Deimosians

Deimosians are a fictional alien race featured on the New Adventures of Superman cartoon series by Filmation Associates. They made a single appearance in the pilot episode of the series, "The Force Phantom".

Description
Deimosians hail from the moon of Deimos, which is the smallest moon of the planet Mars. They are near-human in appearance and are characterized by their blue skin, fanged teeth, pointed ears and black mohawk-style hair. They appear to be a conqueror race who have technology advanced enough to make them a space-faring people.

History
The Deismonians decided to conquer the galaxy, and began their assault on the planet Earth. A Deimosian captain and his lieuntant took their flying saucer into Earth's orbit and used the power generator in their ship to create a powerful electrical force creature. They sent the creature to the planet's surface where it began destroying the world's rocket sites.

Superman learned of this and flew off to confront the creature. When the Deismonians discovered Superman's presence, they attempted to generate more power to their creation, to make the monster even stronger. This caused an overload in the ship's generator. The lieutenant warned his captain about using too much power, but the captain ignored him, thus starting a fire in the ship.

Superman battled the force creature outside, but used his astounding strength to destroy both the monster, plus the Deismosian saucer. Both Deismosians died in the explosion.

Notes & Trivia

 * The Deismosians were created by writer Oscar Bensol.


 * Deismosians are unique to the continuity of the New Adventures of Superman cartoon series. They have no direct counterpart in the mainstream DC Universe.


 * As Deismosians are natives to the moon of Deimos, it is possible that they are a sub-race of Martians. Classically in the DC Universe, Martians are either bald, green beetle-browed humanoids, such as the Martian Manhunter, or large lumbering white-skinned marauders like the White Martians.

Appearances

 * New Adventures of Superman: The Force Phantom