Gerome McKenna (New Earth)

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Nuklon

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Real Name

Gerome McKenna

Current Alias

Nuklon

Aliases

Herakles

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Good

Affiliation

Infinity, Inc

Universe

New Earth

Base Of Operations

Metropolis, formerly Los Angeles

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Hair

, Black (dyed red)

Unusual Features

Red-colored mohawk haircut similar to his predecessor Al Rothstein.

Status

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Crime-fighter

Origin

Origin

Gerome McKenna was given superpowers by Lex Luthor's Everyman Project.

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California

Creators

Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, and Shawn Moll

First appearance

52 Week Nine

History

Nuklon's original costume

Gerome McKenna was originally from Los Angeles. He dreamed of being chosen to participate in Lex Luthor's Everyman Project. His family showed great support for his aspiration. His father sold his business, his brother dropped out of school, and his mother began working a second job to raise money. Their hard work paid off, and Gerome was selected for the project. This gave him superstrength. He became a member of Luthor's new incarnation of Infinity, Inc as Nuklon.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Bio-Fission: Gerome developed a latent metahuman ability to generate doppelgangers of himself through an act of will. Each doppelganger can function independently of the core host. As of yet, it is undetermined how many duplicates of himself Gerome can manifest. Gerome does not appear to suffer any ill effects if one of his duplicates is injured or even killed.
  

Abilities

None known.

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• In his first appearance, in 52 Week Nine, Gerome McKenna is referred to as "Herakles." This can be read as either an early code name that didn't stick or, as indicated by rough-sketch promotional materials, the original name that 52's writers assigned to him.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Discuss Gerome McKenna (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of Gerome McKenna (New Earth) (Chronological)
• Appearances of Gerome McKenna (New Earth) (Alphabetical)
• Character Gallery: Gerome McKenna (New Earth)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Gerome McKenna (New Earth)
• Quotations by Gerome McKenna (New Earth)

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• at Wikipedia.org
  
• None.
  

Footnotes

[[Category:Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, and Shawn Moll/Creator]]