Blockbuster


 * This article is about the creature. For his namesake project, see Project Blockbuster.

Mark Desmond is the former head of Cadmus Labs' Washington, D.C. facility. He became the Blockbuster in the hope of saving his life's work.

Personality
Mark Desmond was a strict, stern man who used G-Gnomes to manipulate his staff and security officers while willingly conducting illegal genetic experiments in the underground Cadmus labs. He is manipulative and very impatient, yet also very protective of his labs and experiments. As Blockbuster he is a raging monster apparently incapable of human speech.

Physical appearance
For a standard Caucasian male, Mark Desmond had long brown colored hair which was tied back in a pony tail. He wore a standard white lab coat, glasses and had slight wrinkles on his face and streaks of white in his hair, an indicator that he may be well into his forties.

Early life
Mark Desmond was an agent of the Light. He was appointed as head of Cadmus's genetic labs in Washington, D.C.. At the facility, he raised and conditioned a clone of Superman: Superboy. He also worked on Project Blockbuster.

Present
After a small fire broke out at the ground level of the Cadmus facility, three sidekicks breached security and freed his top secret Project Kr. Although Superboy turned on his liberators, Aqualad was able to communicate with him and get him to change sides just as Desmond was about to clone the three before killing them. After an extended chase through the Cadmus facility, Desmond was forced to use Project Blockbuster to restore order to Cadmus. His transformation into a hulking brute was painful, and it did not help him. He was defeated, and taken away by the Justice League.

Blockbuster was transferred to Belle Reve Penitentiary where he got work as a bodyguard for the prison Capo Icicle Sr.. He participated in a mass breakout attempt by smashing down walls that had been weakened by cold based villains. When the efforts had been halted by Icicle Jr. and Superboy, Mammoth and Blockbuster were frozen by the formers.

Powers

 * Super strength: As Blockbuster, Desmond has enough power to take on the likes of Superboy and Aqualad at the same time and still come out on top.

Abilities

 * High IQ: As lead scientist of the genetics lab Mark Desmond had an academic education.

Weaknesses

 * Extreme Pressure
 * Electrocution

Equipment

 * Blockbuster formula: The blue serum that Desmond uses to transform himself into Blockbuster. It is unknown if the effects are reversible. The serum is stored in containment unit thirteen of the Blockbuster project.