Ro-Man: Difference between revisions

}}In [[Reality Z-25 31-H]], '''Ro-Man''' was an extraterrestrial from the [[Crab Nebula]] and an enemy of [[Kaza (Reality Z-25 31-H)]]; though appearing to be a gorilla in a helmet, Ro-Man was actually an energy being who merely possessed the simian body of an innocent alien named [[Hezton]], with the helmet shielding Ro-Man from electromagnetic interference.

Ro-Man's true form was a vapor-like cloud of electrically-charged, glowing, greenish-yellow haze, with two malevolent gleaming eyes as its only stable feature. These eyes manifested in anyone he possessed, glowing out from behind the darkened visor of the round helmet he wore to protect himself from electromagnetic interference signals that might disrupt his possession. His best-known vessel was the large, gorilla-like alien [[Hezton]]. Shortly before his final defeat, he also possessed the human woman [[Deena Hancock]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ruthless Ro-Man (comic story)|Ruthless Ro-Man]]'')

 

 

 

In 2011, he returned to Earth in his personal saucer, still in the body of [[Hezton]], with a plot to take revenge on Kaza by kidnapping and possessing his lover Gwenna and killing him using her body. Attacking [[the Adventurers Club]], however, he mistook Gwenna's old friend [[Deena Hancock|Deena]] for her and abducted her instead. Kaza immediately tried to pursue him, but was delayed when he ran into Hezton, whose body Ro-Man had finally abandoned to possess Deena, and attacked him under the impression that he was simply a helmet-less Ro-Man. Meanwhile, Gwenna and Deena's husband [[Fred Hancock]] made their way to Ro-Man's saucer, which was guarded by his giant lizard. They were saved from it by Dynamo, whom Gwenna had alerted to the crisis, and who told them the truth about Ro-Man's nature, just in time for Kaza to be attacked by the possessed Deena.

 

[[File:Ro-Man disarmed.png|thumb|315px|Now in [[Deena Hancock]]'s body, Ro-Man is disarmed from afar by [[Dynamo]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ruthless Ro-Man (comic story)|Ruthless Ro-Man]]'')]]Dynamo, Gwenna and Fred caught up to them just in time for Dynamo to use his energy powers to disarm “Deena”, forcing her to fight Gwenna hand-to-hand, something she failed miserably at due to Deena's lack of physical prowess compared to the athletic Gwenna. Rubbing this defeat in his face, Gwenna goaded Ro-Man into abandoning Deena's body to try and possess her; Dynamo then disrupted his energy using his powers, and forced him into his own protective helmet, which Fred then sealed, trapping him. Dynamo then left with the helmet-turned-prison, intending to hand it over to the Defense Department. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ruthless Ro-Man (comic story)|Ruthless Ro-Man]]'')

Ro-Man originated as the titular antagonist of the infamous 1953 low-budget B-movie ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Monster Robot Monster]''. Although he is frequently believed to be in the public domain, this is not known for certain to actually be the case, with his usage in ''[[Kaza's Mate, Gwenna (series)|Kaza's Mate, Gwenna]]'' being unauthorised. Though borrowing the name and design of the original Ro-Man, the ''Kaza's Mate, Gwenna'' version is different in personality and origins, with the original Ro-Man (whose full designation was “Ro-Man Extension XJ-2”) being a largely-guileless enforcer to a more actively malevolent leader, as well as a member of a cyborg species of aliens from [[Mars]] with a similar body-plan rather than an energy being in a possessed body.