BISMOLL	ATLAS
Created by Jerry Siegel and John Forte

PLANETARY INFORMATION

Name: Bismoll
Space Sector: 3493
Dominant Lifeform: Bismollians
Prominent Inhabitants: Schlagg-Man; Matter-Eater Lad; Calorie Queen
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #303/2 (December 1962): "The Fantastic Spy"
Creators: Jerry Siegel and John Forte

COMMENTS

Bismoll is of course most notable for 30/31st Century hero Tenzel Kem AKA Matter-Eater Lad of the Legion of Super-Heroes. There’s been varying stories about Bismoll’s history, particularly in regard to the unusual powers of its natives.

In the Atlas of the DC Universe, I found it had been colonized during the 25th century. Cut off from the rest of the United Planets, their world fell victim to a microbe which rendered all organic matter poisonous. The Bismollians bioengineered an enzyme which changed their physiology, giving them the ability to ingest inorganic matter.

Other stories, most notably Legion of Super-Heroes Annual Vol. 4 #2 (1991) had Bismoll established as a "buffer world" between Earth and Elia, the Dominator homeworld. Bismoll, Carggg, Geequo, Janus, Lallor, Mlain, Myrnah, Smoahtur, Thanar, Tharr, Winath, and Zwen were seeded by Daxamite Lar Gand (better known as Valor or Mon-El) with humans altered by Dominator experiments. These worlds, with their now-super powered inhabitants (thanks to the Dominators) would protect Earth should the Dominion launch another invasion.