A superhero and a member of the Justice League.
Description[]
Appearance[]
Mister Terrific is seen as being as tall, slim and lithe with colored skin and short black hair, cut flat on top. His costume is predominantly black with yellow markings and includes a waist-length jacket that is always open.
Personality[]
By his own declaration, he is "the third smartest person in the world" and has doctorates in engineering, physics, law, psychology, chemistry, and mathematics. Given his immodest name, it is not surprising to learn that he is egotistical and self-praising but is also bright and good-humored. Mister Terrific speaks quickly with a Black American accent and tends to run his sentences together, and we can hear him say, "Time to T-up!" as though it is his trademark cry. He tells us that he is, "all about fair play," but without further elaboration.
Abilities and equipment[]
He is an Olympic-level athlete and master martial artist but any powers that he has come from the technology that he creates using his intellect. The T-Spheres are his invention and each is about the size of a soccer ball but they are not well explained. They are numerous, and Mister Terrific usually has at least four of them floating in the air around him, and appears to control them by thought though he occasionally talks to them.
Because he is such a superb athlete, he can fly through the air by just balancing on one or two T-Spheres. Each one has a 'T' design on their front side from which they can project green light constructs to grip and carry a victim, project a bubble to hold a captive, display a screen of information, or just shoot ray blasts. In one story, one of them flattens to form the 'T' mask that goes across his face.
They can change shape and combine together to form a solid object like a ramp. We are also told that they can "hack into any system" (which includes that "matrix" which is Firestorm) and is achieved by projecting beams of light. They are also said to emit tachyons (faster-than-light particles) that can be used to track these spheres.
Mister Terrific's real name is Dr. Michael Holt and, when he was a 14-year-old prodigy, was at college with a young Professor Stein.
Appearances[]
- 34. The Cube Root
- 39. The Brain Buster
- 46. Party Animal (cameo)
Links[]
- Mister Terrific at Wikipedia
Notes[]
- His jacket does not have "Fair Play" displayed on it as it often has in the comics.
- In the comics, Mister Terrific was originally a member of the Justice Society and continues as such, but he was seen with the League in the Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006) animated TV series.