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| Paul Westfield | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Superman (vol. 2) #58 (August 1991) |
| Created by | Dan Jurgens |
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| Full name | Paul Westfield |
| Team affiliations | Project Cadmus |
Paul Westfield is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Superman (vol. 2) #58 (August 1991) and was created by Dan Jurgens.
The executive director of Project Cadmus, the post-Crisis version of Jack Kirby's DNA Project, Westfield was revealed to be in charge of the project in Superman (vol. 2) #58. An unscrupulous director ironically hired for his ethics, he appeared in issues of Superman, Superman: The Man of Steel, The Adventures of Superman and Superboy (vol. 4). A noteworthy story was his plan on creating a clone to take Superman's place during multiple issues of the Funeral for a Friend storyline after The Death of Superman event. This led to the debut of Superboy (Kon-El) in the following Reign of the Supermen! crossover event.
Paul Westfield is a Vietnam War veteran and the executive director of Project Cadmus, a secret government agency in Metropolis. After Superman suffers amnesia, assumes the Gangbuster mantle, and battles Guardian, Westfield begins seeing him as a threat. [1] [2] He captures Superman and has Dubbilex probe his mind for information, which is transferred to a computer. [3] Guardian destroys the computer, but Westfield retains the information and intends to file a congressional report against Superman. Guardian and Dubbilex stop him by threatening to publicly reveal that he killed his mentally unstable commander during the Vietnam War. [4]
Following The Death of Superman , Westfield and Cadmus create "Experiment 13", a human with Kryptonian-like powers, to replace him. 13 brokers a deal with Cadmus to become known as Superboy and goes on a world tour to establish his new name, with Dubbilex chaperoning him. [5]
In the "Battle of Metropolis" story arc, Dabney Donovan kills Westfield, who is revealed to be Superboy's genetic template. [6] [7] [8] In retalitation, Westfield's daughter Amanda Spence kills Superboy's love Tana Moon. [9]
Additionally, an alternate universe variant of Westfield appears in the "Hypertension" story arc. [10]
Superboy is later retconned to be a clone of Superman and Lex Luthor who is unrelated to Westfield. [11] [12]
Paul Westfield appears in the BBC radio drama adaptation of The Death of Superman.
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