Martin Lebeau was a small time crook from Metropolis.
History[]
Martin Lebeau organized a robbery in one of the S.T.A.R. Labs warehouses, for which he needed the help of his old acquaintance, Rudy Jones, a regular janitor working for S.T.AR. From their brief conversation, it became clear that Lebeau agreed to pay off Rudy's gambling debts for access to the warehouse and for Rudy to operate a forklift to load stolen barrels of chemicals into Martin's pickup truck. However, Rudy's clumsy driving got on Martin's nerves, and when security guards showed up, he got into a firefight with them. Ultimately, he managed to escape with Rudy jumping into the back of his pickup, but he didn't manage to steal much.
Soon after, annoyed by Rudy's very presence, Lebeau sped over a bumpy, winding road, ignoring his pleas to slow down. As a result, Rudy was exposed to the barrels' contents, turning him into the supervillain later known as Parasite. The next morning, Parasite found his former partner near his apartment in Hob's Bay and started to absorb his energy. Only Superman's intervention allowed Lebeau to avoid the worst.