Negative Man
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| Formal Name |
Lawrence Trainor
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| Species |
Human
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| Gender |
Male
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| Factions | |
| Status |
Unknown
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| Home Reality |
Unknown
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Negative Man (Lawrence "Larry" Trainor) was a member of the Doom Patrol who visited the Original Universe to deliver the Black Box to Zev Raregroove.
History[edit | edit source]
In 150,082 CMT, Negative Man accompanied the Teen Titans members Jinx and Terra on a mission to deliver the Black Box to Zev Raregroove. The three metahumans crossed over from their native universe to the Original Universe and emerged in the Battle of Omega Supreme, where they found Zev battered and struggling to maintain control of his body from his inner Hollow, Vez. Negative Man discouraged Jinx from flirting with Zev because it was "weird" to flirt with people from other universes,[1] instead telling her to give Zev the Black Box so that the trio could return home. However, as Jinx prepared to hand the artifact to Zev, Serrator blasted the group with lightning, sending them flying and tossing the Black Box out of their reach. Negative Man crashed into a turret and was trapped when it fell on him, so he joined the battle against Serrator in spirit form instead and flew straight through the demon's torso in an attempt to disable him with radiation. Negative Man returned to his body to watch Serrator suffer the consequences of radiation exposure, but found that the demon was able to easily rejuvenate himself with a potion vial. Before Negative Man could react, Serrator attacked him with repeated blasts of lightning, shocking him to the point where he could not even summon the concentration to leave his body in spirit form.[2]
Negative Man's life was narrowly saved through the intervention of Zev, who hit Serrator with several rapid blows to the face in a fit of rage. As this was the reaction that Serrator aimed to elicit from Zev, he declared that Zev had passed the "first test" and teleported away, leaving Zev to deal with the visibly burned and shaken Negative Man, Jinx, and Terra.[2] Namah used her Ether Tendrils to lift the debris off Negative Man, who she picked up and carried over to Zev as Zev activated the Black Box and received its powers. Zev then summoned the ClawZord and embarked on a rampage against Serrator's demons, but after crushing a few waves, he decided that it was time for his allies to regroup. Yoruichi Shihouin carried Negative Man and Jinx, and Zev carried Terra, as the allies escaped the battlefield through a hatch on Omega Supreme's surface that took them into a network of tunnels.[3]
The group were soon attacked by more demons led by Antberry,[4] but the intervention of Aisha Clanclan, Hilda, and Ryoko Hakubi gave Yoruichi and Namah an opportunity to tend to the wounds of Negative Man, Jinx, and Terra. At the conclusion of the battle, Fenrich opened a portal that sucked in all of Zev's allies and transported them to the Netherworld - but everyone was scattered in the transfer, and Negative Man has not been seen since.[5]
Abilities & Powers[edit | edit source]
- Negative Spirit Projection: Similar in some respects to astral projection, Negative Man could leave his physical form in a negatively-charged and extremely radioactive "spirit form" that appeared as a black human-shaped silhouette surrounded by a bright white glow. This "Negative Spirit" could fly at high speeds and phase through solid objects, burning and poisoning whatever or whoever it passed through with its radiation.[2]
