Amazo was a fictional android from DC Comics. He has fought the Justice League of America on several occassions.

History

Amazo was built by the insane super-scientist Professor Ivo to battle the Justice League of America. Ivo wished to demonstrate his ingenuity while ridding the world of its premier superhero team. Amazo was originally built to imitate the powers of the original JLA members: Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), The Flash (Barry Allen), the Martian Manhunter and Aquaman. However, the lineup of the JLA's founding roster has been changed via retcons, and it is currently uncertain how this changes Amazo's origin. Later versions of the robot appeared with differing abilities depending on which heroes he battled and later versions were able to evolve abilites simply by encountering heroes. One version was able to mimic the powers of any current JLA member, and to add new powers as new members appeared. This version was beaten when Superman officially disbanded the team; with no JLA to mimic, Amazo was rendered powerless.

Amazo, in the guise of Timazo, became the chief enemy of the android Hourman when he was able to duplicate half of Hourman's near-infinite temporal manipulation abilities. Timazo also possessed the powers of Aquaman, Black Canary (Dinah Lance), the Flash (Barry Allen), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and the Martian Manhunter.

Amazo in Other Media

In the Justice League animated series, The A.M.A.Z.O. Project was an android created by Professor Ivo, one of Lex Luthor's employees. Luthor needed Ivo's help, but found Ivo had died in his sleep, with the naive android watching over its creator. Luthor persuaded the Android to help him defeat the Jutice League. This version of Amazo (called simply "the android") possesses a nanotechnological construction, and could mimic the superpowers of any superhuman it could see. It mimicked the abilities of Hawkgirl (including forming a replica of her Nth Metal mace), Wonder Woman, the Flash (Wally West), Green Lantern (John Stewart), and Superman; it saw nothing worth mimicking in Batman. After mimicking the Martian Manhunter's telepathy, it learned Luthor intended to destroy him after he killed the Justice Leage. Seeing itself above the petty squabbles of humanity, it left Earth and wandered the universe.

In a later episode, the android eventually returned to Earth - now in possession of the abilities of an untold number of alien species - and demanded that Luthor tell him what his purpose was. Luthor told the android it had to forge its own destiny. Dr. Fate offered to help the android find its destiny, and Amazo moved into Dr. Fate's Tower.

In the animated series, Amazo was voiced by Robert Picardo.