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Floronic Man
Floronic Man (Jason Woodrue), also known as the Plant Master, Floro, and the Seeder, is a supervillain, and antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
The character has been portrayed in live-action by John Glover in the 1997 film Batman & Robin and Kevin Durand in the DC Universe series Swamp Thing.
He first appeared as an enemy of the Atom in The Atom #1 and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane. His Floronic Man appearance first appeared in the Green Lantern backup in The Flash #245. His Seeder appearance first appeared in Swamp Thing #21. He became known as "Floro" and a superhero, in The New Guardians.
Dr. Jason Woodrue first appears in The Atom #1 (June–July 1962). Woodrue is an exile from an interdimensional world (Floria) inhabited by dryads. Woodrue, sometimes called the Plant Master, uses his botanical knowledge to control plants in an attempt to take over the world. He is defeated by the superhero Atom. The Plant Master returns to face the Atom and the Justice League.
In The Flash #245 (November 1976), Woodrue uses an experimental formula to transform his body into a plant/human hybrid. His skin now resembled bark and his hair had turned into leaves. Now calling himself Floronic Man, he is defeated by Green Lantern. After a rematch with the Atom and Wonder Woman, Floronic Man later becomes a member of the Secret Society of Super-Villains.
In Swamp Thing, Woodrue is hired by General Avery Sunderland to discover how scientist Alec Holland had been turned into the Swamp Thing. Woodrue discovers that the creature, instead of being a mutated version of Holland, is rather an intelligent mass of plant life that fed on Holland's dead body and absorbed his knowledge and memories. Floronic Man tries to warn Sunderland that the Swamp Thing is not dead, but Sunderland refuses to listen and announces his intent to terminate Woodrue's employment. Subsequently, Floronic Man traps Sunderland in his office with a thawed and enraged Swamp Thing, who kills him.
Floronic Man uses Swamp Thing's body to contact the Green, which is composed of the life force of all plants on Earth. The experience drives Floronic Man insane; he refers to himself as "Wood-Rue", and sets out to destroy all non-plant life on Earth by forcing the plants to produce an excess amount of oxygen to force humans and animals into extinction, in the belief that he is "saving" Earth from mankind. Woodrue is confronted by a revived Swamp Thing, who reveals to the Green that plants cannot survive without humans and animals, as his actions would deprive them of the carbon dioxide that they require to breathe that comes from humans and animals, forcing Woodrue to acknowledge that his actions are the actions of a man rather than a plant. The Green abandons Floronic Man, who is then taken into custody by the Justice League after undergoing a complete mental breakdown.
The 1988 Neil Gaiman/Dave McKean miniseries Black Orchid reveals that Jason Woodrue was previously a university professor and taught botany to Philip Sylvian, Alec Holland, and Pamela Isley. The character Philip Sylvian, apparently unaware of Woodrue's transformation, refers to him as a "poor old guy" and states: "Last I heard he was in Arkham Insane Asylum...".
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Floronic Man
Floronic Man (Jason Woodrue), also known as the Plant Master, Floro, and the Seeder, is a supervillain, and antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
The character has been portrayed in live-action by John Glover in the 1997 film Batman & Robin and Kevin Durand in the DC Universe series Swamp Thing.
He first appeared as an enemy of the Atom in The Atom #1 and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane. His Floronic Man appearance first appeared in the Green Lantern backup in The Flash #245. His Seeder appearance first appeared in Swamp Thing #21. He became known as "Floro" and a superhero, in The New Guardians.
Dr. Jason Woodrue first appears in The Atom #1 (June–July 1962). Woodrue is an exile from an interdimensional world (Floria) inhabited by dryads. Woodrue, sometimes called the Plant Master, uses his botanical knowledge to control plants in an attempt to take over the world. He is defeated by the superhero Atom. The Plant Master returns to face the Atom and the Justice League.
In The Flash #245 (November 1976), Woodrue uses an experimental formula to transform his body into a plant/human hybrid. His skin now resembled bark and his hair had turned into leaves. Now calling himself Floronic Man, he is defeated by Green Lantern. After a rematch with the Atom and Wonder Woman, Floronic Man later becomes a member of the Secret Society of Super-Villains.
In Swamp Thing, Woodrue is hired by General Avery Sunderland to discover how scientist Alec Holland had been turned into the Swamp Thing. Woodrue discovers that the creature, instead of being a mutated version of Holland, is rather an intelligent mass of plant life that fed on Holland's dead body and absorbed his knowledge and memories. Floronic Man tries to warn Sunderland that the Swamp Thing is not dead, but Sunderland refuses to listen and announces his intent to terminate Woodrue's employment. Subsequently, Floronic Man traps Sunderland in his office with a thawed and enraged Swamp Thing, who kills him.
Floronic Man uses Swamp Thing's body to contact the Green, which is composed of the life force of all plants on Earth. The experience drives Floronic Man insane; he refers to himself as "Wood-Rue", and sets out to destroy all non-plant life on Earth by forcing the plants to produce an excess amount of oxygen to force humans and animals into extinction, in the belief that he is "saving" Earth from mankind. Woodrue is confronted by a revived Swamp Thing, who reveals to the Green that plants cannot survive without humans and animals, as his actions would deprive them of the carbon dioxide that they require to breathe that comes from humans and animals, forcing Woodrue to acknowledge that his actions are the actions of a man rather than a plant. The Green abandons Floronic Man, who is then taken into custody by the Justice League after undergoing a complete mental breakdown.
The 1988 Neil Gaiman/Dave McKean miniseries Black Orchid reveals that Jason Woodrue was previously a university professor and taught botany to Philip Sylvian, Alec Holland, and Pamela Isley. The character Philip Sylvian, apparently unaware of Woodrue's transformation, refers to him as a "poor old guy" and states: "Last I heard he was in Arkham Insane Asylum...".