| “ | YOU STOLE MY FOOD! | „ |
| ~ Aldar's reaction when Clark saved a victim from having his spine broken. |
Aldar was a villain in the Sixth Season of Smallville, appearing in the episode "Static".
A humanoid alien from the Phantom Zone, but not a wraith, Aldar fed on human bone marrow, regularly breaking the backs of humans so as to rip out their spines. He was predatory and saw humans as simply another source of food.
He was portrayed by former professional WWE wrestler Dave Bautista, who also played Mr. Hinx in Spectre, Tong Po in Kickboxer: Vengeance, Owen Davidson in Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy, Glossu Rabban Harkonnen in the 2021 remake film Dune, Leonard in Knock at the Cabin and the Parakeet King in the English version of The Boy and the Heron.
History[]
Early life[]
Aldar murdered many people to eat and consume their bones. For these heinous acts, he was imprisoned in the Phantom Zone. While trapped in the Zone, he kept his humanoid form.
Season 6[]
After Clark Kent accidentally opened the gateway to the Phantom Zone, Aldar escaped his imprisonment and landed in Seattle, Washington, where he started consuming an entire crew of a ship docked at the harbor. He would rip open the flesh of the victims, tear out all the bones and suck out their bone marrow.
While lurking on the docks, Aldar encountered a policeman and killed him by ripping his bones out. Chloe Sullivan shows Clark reports of multiple strange deaths on a shipping barge in Seattle. He later encountered Clark who, at first, seemed to match him in strength. Clark tried to use the Crystal on him, but it had no effect on him — Aldar is a Phantom Zone prisoner, not a phantom. Aldar then threw Clark across the dock and escapes.
Aldar ultimately managed to throw Clark into the upper regions of a crane, generating tremendous momentum, and then disappeared quickly; this meant that Aldar was also able to run at superhuman speed, but it was not shown on screen. Clark searched all day for Aldar until nightfall. Aldar once again encountered Clark, this time in the city, Clark asked him why he was killing people, Aldar responded by simply saying "Hey, a man's got to eat."
He found him again and Aldar picked him up, ready to rip his bones out. Clark attempted to fight the monster but Aldar easily caught his punch, lifted him over his head and attempted to snap Clark's back in half. Just as Clark was almost finished, Aldar fell down in agony, and died. He was killed by someone with great powers, later revealed to be the Martian Manhunter. Clark was shocked to see a hand print burned onto Aldar's back.
Trivia[]
- One maneuver that Aldar demonstrated was a back-breaker.
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