Lead is the only substance that he cannot phase through. Phasing through biological material causes pain to the affected target. Phasing: Negative Man can alter his density to pass through solid objects.Flight: Negative Man can fly at speeds equal to or greater than jets and other airplanes.

This caused him to become enlightened in his own words

Enhanced Intellect: Larry lives an entire lifetime in his sleep whenever his spirit leaves him.

Energy Absorption: Negative Man can absorb thermal energy and convert it into an explosive discharge tied to his other thermal abilities.

The radiation caused him to gain a connection to his negative spirit Keeg Bovo. Negative Spirit Connection: Larry Trainor was 'accidentally' sent into a field of cosmic radiation while testing an experimental jet in the stratosphere.Summoning: After separating from the Negative Spirit Larry has apparently regained the ability to summon Keeg Bovo.Pheromone Control: Among the positive energy he can project, Larry can convince people to become infatuated with one another.Reality Alteration: As Positive Man, Larry can project positive energy into the world.Positive Energy Being: After absorbing a massive amount of positive energy once he got his therapy dog Hank, Larry separated from his negative spirit Keeg Bovo and was imbued with the powers of positive energy.The heroes meet and engage Doctor Manhattan, but they are easily defeated. Doomsday ClockĪfter Superman is framed and rendered comatose, Larry Trainor joined the group of heroes heading towards Mars to confront their mysterious enemy. After the energy was supercharged again by Lotion the Cat and forced back upon Larry, Keeg was permanently expelled from Larry's body - who then became the new Positive Man. However, the positive energy that Hank brought Larry was too effective, and his positive energy overwhelmed him and escaped. With so many lives he'd lived, Larry became so enlightened that his dreams began to become too dark and got an emotional support dog named Hank for some positive energy. Having become comfortable with the newest iteration of the Doom Patrol, Larry allowed his negative spirit Keeg to operate more independently of him, spending more time living entire lifetimes in his sleep while Keeg was away. On their adventures, Larry helped free Danny from Vectra, stopped the Brotherhood of Nada, and solved the crisis of the Milk Wars. Larry agreed to continue being Negative Man and accepted Keeg, hoping that his powers could be used to continue helping people. After being sent back to Earth, Larry was reunited with his fellow former Doom Patrol member Robotman and contacted by Keeg Bovo, who invited Larry to return to the Negative Space for trial.īoth Negative Man and Robotman went to the Negative Space and, despite Larry being sentenced to continue being connected to Keeg, Robotman talked the council out of their decision, stating it was only fair for Larry to decide if he wanted to continue having powers or be normal. Some time later, Larry was mysteriously beamed to what was known as 'the Negative Space' and separated from his negative spirit Keeg Bovo. However it was revealed by Lex Luthor that Niles caused Larry and every one else on the team's respective accidents, forcing them to lose morale and give up. Their mission put them in opposition of the Justice League. Having assembled another iteration of the Doom Patrol after some variation had died during the Earth 3 invasion, Niles Caulder had Negative Man and the new team go on a mission to capture the Ring of Volthoom which had attached itself onto a woman named Jessica Cruz. Larry operated with the Doom Patrol, at one point taking on the new superhero name Rebis, and battled surreal threats like the Scissormen and Brotherhood of Dada alongside his teammates Robotman and Crazy Jane. Larry was grateful for this and stated that he owed his life to Niles his, joining the Doom Patrol in return. The doctors managed to stabilize him, but one of the doctors involved died of cancer due to the radiation that emanated from his body. While piloting his plane, he flew through a highly radioactive energy field that crashed his plane and connected him to the negative spirit Keeg Bovo. Larry Trainor was formerly a test pilot for the United States Air Force.

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