

Rudy was contracted to help drain off a being named Strange Visitor's excess electromagnetic energy as she could not fully control it. His extra size and power did have a downside, however he needed to absorb more energy more frequently in order to stay alive. This mutation (Parasite 2.0) again increased Rudy's draining abilities, allowing him to absorb fast-moving objects' inertia as well as making him impervious to telepathic attack to an unknown extent since he could now drain energy through a mental link as he displayed when Dubbilex telepathically attacked him. Rudy and Superman battled on the moon where Superman uncontrollably unleashed an immense blast of heat vision that the Parasite absorbed, causing him to mutate even further into a huge, hulking monster with teeth resembling a leechs'. He began to get to those closest to Superman and was run down in the pandemonium that evening when Lois came to his aide. Transformed into the Parasite, he could absorb their physical and mental properties.

Once a janitor, Rudy Jones became Parasite by stealing from a center.
