Major Disaster (Paul Booker) is a former DC Comics supervillain and reluctant amoral superhero.[1]
| Major Disaster | |
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 Major Disaster as depicted in JLA #80 (June 2003). Art by Duncan Rouleau (penciller), Aaron Sowd (inker), and David Baron (colorist). | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Green Lantern #43 (March 1966) |
| Created by | Gardner Fox Gil Kane |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Paul Booker |
| Species | Metahuman |
| Team affiliations | Army of Crime Justice League Antarctica Injustice League Suicide Squad SKULL Justice League Elite Justice League |
| Notable aliases | Bennett Brodsky |
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Publication history
editMajor Disaster first appeared in Green Lantern (volume 2) #43, and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane.[2]
Fictional character biography
editPaul Booker is a low-level crook who accidentally discovers the secret identities of Green Lantern and the Flash after finding Thomas Kalmaku's casebook.[3] He then becomes a criminal using devices that can create natural disasters and protect him from them. Despite having his memories erased, Major Dissaster continues to battle Green Lantern and allies with Epoch.[4]
Major Disaster later learns that he has gained his devices' power innately, but is slowly dying due to their effects. He joins the Injustice League, eventually reforms, and becomes a founding member of Justice League Antarctica.
After returning to crime, Major Disaster makes a deal with Neron to gain enhanced powers in exchange for his soul. Furthermore, he joins the Suicide Squad and a substitute Justice League group consisting of Nightwing, Green Arrow, Atom, Hawkgirl, Firestorm, Jason Blood, and Faith while the main group are believed dead.
In Infinite Crisis, Major Disaster is killed by Superboy-Prime.[5] He is later resurrected as a Black Lantern during the Blackest Night event and attempts to seek revenge before Prime kills him using a black ring.[6]
In The New 52, Major Disaster is resurrected and returns to being a villain.[7] Furthermore, his daughter Penny, a wielder of the H-Dial who is also known as Minor Disaster, is introduced.[8]
Powers and abilities
editMajor Disaster possesses the ability to manipulate probability and cause natural disasters. He initially derives his powers from special devices before gaining them innately.
In other media
edit- Major Disaster makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Justice League Unlimited as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society before being killed by Darkseid.
- Major Disaster appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by James Arnold Taylor.[9][10]
- Major Disaster appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[11]
References
edit- ^ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. p. 202. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
- ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
- ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.
- ^ Karate Kid #12-15
- ^ Infinite Crisis #7
- ^ Adventure Comics (vol. 2) #4-5
- ^ Superman/Wonder Woman #15
- ^ Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #52
- ^ "Comics Continuum by Rob Allstetter: Saturday, May 9, 2009". May 9, 2009.
- ^ "Major Disaster Voice - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 15, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
- ^ Eisen, Andrew (October 4, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved June 15, 2024.