Psycho-Pirate

Roger Hayden is the Psycho-Pirate, a dangerous villain who can control emotions with the Medusa Mask. He remembers all previous versions of reality.

Long ago, there was a Crisis and the Psycho-Pirate became "unstuck" from the universe. From this he became aware of the true nature of reality, seeing it reincarnate itself time and again as new Crises, Flashpoints and Death Metals changed the universe around him. Everyone else believed that each new Earth was how things had always been, only the Psycho-Pirate knew how universes were built, destroyed, forgotten and rebuilt.

Hayden and several other psychics were soon abducted and imprisoned by the H.I.V.E. Queen, another member of the Twenty and zealous devotee of Brainiac. The Queen harvested the psionic energy from her victims to power H.I.V.E.'s operation to mentally enslave the human race in preparation for Brainiac's return to Earth. Hayden eventually managed to escape and sought out the Medusa Mask, a fabled artifact that could grant him protection from the Queen. Equipping the Medusa Mask vastly enhanced Hayden's already considerable psychic power, and he adopted the identity of the Psycho-Pirate.

Psycho-Pirate easily bested the H.I.V.E. Queen and Hector Hammond, who were waging war against Superman and each other for control of Metropolis. Psycho-Pirate sought instead to free the citizens of Metropolis from their mental shackles and create a city governed by pure, unbridled emotion. He used his power to incite a city-wide riot, driving the Metropolitans mad, but was ultimately thwarted by the combined powers of the Queen, Hammond, and a psionically-endowed Lois Lane, allowing Superman to pry the Medusa Mask from Psycho-Pirate and destroy it. Psycho-Pirate disappeared shortly thereafter before he could be apprehended.

Sometime during his criminal career, Psycho-Pirate started a cult consisting of drug addicts, traumatized individuals, people with mental disorders, and some who were just angry. He promised to fill them with relief and take away their pain in exchange for the chance to mold their minds. Batman disguises himself and enters the church that Psycho-Pirate is operating out of. He reveals himself and quickly takes down Psycho-Pirate’s followers with a sonic batarang. Psycho-Pirate launches a psychic attack that enhances Batman’s pain, but Batman is able to push through it and easily defeats Psycho-Pirate. As his followers awaken, they realize that Psycho-Pirate was using them and follow Batman away from the church.

The Medusa Mask gives him the power over every mind on the planet and the power to twist all the thoughts, memories, all secrets inside them. It has also been able to get past the mental shields given to Superman by Orion. It also protects him from other psychics while amplifying his own power. The mask allows him to drain people of their psionic energy.