Next up for the month is one of the biggest leachers in the
DC universe: The Parasite. The character first debuted in Action Comics
#340 and has actually been different people. The person he’s probably most known
as is Rudy Jones. Through some sort of accident, the character gains powers and
turns into a purple beast. He has the ability to leach life energy from others.
Not only can he leach energy, but he can also leach the powers and memories of
people. Since the energy only last for so long, he's always searching for more power. He's basically an energy vampire and quite literally the
“Purple People Eater.”
At some point during the Post-Crisis, he was a Firestorm
villain but that changed later on when he got back under Superman’s trail. The
character has shown up in a few places outside the comics. Today’s post is
actually going to look at his first appearance on Superman: The Animated
Series. The episode is called “Feeding Time” and it was the sixth episode of
the series.
