Quex-Ul

Quex-Ul
Quex-Ul on the first page of Superman #157.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Superman #157 (November 1962)
Created by	Curt Swan Edmond Hamilton
In-story information
Species	Kryptonian
Place of origin	Krypton
Notable aliases	Charlie Kweskill
Abilities	Superhuman strength, stamina, endurance, speed, agility, reflexes, longevity, and senses Flight Heat vision Invulnerability Ice and wind breath Solar radiation absorption

Quex-Ul is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is depicted as an enemy of Superman, although they are also sometimes allies.

Quex-Ul has made limited appearances in media outside comics, primarily in association with Superman. He is portrayed by Gordon Alexander in Krypton and voiced by Jason J. Lewis in Justice League Action.

Publication history

Quex-Ul first appeared in Superman #157 (1962) and was created by Curt Swan and Edmond Hamilton.

Fictional character biography

Pre-Crisis

Quex-Ul is a Kryptonian who is exiled to the Phantom Zone for killing Rondors, an endangered species, to profit off their healing horns. He and Superman later learn that Quex-Ul had been controlled by another Kryptonian, Rog-Ar. Afterward, Quex-Ul throws himself into his gold kryptonite trap to save Superman, losing his powers and memory.

In The Phantom Zone miniseries, Quex-Ul works at the Daily Planet, believing himself to be a human named Charlie Kweskill. He and Superman battle the deity Aethyr, during which he is killed.

Post-Crisis

Panel from Superman #22 (October 1988). Superman (left) executing General Zod, Quex-Ul and Zaora (center left to right). Art by John Byrne.

In the Pocket Universe (an alternate version of the pre-Crisis Earth-One), Lex Luthor frees Quex-Ul, General Zod, and Faora, who ravage Earth before Superman kills them with kryptonite.

Adventure Comics

In Adventure Comics #512 (May 2010), Quex-Ul makes an appearance under the cover name of Edward Robertson. He is later killed by Squad K of Project 7734.

Powers and abilities

As a Kryptonian, Quex-Ul has superpowers derived from under the light of Earth's yellow Sun in the Solar System. His basic abilities are sufficient for him to bend steel, overpower a locomotive, leap over a tall building in one bound, and outrun a speeding bullet, as well as virtual invulnerability, accelerated recovery, laser eyebeams, vortex breath, and flight. He possesses extraordinary senses of hearing and sight, including x-ray, telescopic, and microscopic vision. Like all Kryptonians, he is vulnerable to Kryptonite, red sunlight, and magic.

In other media

Television

• Quex-Ul appears in Justice League Action, voiced by Jason J. Lewis. This version was imprisoned in the Phantom Zone alongside General Zod and Faora.
• Quex-Ul appears in the Krypton episode "House of El", portrayed by Gordon Alexander. This version is a member of Krypton's military guild and commander of the Sagitari squadron before he is killed by one of his soldiers, Lyta-Zod, for his position.

Miscellaneous

Quex-Ul appears in several Choose Your Own Adventure-type novels, as a prominent prisoner of the Phantom Zone who was reputed to be powerful without a yellow sun's rays, but not exceptionally intelligent, relying on General Zod for orders.