version of the Parasite appears in Injustice: Gods Among Uss prequel comic. In Year Five, the Parasite is fighting against the Cyborg and Hal Jordan in Coast City until Superman arrives and takes him to the Sun, where he throws the Parasite in, apparently killing him. Just Imagine... In Stan Lee's Just Imagine..., a version of Parasite exists as an African-American female serial killer named Lucinda Radama. She's one of the death row criminals turned supervillains under the Reverend Darrk, alongside Brock Smith/Blockbuster and criminal Deke Durgan/Deathstroke. Superman American Alien Parasite has made a brief appearance in Superman American Alien #5 by Max Landis. It shows the tragic story of Rudy Jones, how he became an addict and eventually a "guest" of Lex Luthor, who slowly turned him into an energy-hungry monster. After a brief rampage inside Metropolis Mall, he is apprehended by Superman and (mistakenly) returned to Lex Luthor, from whom he escaped in the first place. This serves as an example of "humanizing" the character of Superman, showing that he has flaws and makes mistakes as any other person does. In other media Television Live-action The Rudy Jones incarnation of Parasite appears in the Smallville episode "Injustice", portrayed by Brendan Fletcher. Rudolph "Rudy" Jones was a metahuman prisoner at the Black Creek facility before everyone was released by Tess Mercer. Not long after, Jones found himself recruited by Mercer into a team that she had hoped could become heroes. While training with the team and being sent to find Doomsday, Jones receives the codename "Parasite". However, several of the team members are killed, leading to Jones and the survivors betraying Mercer, only to be defeated by Clark Kent and the Green Arrow and taken into police custody. Two incarnations of Parasite appear in Supergirl. Both versions are the result of humans being possessed by an alien parasite called an Angon: Rudy Jones appears in the episode "Changing", portrayed by William Mapother. This version is an environmental scientist who is infected by an Angon that had laid dormant in an Arctic wolf's corpse and gains the ability to drain the life from his victims through physical contact. After being confronted by Supergirl, Alex Danvers, and the Martian Manhunter, Jones absorbs Supergirl and Manhunter's powers and transforms into a monster. Rechristening himself "Parasite", he goes on a rampage before Supergirl uses plutonium from a nuclear power plant to overload Jones