist at LuthorCorp, and Nick was exposed to one of his experiments. Lex Luthor captured Nick and had him committed to Level Three, where he met and began dating Molly Griggs. Molly was being used to create a tracking device for metahumans; her knowledge of the program allowed her and Nick to circumvent the device and escape.
The Vengeance Chronicles[]
They enlisted Andrea Rojas, the Angel of Vengeance, to help expose Lex Luthor. But their real intentions were to kill him using a subliminal message. Convinced not to do it by Andrea, Nick destroyed the computer, along with the subliminal program.
It is later revealed by Chloe Sullivan, through an unknown source, that Molly Griggs was admitted to Belle Reve on the night the mission failed, indicating that she was captured after her computer and mind-control program was destroyed by Nick.
Notes[]
- Nick Yang was dubbed "Electro-Dude" by Chloe Sullivan.[1]
- The future of Nick Yang might have been hinted at by dialogue. In Absolute Justice, Part 2, Doctor Fate (who could see the future) informs Clark that him becoming Superman (and people looking up at him in the sky) will lead to everyone embracing a Silver Age of heroism.[2] In Continuity, Superman tells the world that the world's (benevolent) metahumans will always rise up to protect them.[3] It is possible that this (i.e. the people who becomes superheroes) includes Nick Yang (who was already using his powers to help people like Andrea Rojas, and attempting to bring down the 33.1 experiments).[1]