Hello, I'm an expert in comic book lore and I'd be happy to explain the creation of Bizarro, a popular character from the DC Comics universe.

Bizarro, also known as Bizarro Superman, is a character who first appeared in "Superboy" #68, published in 1958. The character was created by writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp. Bizarro is essentially an imperfect, flawed version of Superman, created in an attempt to populate the planet of Krypton with life-like replicas of Superman.

Here's the step-by-step creation process of Bizarro:


1. Desire for Companionship: In the original story, Superboy (the younger version of Superman) felt lonely and wished for a companion who could understand him.

2. Creation of Bizarro: Using his heat vision, Superboy attempted to duplicate himself by projecting his image onto a piece of Kryptonite. However, the process was flawed due to the destructive properties of Kryptonite, which altered the clone's cells, resulting in Bizarro.

3. Imperfect Duplication: Bizarro was created with reversed physical and mental abilities compared to Superman. He had the strength of Superman but was not as intelligent, and his speech was characterized by the use of opposite words (e.g., "good" became "bad").

4. Bizarro's World: Eventually, Bizarro and other Bizarros created a society of their own on a planet called "Htrae" (Earth spelled backward), which was governed by their own set of rules that were the opposite of those on Earth.

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The original Bizarro was created in a laboratory accident. ... The later Bizarro was created by Lex Luthor, who used the "duplicating ray" on the adult Superman and hoped to use the duplicate to attack Superman. However, this Bizarro did not cooperate and instead tried to emulate Superman.read more >>