The Great Vampire - Who fled to E-Space to escape the Rassilon's mighty bowships. (nothing's specifically mentioned about their planet of origin, but it's stated that The Timelords completely eradicated them from our universe, so we can assume it's probably no longer around)

Sutekh the Destroyer - Last of the Osirians. 'nuff said.

The Fendahl - Another ancient enemy of the Time Lords. Fearing the power of a being capable of absorbing all energy. They destroyed the Fifth Planet, hoping the Fendahl had perished too, but somehow the skull survived and projected itself to Earth.

Meglos - Ol' Cactus face was the last Zolfa-Thuran, who's entire race perished in a civil war over control of the Dodecahedron. His planet didn't actually get destroyed, but it did turn into a sandy, inhospitable craphole, and he was the only survivor, so it still counts.

The Xeraphin - This one's a bit iffy. Technically, they're an entire race of ancient beings that narrowly escaped destruction during a great war by transforming themselves into a single gestalt intelligence.

Delta - Queen of the Chimeron and last survivor of her race. Except for the egg that she carries in her backpack, and later 50's greaser Billy, who proves once and for all that guys will do *anything* for hot alien poontang.

Kane - The very next episode also features the lone survivor of his race. Kane got dumped on an ice planet with a bio-mechanical dragon to toast his ass if he got too uppity. Apparently, he was just biding his time for several million years, since when he tries to set course for his home world of Proamnon to exact his revenge, he realises he has been a prisoner so long that the planet no longer exists. He then kills himself by opening a window and re-enacting a scene from 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

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That tragic distinction goes to Nyssa, who watched her planet Traken be destroyed by the bizarrely universe-spanning threat in Logopolis.

of course it was universe spanning. it was the held off Heat Death of the Universe ;)

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I guess Wolverine might work for this too, but not as well.

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That said, anything that keeps preturnaturally powerful beings with egos outsized enough to wear skin-clinging lycra sane is probably a good thing - unselfish even.

I'd also add the Fantastic Four (even though they cross outside of Alyssa's DC-centric focus), simply because they're the first, and perhaps only, supers who have NO secret identity. Heck, they even license themselves.

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To me, Superman becomes a much more interesting character when you realize he was raised as a human and thinks of himself that way, harboring humans goals and dreams. If it wasn't for his feeling that he is part of humanity, he wouldn't work so hard to protect it (he'd probably enslave it instead).

I think Straczynski played with this concept in a more sinister light in Supreme Power, having the government orchestrate a traditional American upbringing for Mark Milton so that his loyalty would be to the country and humanity in general.

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