 Jose Delgado suffered a spinal injury while saving Lois Lane's life during a fight with a creature called Combattor (Ironically, Luthor had secretly created Combattor with the intention of framing Superman for the damage caused in Combattor's rampage, but Gangbuster's efforts not only contained Combattor but caused him to collapse when the implants that gave him his strength had negative consequences on his health).Delgado was hospitalized and talked into retiring by Cat Grant.He recovered the ability to walk with the assistance of a LexCorp cybernetic implant, similar to the implant later used on Maximum from the Supermen of America.