Iman (comics)

Iman (Spanish for "magnet"), whose real name is Diego Irigoyen, is a fictional superhero from DC Comics who was created as part of the Planet DC annuals event. His first appearance is in Superman Annual (vol.) 2 #12 (August 2000). He was created by Oscar Pinto, Giovanni Barberi, and F.G. Haghenbeck.

Fictional character biography

Diego Irigoyen was a brilliant student in Mexico City. He was a Recipient of a scholarship to Yale University from Wayne Enterprises, and wrote his doctoral thesis on astronomy and super heroes. He was later employed by S.T.A.R. Labs as an astronaut. While in outer space, Diego's mother was kidnapped and murdered. Irigoyen, on his return, pledged to use his genius to serve the cause of justice, and built for himself a powerful exoskeleton that granted him superhuman strength and resistance to injury. He greatly admires Superman, whose ideals Iman has said he tries to live up to. He often teams up with fellow Mexican superheroes El Muerto and Acrata, as when the three of them, with Superman, saved Mexico and the world from total destruction at the hands of a bio-[...] group led by a Mexican sorcerer named Duran, who was trying to channel the powers inherent in the ley lines of Earth.