Mr. Mxyzptlk
Mr. Mxyzptlk is a comic book character that first appeared in Superman #30
Mr. Mxyzptlk can work a type of power not tied to any on Earth to successfully pull virtually any feat off. He could transform Superman into ashes or erase him from existence, but-where's the fun in that?
Mr. Mxyzptlk! Who else can claim to have annoyed Superman nearly half of what the fifth-dimensional imp has? Both Pre- and Post-Crisis on Infinite Earths, Mxyzptlk has been a staple in the Superman mythos. Whether he decides he wants attention by usurping Morgan Edge's media empire, forcing Flash and Superman to race for his amusement, giving Lex Luthor red kryptonite, granting everybody his or her wishes, giving Lois Lane Superman's powers, or any other wacky scheme he concocts at a moment's spur, Mxyzptlk has more often than not a powerful force for annoyance, the likes of which can only be compared to such titans in the area like Ambush Bug.Pre-Crisis
Mxyzptlk's powers came from advanced technology of the Fifth Dimension, so advanced it resembled magic in its operation. Superman, annoyed with the menace whose powers not even he could match, had to constantly outsmart him and banish him back to his own plane of existence by tricking him into saying his own name backwards. He loved annoying the Man of Steel, even dealing with Lex Luthor to reach his goal; Luthor ended up in the losing end of the bargain when the ability he had instilled in the imp of lying came back to bite him back. Mxyzptlk continued to plague Superman and Metropolis at the constant rate of every ninety days, the time he was shunted back to the Fifth Dimension before regaining the ability to return to the world.His final appearance before the Crisis was in the non-continuity Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?, a now-classical story where he decides to stop being "impish" and start being evil for real; he empowered several Superman villains and mantained a shield over the Fortress of Solitude to allow Brainiac and the Legion of Super-Villains a shot at killing Superman. When discovered, the imp transformed into his real self, a being so warped Lois Lane commented she got a headache from just looking at him. Superman inadvertently killed him by sending him to the Phantom Zone with his Projector as Mxyzptlk said his name backwards, ripping him between the two dimensions and causing the Man of Steel's permanent retirement as he enters a Gold Kryptonite chamber to atone for the death of the imp.
Post-Crisis
A version of his origin, Post-Crisis, was proposed in the pages of Young Justice, when a sane, cordial Mxyzptlk reaches Earth as a serious-minded psychological researcher, not even using the name Mxyzptlk yet. When related his story, he became horrified and vowed never to return to annoy Superman. However, his decision caused a ripple in time, where due to him never appearing before Superman, Earth became involved in an armageddon war, with much of it a barren wasteland outside the last place in Earth spared from the change-a Happy Harbor building where a party was taking place. However, he was instilled his manic sense of humor by repeated viewings of The Three Stooges films, and ended up becoming the insane imp he normally is.But not all is fun and games in Mxyzptlk's world-he once lost 99.9% of his power to the Joker as the grinning lunatic guessed his secret name and forced the imp to empower him when Mxy came to him to consult him on how to annoy Superman, as he was fresh out of ideas. Twisting the world into a diseased caricature of the his mind, Joker left Mxyzptlk largely powerless and amnesiac, wandering through Metropolis in an effort to reach the now vilified Superman, never succeeding and most of the time ending up squashed or run over in a caricaturesque manner, until Bizarro hit an incoming train, and allowing him to recover a piece of his mind. Assisting Superman and Steel in reaching the Moon, he wound up fighting the Joker and ultimately helping Superman figure out how to outwit him to surrender the power. With the assistance of the Spectre, he was able to restore order to reality and incapacitate the Joker for a while.
Even worse, he was recently captured by an insane Superman-Prime, who wished to use his magic to recreate Earth-Prime; this effort failed due to the sacrifice of Annataz Arataz, the dark sorceress from Earth Three. Mxyzptlk tried to save her, but Annataz insisted she wanted to atone for her actions in her world and experience karma. Mxyzptlk ended up leaving her, lamenting her death at Superman-Prime's hands.
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| Super Name: | Mr. Mxyzptlk |
| Real Name: | None |
| Aliases: |
Mixed Pickles Imp Mr. Mxyzptlk Super-Mite Loki |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Other |
| 1st Appearance: | Superman #30 |
| Appears in: | 186 issues |
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