Inc. at the scheduled return site of the time machine. When the time machine appears, it contains not only the body of Zee, but a younger Degaton. This duplicate version of Degaton had been created by the chronal energies of the time machine as Degaton had lunged at the machine in 1947. This Degaton disintegrates due to the paradoxical existence of two Degatons at once. Fearing that the young Degaton would destroy her again, Mekanique kills him, and then destroys herself. Notes Mekanique's future world is the one of Fritz Lang's silent film Metropolis, and Mekanique herself the Maria-robot. This was possible, in part due to the fact that at the time of publication, "Metropolis" was a public domain film in the US and DC could, as such, use the film freely. However, for copyright reasons, Roy Thomas gave her a completely unique name rather than have characters refer to her as "Maschnenmensch". Superman's Metropolis features another interpretation of Mekanique, called Futura. References DC Comics female supervillains DC Comics robots Earth-Two Characters created by Roy Thomas Characters created by Todd McFarlane Comics characters introduced in 1986 Works based on Metropolis (1927 film)