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{{distinguish|Goldenface}}
{{for|the 1967 superhero film|Goldface, the Fantastic Superman}}
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|caption=Art by [[Gil Kane]].
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|character_name=Goldface
|real_name=Keith Kenyon
|publisher=[[DC Comics]]
|debut=''[[Green Lantern]]'' #38 (Summer 1965)
|creators=[[Gil Kane]]
|alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
|alliances=Union 242<br/>[[Secret Society of Super Villains|Underground Society]]
|powers=Superhuman strength and durability due to gold-based elixir
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'''Goldface''' is a [[DC Comics]] [[fictional]] character, originally a foe of [[Green Lantern]] ([[Hal Jordan]]).

==Publication history==
Goldface was first seen in ''Green Lantern #38'' (July 1965)<ref name="dc-ency">{{Citation | last = Greenberger | first = Robert | author-link = Robert Greenberger | contribution = Goldface | editor-last = Dougall  | editor-first = Alastair  | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia  | pages = 140 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = New York  | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4119-5 | oclc = 213309017}}</ref> and was created by [[Gil Kane]].

==Fictional character biography==
'''Keith Kenyon''' is a criminal [[scientist]]. He drinks a gold-based serum he has been working on. This grants him superhuman strength and invulnerability. He also exhibits a golden glow.

Gold being yellow gives him a great advantage over the superhero [[Green Lantern]], as his powers do not work on that color. However, he is defeated while trying to steal sunken gold needed for his endeavors. 

Goldface creates gold-plated armor and a 'gold-gun' which sprays liquid gold. After many clashes with Green Lantern, Kenyon decides to change his motif and ruthlessly began taking over criminal empires.  Over time, his flesh itself became a kind of organic metal.<ref name="dc-ency"/>

At some point his origin was [[retcon]]ned so that he was not a criminal scientist by trade, but a student of political science at the University of California, Coast City, who had discovered a sunken chest of gold contaminated by [[toxic waste]] that gave him his powers. The son of a prominent [[labor union]] leader, Kenyon initially rebelled against his blue-collar father by pursuing great wealth through a career as a supercriminal.<ref name="dc-ency"/>

Kenyon eventually moves to [[Central City (DC Comics)|Central City]] and becomes a foe of the [[Flash (comics)|Flash]] ([[Flash (Barry Allen)|Barry Allen]]). After serving time, Kenyon moves to [[Keystone City]] and, following in his father's footsteps, becomes an honest union leader himself, and now leads Keystone City's largest labor force.<ref name="dc-ency"/>

He was most recently a supporting character in the stories of [[Wally West]], the previous Flash, prominently featured in a story arc that had his ex-wife, [[Blacksmith (comics)|Blacksmith]] and her [[Enemies of the Flash|rogues]] taking over Keystone and Central City.

His activities post the ''One Year Later'' jump are unknown.

A different Goldface appears in the ''[[Green Lantern: The Animated Series]]'' spinoff comics. This version is a surviving member of Razer's species, named Tajz, and was given his abilities by Zillius Zox to take out the Interceptor crew.

==Powers and abilities==
Goldface’s skin has been altered by exposure to his elixir making him nearly invulnerable to damage. His elixir has enhanced his strength, agility and endurance. He wears armour crafted from the gold he found that offers some protection from physical and energy attacks and often utilises weapons based on the gold he found. 

==In other media==
===Television===
[[Image:Goldface jlu.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Goldface in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'']]
* Goldface appears in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', voiced by an uncredited [[Lex Lang]]. He appears as a recent member of [[Gorilla Grodd]]'s [[Secret Society of Super Villains|Secret Society]]. This version can turn anyone to gold by touching them similar to [[Midas|King Midas]]. He is first seen in "Dead Reckoning" during the raid on [[Gorilla City]] turning the gorillas into gold. When the Secret Society holds a meeting with Luthor to discuss their plans, Luthor makes an example out of Goldface and uses a device on his belt to hurt Goldface's face. He survived, for he was then seen during the mutiny within the Secret Society, when he sided against Luthor and was subsequently frozen by [[Killer Frost]], along with the other mutineers.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/glcorps/profile.php?name=goldface Green-Lantern era Goldface profile] from the DCUGuide site
* [http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/goldface.html A more recent profile] from a Flash fansite

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