To return to his/her home dimension, one has to say one's own name backwards.Ĭover to Action Comics #273 (February 1961), art by Curt Swan In the Golden Age, saying "Klptzyxm" will not only send Mxyztplk back to the fifth dimension, but also anyone else who said it. Mxyztplk often looks for ways to counter the latter weakness, but he always proves gullible enough for Superman to trick him time and time again. He first gets fooled when Superman asks what the word is and the imp says he can't believe Superman would have thought him stupid enough to say "Klptzyxm"-before realizing what he has just said and being transported home. His only weaknesses are that he cannot stand being ridiculed and if he says or spells his name backwards, Klptzyxm (kil-pit-ZEE-zim / k ɪ l p ɪ t ˈ z iː z ɪ m/), he is involuntarily sent back to his home dimension for a minimum of 90 days. Originally, Mxyztplk has designs on conquering the planet for himself, but soon settles for tormenting Superman whenever he gets the opportunity. But one day he found a book which told him of this world. Mxyztplk soon tells Superman that he is a jester in his home dimension, explaining why he uses his powers to play practical jokes. He gives the Mayor the voice of a donkey, then blows papers over the town. When he appears unharmed, an astonished Superman exclaims " I-I thought I was the only man who could fly!!". Mxyztplk jumps out a window, fooling Superman into thinking Mxyztplk is committing suicide. What is more, he destroys Superman's worldview of himself. In his first appearance, Mxyztplk wreaks havoc across Metropolis by using his powers to pull all manner of pranks, first pretending he got hit by a truck and killed, then increasing his weight when the ambulance gets there and waking up to shock them. Not being bound by our physical laws, he can do things that seem to be magical. Mister Mxyztplk (the original spelling) was introduced in the Golden Age as an imp from the "fifth dimension".
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Mxyzptlk appeared in the Arrowverse television series Supergirl played by Peter Gadiot in the second season and by Thomas Lennon in the fifth and sixth seasons.Ĭover to Action Comics #80 (January 1945), art by Wayne Boring. Mxyzptlk also appeared in the 2001 television series Smallville played by Trent Ford. He appeared in the 1993 television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, portrayed by Howie Mandel. Mxyzptlk has appeared in various television adaptations of Superman. This limitation of the character was modified in the 1986 Crisis on Infinite Earths reboot, upon which Mxyzptlk changes his condition to leave to a new requirement each story, such as having Superman succeed in getting Mxyzptlk to paint his own face blue. In most of Mxyzptlk's appearances in DC Comics, he can be stopped only by tricking him into saying or spelling his own name backwards (Kltpzyxm - "kel-tip-zix-um"), which will return him to his home in the fifth dimension and keep him there for a minimum of 90 days. Due to publishing lag time, the character saw print first in the Superman daily comic strip by writer Whitney Ellsworth and artist Wayne Boring. Mxyztplk" (the original spelling), by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Ira Yarborough. Mxyzptlk was created to appear in Superman #30 (September / October 1944), in the story "The Mysterious Mr. His portrayal has varied, with him being an outright supervillain in some media, and an antihero in others. Mxyzptlk possesses reality-warping powers with which he enjoys tormenting Superman or making life difficult. He is usually presented as a trickster deity in the classical mythological sense. Mister Mxyzptlk ( / m ɪ k s j ɛ z ˈ p ɪ t əl ɪ k/, / ˈ m ɪ k s ɪ l p l ɪ k/), sometimes called Mxy, is a character who appears in DC Comics' Superman comic books. Master Mxyzptlk, Ben deRoy, countless othersĬan alter 3-D laws in a manner that resembles magicĪbility to break the fourth wall, along with retconning abilities Derived artwork from Action Comics #975 (March 2017) DC Comics,
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