After his supposed death, he was impersonated by J'onn to reform the D.E.O. for its intended purpose until his identity was exposed, but J'onn received a presidential pardon and remained director of the D.E.O. J'onn continued to use Hank's appearance for convenience sake around D.E.O. agents and for public appearances. After being presumed dead for almost 10 years, Hank was revealed to be alive, rescued by Project Cadmus and genetically modified into a cyborg with strength greater than even Supergirl's under the name "Cyborg Superman".
Publication Information
- Supergirl : Hank Henshaw
- Version : Supergirl Series
- Known As : Cyborg Superman
- Type :
- Member of Project Cadmus
- Director of the D.E.O. : Formerly
- Affiliation :
- Gender : Male
- Origin : Earth Thirty-Eight
- Season : Supergirl
- First Appeareance :
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer : David Harewood
- Main View : Full Episod
Hank had served into the U.S. Army and was best friends with Jim Harper. At some point in his life he was appointed director of the D.E.O.
Director of the D.E.O.
While working at the D.E.O., Hank learned of J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter, a citizen of Mars, who Superman had claimed was the strongest being on Earth, and became obsessed with hunting him down and killing him, but J'onn would evade him for some years. In 2004, shortly after Kara Zor-El's arrival on Earth, the D.E.O. became aware of her existence and sought to bring her into custody to study her, and give them better understanding of Kryptonian biology. Visiting Kara's foster family the Danvers, her foster father Jeremiah Danvers refused to let Kara be taken away.
Turned into Cyborg Superman
After his fight with J'onn and Jeremiah, Hank was rescued and salvaged by Project Cadmus. His damaged body was repaired with cybernetic parts, which gave him superhuman strength and endurance. He adopted a new alias, "Cyborg Superman". Hank now saw Cadmus as a continuation of the DEO's original mission - to hunt and exterminate aliens on Earth. He remained with Cadmus when it went rogue and cut formal ties with the government.
Medusa
When Cadmus kidnapped Mon-El to draw out Supergirl, Hank met her in battle and defeated her. Later after Cadmus extracted blood from Kara, Hank went to the Fortress of Solitude and used Kara's blood to gain access. He then inquired about "Medusa". He went to the Alien Bar to plant a Medusa bomb into it though he was spotted by Mon-El. After fighting him, he fled when the bomb went off and people started screaming in the bar.
Freeing the Luthors
Henshaw went to L-Corp, taking with him a Cadmus-fabricated synthetic version of Kryptonite, made it look that it came from one of the vaults in the CEO's office and later altered the footage to make it seem like Lena had taken it. He then smuggled it to John Corben/Metallo so that he could break himself and Lillian Luthor out of custody; an act that Corben would later repeat with Lena after she was accused and imprisoned for slipping into Metallo his newest power source. He then joined Corben and the Luthors at one of Lex's bunkers and forced Lena to put her hand to the DNA reader to open the cache of anti-alien weaponry.
A Temporary Alliance
When Rhea had started her invasion on National City. Hank helped Lillian to rescue her daughter Lena. He teamed up with Supergirl in order to do this. He had transformed the Phantom Zone projector into a teleporter to get in. Eventually rescuing Lena, but leaving Kara behind.
Abilities
Cyborg physiology : Through unknown means, Hank became a cyborg and the cyborg physiology grants him special powers and abilities.
- Enhanced strength : As a cyborg, Hank is much stronger than a normal human; he was even stronger than Supergirl, although she did manage to hold her own against Hank, the former was ultimately overpowered relatively easily, it is unknown how well he would fare up against Superman.
- Enhanced durability : As a cyborg, Hank can take much more damage than a normal human; he took a couple of physical blows from Supergirl and was completely unfazed.
- Enhanced stamina : As a cyborg, Hank's natural stamina levels have been increased considerably, allowing him to fight and remain active for long periods of time without becoming fatigued.
- Heat vision : As a cyborg, Hank's left eye has been replaced with a cybernetic version and can now shoot blue energy bolts with similar effect to heat vision, allowing him to physically repel Kryptonians and inflict wounds on normal humans.
- Enhanced speed : As a cyborg, Hank is capable of move at speeds that make him appear as blur of motion, similarly to Kryptonians.
- Tech Access : As a cyborg, Hank can get inside many types of machines using some sort of port in his hand. This was shown when he went inside the Daxamite ship.
- Expert hand-to-hand combatant : As the former director of the D.E.O., Hank is an expert in unarmed combat; he was proven to be even better than Kara Danvers, despite the latter being an unarmed expert fighter in her own right, although she did manage to hold her own against Hank, the former was ultimately overwhelmed and defeated relatively easily.
- Expert marksman : As the former director of the D.E.O., Hank is an expert with firearms.
- Physical trauma : Hank is very powerful and possesses enhanced durability but he is not invincible. Hank can be weakened by an amount of physical trauma.
