Hezton
In Reality Z-25 31-H, Hezton was a member of an ape-like alien race native to the Crab Nebula, who were enslaved and used as vessels by a species of energy beings. Hezton was the vessel of Ro-Man, who wore a helmet over his gorilla head to protect himself from any electromagnetic interference which might have allowed Hezton to expel him. Ro-Man inhabited Hezton's body throughout his attempted invasion of Earth a “few years” (COMIC: Ruthless Ro-Man) before 2010. (COMIC: The Serpent Sorceress) At the time, the Earth-based heroes did not realise the truth about Ro-Man and his kind, believing their species to simply be helmet-wearing gorilla people.
A few years, Ro-Man returned to Earth, still in Hezton's body, looking for revenge against Kaza, who had helped repel the earlier invasion and had personally killed Ro-Man's “life-mate” Rel-Mor. After attacking the Adventurers Club and abducting Deena Hancock, whom he believed to be Gwenna, Ro-Man retreated to a clearing in the jungle and took off his helmet. He surrendered Hezton's body and possessed “Gwenna” instead, intending to use her body to kill Kaza in what he thought would be a cruel gesture. Trying to flee, Hezton was attacked by a pursuing Kaza, who took a few moments to be persuaded that Hezton was his own person and not simply Ro-Man without his helmet. He was then shot from afar by the real Ro-Man, but although the shot singed the hair on half of his face and part of his chest and injured him, it did not kill him. After Ro-Man was defeated, Hezton was taken back to Ro-Man's spaceship by the Earthlings, and told them how to hook him up to its healing/life-support systems and switch the autopilot on, allowing him to flee into the stars. (COMIC: Ruthless Ro-Man)
Behind the Scenes
Hezton's name is derived from that of Charlton Heston, human star of the 1968 movie Planet of the Apes.
