In his paranoia and after suffering an embarrassing defeat defeat under the guise of Overmind, Hamilton utilized his genius level intellect and built a cybernetic power suit based on Kryptonian technology to fight his former friend and ally, Superman. Convinced the man from Krypton threatened humanity, Hamilton took on the Persona of Ruin.

The power suit enhances Hamilton with superhuman strength, durability, speed, agility and stamina. The suit is also capable of emitting blasts of red solar radiation strong enough to weaken the yellow sun powered Superman. Coupled with Hamilton's natural intelligence, Ruin could have posed quite a threat to the Man of Steel. He was, however, no match