Clawster is a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 owned by DC Comics

DC Comics

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 who exists in that company's DC Universe

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. He is a resident of the artificial planet, Warworld

Warworld

Warworld is a fictional artificial planet published in several stories by DC Comics, most of which feature Superman. It first appeared in DC Comics Presents #27 , and was created by Len Wein and Jim Starlin.-History:...

.

Fictional character biography

When Brainiac's

Brainiac (comics)

Brainiac is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Action Comics #242 , and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino....

 invasion with Warworld is stopped, a group of aliens from Warworld come to the Earth city of Metropolis

Metropolis (comics)

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. Clawster has the group steal weapons; Superman tries but fails to stop them.

This faction, led by Clawster, an extremely durable rock-like entity, repair and utilize machines taking from Warworld to conquer 'Underworld', a society of outcasts living under the streets of Metropolis. They are brought to the attention of Superman when they take over an underground power station and threaten Lois Lane. Clawster is later detained at Project Cadmus

Project Cadmus

Project Cadmus is a fictional genetic engineering project in the DC Comics Universe. It was created by Jack Kirby as the DNA Project in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133 , and was run by the former Newsboy Legion...

, a scientific facility. He later manages to free himself. Clawster and several of his allies encounter the rampaging monster Doomsday

Doomsday (comics)

Doomsday is a fictional character, a supervillain that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appears in Superman: The Man of Steel #18 , and was created by writer-artist Dan Jurgens. IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time ranked Doomsday as #46...

, who, at the time, was in a running battle with many superheroes. Doomsday slays some part of the group. However, Clawster is not killed.

Post-Superman's death, Supergirl and Dan Turpin

Dan Turpin

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 investigate under Metropolis and end up battling Clawster and his men. Supergirl falsely believes it was the 'Underworlders' who stole Superman's body.

At one point, several of Clawster's underground allies, clones, become very ill. Believing it to be a human conspiracy, they arm themselves with the fictional 'Toasmaster' rifles, weapons made by the corrupt company Amertek

Amertek

AmerTek Industries is a fictional corporation in the . They first appeared in Steel #1 .-Fictional history:AmerTek Industries is a military industrial firm that employed engineer Dr. John Henry Irons. Irons is the engineer that developed the BG-60, a powerful man-portable energy cannon, which is...

 and designed by John Henry Irons

Steel (John Henry Irons)

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 for the military before he left after the weapons fell into the hands of terrorists and were used to kill innocent civilians. Clawster leads an attack Metropolis; the city is already being literally torn apart by various other crises. The attack continues; a war wages through Metropolis between the police, Lex-Corp soldiers, the Underworlders and Project Cadmus

Project Cadmus

Project Cadmus is a fictional genetic engineering project in the DC Comics Universe. It was created by Jack Kirby as the DNA Project in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133 , and was run by the former Newsboy Legion...

 soldiers. Clawster defeats and injures the Cadmus operative Guardian

Guardian (DC Comics)

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. Paul Westfield

Paul Westfield

Paul Westfield is a fictional DC Comics character. He first appeared in Superman Vol. 2, #58 and was created by Dan Jurgens.-Publication history:...

, director of Cadmus, tries to murder Clawster and his men with missiles but Superman stops the weapons.

In other media

Clawster is featured as a sub-boss to the 16-bit

16-bit

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 game The Death and Return of Superman

The Death and Return of Superman

The Death and Return of Superman is a beat 'em up video game based on the Death of Superman storyline. It features many characters from the comics, including Superman himself, Superboy, Steel, Cyborg, the Eradicator, and Doomsday...

for the SNES and Sega Genesis.