Quex-Ul#Pre-Crisis

{{Infobox comics character

| character_name = Quex-Ul

| image = File:Quex-ul superman 157.png

| imagesize =

| caption = Quex-Ul on the first page of Superman #157.

| publisher = DC Comics

| creators = Curt Swan
Edmond Hamilton

| debut = Superman #157 (November 1962)

| species = Kryptonian

| homeworld = Krypton

| aliases = Charlie Kweskill

| powers = * Superhuman strength, stamina, endurance, speed, agility, reflexes, longevity, and senses

Flight
Heat vision
Invulnerability
Ice and wind breath
Solar radiation absorption

}}

Quex-Ul is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is depicted as an enemy of Superman, although they are also sometimes allies.

Quex-Ul has made limited appearances in media outside comics, primarily in association with Superman. He is portrayed by Gordon Alexander in Krypton and voiced by Jason J. Lewis in Justice League Action.

Publication history

Quex-Ul first appeared in Superman #157 (1962) and was created by Curt Swan and Edmond Hamilton.

Fictional character biography

=Pre-''Crisis''=

Quex-Ul is a Kryptonian who is exiled to the Phantom Zone for killing Rondors, an endangered species, to profit off their healing horns.{{cite book |last1=Greenberger |first1=Robert |last2=Pasko |first2=Martin |title=The Essential Superman Encyclopedia |date=2010 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=978-0-345-50108-0 |page=328}} He and Superman later learn that Quex-Ul had been controlled by another Kryptonian, Rog-Ar. Afterward, Quex-Ul throws himself into his gold kryptonite trap to save Superman, losing his powers and memory.{{cite book |last1=Eury |first1=Michael |title=Steve Gerber: Conversations |date=2019 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=9781496823069 |page=191}}

In The Phantom Zone miniseries, Quex-Ul works at the Daily Planet, believing himself to be a human named Charlie Kweskill. He and Superman battle the deity Aethyr, during which he is killed.

=Post-''Crisis''=

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In the Pocket Universe (an alternate version of the pre-Crisis Earth-One), Lex Luthor frees Quex-Ul, General Zod, and Faora, who ravage Earth before Superman kills them with kryptonite.

=''Adventure Comics''=

In Adventure Comics #512 (May 2010), Quex-Ul makes an appearance under the cover name of Edward Robertson. He is later killed by Squad K of Project 7734.

Powers and abilities

As a Kryptonian, Quex-Ul has superpowers derived from under the light of Earth's yellow Sun in the Solar System. His basic abilities are sufficient for him to bend steel, overpower a locomotive, leap over a tall building in one bound, and outrun a speeding bullet, as well as virtual invulnerability, accelerated recovery, laser eyebeams, vortex breath, and flight. He possesses extraordinary senses of hearing and sight, including x-ray, telescopic, and microscopic vision. Like all Kryptonians, he is vulnerable to Kryptonite, red sunlight, and magic.Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol 1 #18 (August 1986)

In other media

=Television=

Quex-Ul appears in Justice League Action, voiced by Jason J. Lewis.{{cite tweet |number=863385974939594752 |user=Wes_Gleason |title=@DCAUResource @TheJLew handled that. |author=Wes Gleason |date=13 May 2017}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024}} This version was imprisoned in the Phantom Zone alongside General Zod and Faora.
Quex-Ul appears in the Krypton episode "House of El", portrayed by Gordon Alexander. This version is a member of Krypton's military guild and commander of the Sagitari squadron before he is killed by one of his soldiers, Lyta-Zod, for his position.

=Miscellaneous=

Quex-Ul appears in several Choose Your Own Adventure-type novels,{{specify|date=January 2023}} as a prominent prisoner of the Phantom Zone who was reputed to be powerful without a yellow sun's rays, but not exceptionally intelligent, relying on General Zod for orders.