During the period when he was believed to be dead, Sinestro had two indirect encounters with other heroes. When dealing with an artificial intelligence based on the dead son of its creator, Wonder Woman faced a duplicate of Sinestro created by the A.I.'s use of a life-replicating material while watching videos of Sinestro's old battles, believing that he was just playing a computer game and unaware of the real-world damage that he was causing. Although he lacked Sinestro's tactical genius, his unrestrained use of Sinestro's power destroyed a bridge and a building, nearly suffocating Wonder Woman before he was defeated by the hero Champion (really a disguised Hercules).