Wallace Vernon "Wally" Keefe was a former employee of Wayne Financial. He worked at the Wayne Financial building in Metropolis, but during the Black Zero Event, he suffered injuries that cost him his legs.
Biography
Black Zero Event and Paraplegia
- "I can't feel my legs!"
- ―Wallace Keefe to Bruce Wayne[src]
During General Zod's invasion of Earth his forces attacked Wallace Keefe's home city of Metropolis. During his attempt to terrarform, the Wayne Financial Building where Keefe worked collapsed. Present at the time, Keefe attempted to evacuate people from the building before it began to crumble.
Bruce Wayne, just arriving in the city got to the ruins of his building. He entered the rubble looking amongst it for any survivors. There, he finds Keefe, his legs trapped under rubble before joining with others to free him. Keefe is rushed in to get medical care, though the lower half of both his legs had to be amputated. Shortly after the amputation his wife and daughter left him.
Desecration and Imprisonment
Being no longer able to work because of the loss of both his legs, he became embittered towards Superman. 18 months later, he was arrested for vandalizing the statue of Superman in Heroes Park. He defaced Superman's likeness, writing "False God" in red spray paint.
Manipulation, Testimony, and Death
Lex Luthor interfeered all of Keefe's severance payments and returned them to Wayne Enterprises with hate words written in red, making Bruce Wayne think his company abandoned a victim of Superman. He later paid Keefe's bail, and invites him to visit his mansion. There, Luthor wants Keefe to testify against Superman in a Senate committee, with Luthor also gifting Keefe with a motorized wheelchair as an extra bribe. Keefe keeps his end of the deal, and is present at the US Capitol when Superman arrives to the hearing. Shortly after the committee begins with the address of Senator June Finch, a bomb (secretly planted inside the wheelchair Luthor gave to Keefe) exploded, killing Keefe and all others present, except for the invulnerable Superman.
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