The co-founder and former director of Project CADMUS who was obsessed with cloning. Amoral and ethically challenged, Donovan did not believe there should be any restrictions on experimenting with human genes, and the research conducted by CADMUS on his watch resulted in numerous bizarre, often grotesque, new life-forms. Some of the monstrosities he helped create were released into the labyrinthine tunnels of CADMUS' subterranean headquarters, where they would terrorize CADMUS employees at the most inopportune moments. A few even escaped into Metropolis to become a headache for Superman. The most notorious of Donovan's inspirations were the DNAliens; genetically altered humans with alien characteristics and paranormal abilities. Not above selling his expertise in cloning to the highest bidd