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Who is Lobo, the cigar-smoking alien bounty hunter in 'Supergirl'?
Jason Momoa will star as the psycho space biker this summer, but who exactly is Lobo?
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Lobo, that crazy intergalactic mercenary affectionately known as "The Main Man" is rumbling into James Gunn and Peter Safran's DCU and onto the big screen this June with his first live-action feature film in director Craig Gillespie's "Supergirl" film, courtesy of the wildly charismatic Jason Momoa.
We’re already predicting that Lobo will be the breakout character of "Supergirl," perhaps even eclipsing Milly Alcock’s starring role as Superman's depressed party-girl cousin, Kara Zor-El. But who exactly is this brutal alien bounty hunter on a motorbike and where did he originate from to become such a bonafide fan-fave in comic books and animated superhero shows?
Hang on as we fill you in on all the lurid Lobo details to get you up to speed before DC Studios' "Supergirl" soars into theaters on June 26, 2026. Hit the throttle and let's fearlessly charge into the fray!
With his gregarious nature and hard-drinking demeanor, Lobo is an intimidating extraterrestrial mercenary and bounty hunter, but his origin story is brutal, even by those standards.
Hailing from the planet Czarnia, he is the last survivor of his homeworld... because he destroyed it and killed his own people with a swarm of mutant scorpion-like creatures. Why? For fun.
Our ferocious space biker, also called "The Main Man", is a gun-for-hire whose minimalist name actually translates into "he who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it" in the Khundian Empire's language.
This sadistic, space dolphin-loving lunatic rides around the cosmos on his faster-than-light "space hog" motorcycle seeking out contracts tracking down criminals, escaped prisoners, warlords, superheroes, and aliens alike.
Conceived by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, Lobo first appeared in the 1983 issue of DC Comics' "The Omega Men #3," a spinoff title of "Green Lantern" and "The New Teen Titans."