Psimon Explained

Character Name:Psimon
Real Name:Simon Jones
Species:Metahuman
Publisher:DC Comics
Debut:The New Teen Titans #3 (January 1981)
Creators:Marv Wolfman
George Pérez
Alliances:Injustice League
Fearsome Five
Secret Society of Super Villains
Powers:
  • Advanced Telepathy
  • Advanced Telekinesis
  • Mind control
  • Mental blasts
  • Memory manipulation
  • Astral projection
  • Psychic shields
  • Psionic energy generation
  • Psionic energy absorption
  • Empathy
  • Genius intelligence

Psimon (Simon Jones) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics.

Publication history

He first appeared in The New Teen Titans #3 (January 1981) and was created by George Pérez and Marv Wolfman.[1]

Fictional character biography

Simon Jones is a physicist who comes into contact with Trigon while conducting interdimensional research. Trigon gives Jones psychic abilities and tasks him with destroying Earth.[2] Jones, now calling himself Psimon, joins Doctor Light's Fearsome Five.

During Crisis on Infinite Earths, Psimon is killed by Brainiac. He later appears alive before being imprisoned in the Slab. In Outsiders (vol. 3) #6 (January 2004), he engineers a massive prison breakout and escapes.

Psimon later allies with Dr. Sivana and reforms the Fearsome Five. In Salvation Run, he is killed by the Joker, who smashes his head with a rock.[3]

In The New 52 reboot, Psimon is resurrected and forms Meta Solutions, a false business dedicated to stripping metahumans of their powers. Mister Twister later possesses Psimon, enhancing his powers and giving him a new suit.[4] [5] [6]

Personality and abilities

Psimon possesses powerful telepathic and telekinetic abilities. With his telepathy, he can read and control minds and generate illusions. Psychic dampeners can be used to prohibit him from using his powers, though Psimon can override their effects via physical contact.

Other versions

An alternate timeline variant of Psimon makes a minor appearance in Flashpoint as an inmate of military Doom prison.[7]

In other media

Television

Video games

Miscellaneous

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cowsill . Alan . Irvine . Alex . Korte . Steve . Manning . Matt . Wiacek . Win . Wilson . Sven . The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe . 2016 . DK Publishing . 978-1-4654-5357-0 . 239.
  2. Book: Rovin, Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Supervillains . Facts on File . 1987 . New York . 0-8160-1356-X . 279.
  3. Salvation Run #2 (February 2008)
  4. Teen Titans (vol. 4) #16
  5. Teen Titans (vol. 4) #11
  6. Justice League (vol. 2) #29
  7. Flashpoint: Legion of Doom #2 (July 2011)
  8. Web site: Psimon Voices (Teen Titans) . July 14, 2024 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  9. Web site: Eisen . Andrew . October 2, 2013 . DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide . July 14, 2024 . IGN . en.
  10. Web site: Michael . Jon . Veness . John . November 2, 2018 . Characters - LEGO DC Super-Villains Guide . July 14, 2024 . IGN . en.
  11. Web site: Teen Titans Go! #43 - The Fearsome Five (Issue) . July 14, 2024 . Comic Vine . en.
  12. Smallville Season 11 #9 (March 2013)