| abstract | - Billy Numerous is a minor villain and student at the Hive Academy, where his power of self-duplication was subtly hinted at. After the Academy was destroyed during Cyborg's confrontation with Brother Blood, Numerous and most of the other students went freelance. Later, Billy engaged in a robbing spree all across Jump City, and he stole anything he and his innumerable clones could get his (their) collective hands on. His power thoroughly confounded the Titans, especially Cyborg, who became all the more obsessed in catching him. Finally, however, Cyborg realized that there was another way of catching Numerous. He and the other Titans confronted Billy in the old stadium where he had stashed his loot, seemingly with numerous copies of themselves. In order to bring them down, Billy created even more clones of himself, but finally pushed his powers too far. The resulting reabsorption of each of his clones caused a massive mental and psychic shock, stunning him and enabling his capture. And to add to the insult, the Titans copies were not actual clones but merely holographic projections created and controlled by Cyborg. At some point, Billy entered Jinx's H.I.V.E Five and was also recruited into the Brotherhood of Evil. As one of the Five, he participated in the attempted capture of Kid Flash, but even his numerous clones were unable to stop the super-speedster. Later, when the Brotherhood executed its world-wide strike against young super-heroes, he and his teammate Gizmo attacked Kole and Gnarrk in their subterranean retreat, but both escaped them. When the remains of the Titans under Beast Boy later attacked the Brotherhood's headquarters, Billy and most of his H.I.V.E. tried to run, but were intercepted by Kid Flash - and aghast to see that Jinx had switched sides and joined up with him. Moments later, they were all swept away by one of Jinx's hexes and carted off by Kid Flash for a quick-freeze treatment.
- Billy Numerous is first seen as a student of the H.I.V.E. Academy where his power of duplication was subtly hinted. When the Academy was destroyed, Billy Numerous escaped and became a renegade villain. Later, Billy engaged in a battle with the Teen Titans while he was in a robbing spree all across Jump City. The Titans were subdued by Billy's duplication power, which made Cyborg more obsessed to catch him. Cyborg and the other Titans managed to catch Billy in an old stadium by using holographic projections created and controlled by Cyborg to look like they duplicated themselves. In order to bring the Titans down, Billy created more clones of himself but pushed his power to the limit. The result came when his clones were reabsorbed into him and he experienced a physical and mental shock, stunning him. At some point, Billy joined the H.I.V.E. Five and was also recruited into the Brotherhood of Evil. When he was with the H.I.V.E. Five, he helped his teammates to attempt to capture Kid Flash but even his numerous clones were unable to stop the super-speedster. When the Brain executed its plans to attack all superheroes, Billy Numerous was sent with Gizmo to capture Kole and Gnarrk, but were both defeated. When the final battle with the Teen Titans started, Billy Numerous attempted to escape with the rest of the H.I.V.E. Five members but was blasted by one of Jinx's hexes and ended up flash-frozen with the other villains. Billy Numerous has the power to duplicate himself as many times as he wants. All his clones share his personality and his trickery. The exact number of duplicates he can create is unknown but it is shown to be higher than a hundred. However if he creates too many clones, he will experience a physical and mental shock that results in reabsorbing his clones and stunning him. In 2008, he was added to the main DC universe as an enemy of Catwoman.
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