Doctor Diehard | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Justice League Europe #15 (June 1990) |
In-story information | |
Full name | Hans Leckter |
Team affiliations | Extremists |
Abilities | Generates magnetic fields |
Doctor Diehard is the name of three fictional DC Comics supervillains.
The first Doctor Diehard was part of the evil gang called the Extremists. He was based on the Marvel Comics supervillain Magneto, and like him has the ability to generate powerful magnetic fields.
The second Doctor Diehard was a robotic duplicate of the first, one of many robots created by the inventor Mitch Wacky on the otherdimensional world of Angor, as part of a theme park attraction. After the death of virtually all heroes and villains on the planet, the evil Dreamslayer used the robot duplicates to re-create his villain team, the Extremists. After traveling to Earth, the Extremists almost took over the world before being defeated by Justice League Europe. The Extremists robots were then exhibited in Madame Clouseau's Wax Museum in Paris. They were later used by Dreamslayer a second time on the island of Kooey Kooey Kooey, and still later as pawns of Twilight in a battle with Supergirl. The Diehard robot had all the powers of the original.
In the Countdown to Final Crisis tie-in series Lord Havok and the Extremists, A new version of Diehard is introduced on Earth-8. Hans Leckter runs a school for Metahumans, and chooses the best students to join his special team, the Zen Men, much like Marvel's Professor X. Diehard is the most openly rebellious member of the Extremists, constantly challenging Lord Havok's decisions. His school is destroyed by Monarch's forces in #4, killing his students and wife, causing him to lash out at Havok in his grief, and after unsuccessfully trying to rally the Extremists against him, is killed by his teammates.