While Lobo doesn’t appear in the eight-issue Woman of Tomorrow series that inspired the upcoming DCU movie, writer Tom King confirmed last year that he pitched Woman of Tomorrow as a Lobo/Supergirl book. But when editors Brittany Holzherr and Jamie S. Rich convinced King to make Kara the “Reuben J. ‘Rooster’ Cogburn” character — the tough, fearless U.S. Marshal from the Charles Portis novel True Grit, who accompanies a 14-year-old girl on a quest to avenge her father’s murder — the best fraggin’ bounty hunter in the galaxy was out of a job. But now the movie is restoring him, thanks to Momoa, and here’s what we know…
What We Know About Lobo’s Role in Supergirl
Newly revealed details of Supergirl‘s plot confirm that the movie will closely follow Woman of Tomorrow‘s storyline, but of course Lobo isn’t involved. The synopsis EW has revealed quite easily suggests how he becomes involved though:
“A young alien girl, Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley), tracks down Superman’s tormented partygirl cousin to bring the brute that killed her family to justice, Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts). Kara has a personal motivation to complete the task: During an early encounter with Krem, the adversary poisons her beloved super-dog, Krypto, who will die in three days’ time without the antidote he keeps among his personal effects. The lovable but untamable Krypto is Kara’s last remnant of her life back on Krypton before the destruction of her home world — an event that continues to haunt the comic book strongwoman.”
Kara being on the hunt for Krem does suggest that Lobo’s role as a bounty hunter could be key in helping her find her enemies. Director Craig Gillespie calls the movie a cross between John Wick and True Grit, and in that dynamic, you’d probably expect Momoa’s Lobo to play the Rooster Cogburn replacement – gruff, cantankerous, not really well-fitted to the job of helping his young ward, but he’s actually more likely the more supporting role of La Boeuf (played by Glen Campbell in the original and Matt Damon in the 2010 remake). He starts on his own mission to take down the same villains Cogburn hunts, and they end up teaming up. That seems to be the logical direction for Lobo and Supergirl too. Here’s what he looks like in the trailer:
Lobo’s DC Origins Explained: The Last Czarnian & A Complete Bastard
Created by writer Roger Slifer and artist Keith Giffen in 1983’s TheOmega Men #3, Lobo originally looked a lot different in his first appearance — resembling a member of the band Kiss more than the burly space biker bastich he would become under artist Simon Bisley.
Lobo, whose name means “one who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it,” was born on the peaceful paradise Czarnia and was immediately branded “the devil incarnate” and “an evil little bastard.” The bastard Lobo became the Last Czarnian because he killed all five billion people on his home planet. Although he’s a cold-blooded killer, the baddest bastich in the galaxy is fond of space dolphins (which he affectionately calls “fishies”).
When Vril Dox, the commander of L.E.G.I.O.N. (Licensed Extra-Governmental Interstellar Operatives Network), contracted Lobo to work for the galactic cop force, it was part of a pact to protect Lobo’s dolphin pack. A man of honor, Lobo always keeps his word, and he was honor bound to work with L.E.G.I.ON. (He’d rather kill than renege on his word.)
“I don’t kill nothin’ for nothin. The watchwords are: No Contract, No Kill. Dig? I’m the Hit Man, see, Assassin to Royalty, Executioner to the Stars. My special skills command big bucks. No pay, no play. ‘Cept… if I do kill somebody an’ I don’t get paid, then generally I’ll kill the four-flushin’ creep what didn’t pay me. That kinda thing I do gratis. Then it goes under the headin’ o’ community service.”
Lobo’s Powers & Weapons Explained
Lobo returns to his mercenary ways for credits to fund his lifestyle: fightin’, boozin’, and women. As the scourge of outlaws, Lobo uses an arsenal of weaponry that includes but isn’t limited to — deep breath — a big gun, a backup gun, a backup backup gun, a big knife, smaller knives, frag grenades, explosives, garroting wire, knuckledusters, his hook and chain, and exploding cigar. He rides his Spacehog — a customized SpazFrag 666 space cycle — and can track a target quicker than you can say “Feetal’s Gizz!”
“He’s killed more folks than any being alive in the universe today! He’s the meanest, baddest, most massacring mother there is! This is a man who has enjoyed every evil sensation known to exist! He partied — he womanized — he maimed and he murdered!”
Besides his tracking ability that lets him trace anyone anywhere in the galaxy after meeting them once, Lobo can analyze his opponents to instantly determine their weaknesses. His enhanced speed and strength makes him as powerful as Superman, and the Main Man is able to go toe-to-toe with the Man of Steel.
Lobo once had the Czarnian ability to self-heal wounds and grow clones of himself from even a single drop of blood, but Vril Dox stripped Lobo of his multiplying powers to spare the galaxy from an army of virtually indestructible Lobos. One bastich is bad enough. Now frag off!
DC Studios’ Supergirl movie featuring Jason Momoa’s Lobo is scheduled to open in theaters on June 26, 2026. Are you excited? Leave a comment below and join the conversation now in the ComicBook Forum!
