Robert DuBois .
Robert "
Bobby"
DuBois is a
Vietnam draft evader who had a mental breakdown and became obsessed with the
Vietnam War after learning that his brother
Mickey had gone in his stead. DuBois was drafted to serve in the
United States Armed Forces. Upon receiving his induction notice, DuBois fled to
Canada, not because he was morally opposed to the war, but because he was afraid of death. DuBois' younger brother, Michael, reported for induction in his place, passing himself off as Robert. Michael DuBois was sent into combat in
Vietnam, where he lost both his arms and legs. After learning this, Robert went insane from guilt. Later, DuBois was contacted by employees of
Lex Luthor who sought a pawn to assassinate
Superman. Operatives of Luthor, under the direction of a man named Kimberley, played upon DuBois' fixations on Vietnam to condition him psychologically to want to kill Superman. They also equipped DuBois with an arsenal of powerful, advanced weapons, including a
Kryptonite gun. DuBois then went into action in
Metropolis, calling himself Bloodsport. He now claimed that both his brother and he had served in combat in Vietnam and had been injured there. After receiving medical aid, Superman confronted Bloodsport once more. Even Luthor, outraged by Bloodsport's murders of so many people due to the attention this would attract to his assault, attempted to stop the mad killer. Superman succeeded in causing the teleportation device Bloodsport used to bring weapons to himself to malfunction. Bloodsport then threatened to detonate his teleporter's power pack, blowing up ten square miles of the city. Superman's friend
Jimmy Olsen had learned of Bloodsport's true identity and located his brother. Confronted by Michael, Bloodsport collapsed in grief and was taken into custody. DuBois has a brief encounter with
Deadshot, which was eventually broken up by Superman and
Batman. He also appeared in
JLA/Avengers as a villain who ambushes
Vision and
Aquaman with a group of other villains. He later fights
Steel, but is restrained by
Hal Jordan. DuBois remained in prison for several years, and eventually earned the enmity of Alexander Trent, another prisoner on
Stryker's Island who had since taken up the name Bloodsport. As racial tension began to overwhelm Stryker's Island, the prison warden decided to host a boxing match between DuBois and Trent. He believed that this was the ideal way to allow the inmates to vent their frustrations without inciting further acts of violence. resulting in DuBois getting his hands on one of Trent's weapons and using it to blast a hole in the prison wall. DuBois ran for freedom, but was apparently shot dead by armed prison guards in the watchtower. Following the events of
Dark Nights: Death Metal, Robert DuBois was reintroduced to the DC Universe during
Infinite Frontier. After his brother's death, his mental state deteriorated, leading him to become the mercenary Bloodsport. After failing to kill Superman, he was sent to
Belle Reve until he was forced into the Suicide Squad with the task of exploring the Multiverse for
Amanda Waller's own personal ambitions.
Alexander Trent Alexander "
Alex"
Trent is a fanatical racist. He is the son of members of a
white supremacist group that both
Perry White and
Franklin Stern encountered in their youth. He adopts the Bloodsport name, ironically used previously by an African American. He also has a similar teleporter grafted into his body, which he can likewise use to summon weapons. He is captured by Superman after
Ron Troupe destroys the warehouse from which he was teleporting his weapons. Some time later, in an effort to provide an outlet for rising tensions at Stryker's Island Prison, a boxing match between the two Bloodsports is organized. Trent is able to activate his teleporter and bring in weaponry. In the resulting confusion, DuBois is killed while trying to escape. However, Trent survived as a grotesque burn victim who tried to kill Wit Saunders, but is stopped by Superman.
Third version An unnamed person took up the Bloodsport mantle, and eventually teamed up with
Hellgrammite,
Silver Banshee,
Kryptonite Man,
Toyman,
Puzzler,
Livewire and
Riot to take on Superman. Superman attempted to stop all the villains, especially Bloodsport who had attempted to shoot Jimmy Olsen. After these events, Bloodsport turned up in the crowd of villains transported to another planet in
Salvation Run; and to be a quickly defeated menace by
Guardian. ==Personality==