CYCLOTRONIC MAN (Ned Creegan)	BIOGRAPHY
Created by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Moldoff

PERSONAL DATA

Real Name: Ned Creegan
Aliases: Bag O'Bones; One-Man Meltdown
Citizenship: American
Marital Status: Presumed Single
Base of Operation: Gotham City
Gender: Male
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
First Appearance: (as Bag O'Bones): Batman Vol. 1 #195 (September 1967)
(as Cyclotronic Man): Black Lightning Vol. 1 #4 (September 1977)
(as One-Man Meltdown): Batman and the Outsiders #4 (November 1983)
Creators: Gardner Fox and Sheldon Moldoff

HISTORY

A small-time jewel thief, Ned Creegan broke into the lab of rogue scientist Dr. Logan, where he was accidentally subjected to an experimental "purple light ray". The ray made Creegan's skin transparent so that only his skeleton was visible, and charged him with electricity. Logan gave Creegan pills that enabled him to transform into the super-powered "Bag O'Bones" whenever he wanted, but warned him that for every second he remained in that state, he would lose a day of his life. Deciding that it would be worth it, Creegan sacrificed several years of his life for one last big heist, but was defeated by Batman and Robin (I) and sentenced to prison. Years later, Creegan returned. As the Cyclotronic Man, an agent of the criminal 100, he tried to eliminate both Black Lightning and Superman, but was defeated. In prison, a crooked warden refused to give Creegan the radiation treatment that his body required, making him mutate into a powerful radioactive creature called "One-Man Meltdown". Meltdown had a violent run-in with the Outsiders (II) before it was revealed that he actually wanted to reform and needed a cure for himself. The Outsiders helped Creegan get the treatments he needed and he went back to prison, content to serve out his time.

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of Cyclotronic Man in chronological order click here