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KN OWN
HIT COMICS #1 (1940)
STATUS Hero (deceased)
REAL
NAME
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FIRST
Tom Corbett
UNDERWORLD UNLEASHED #1 (November 1995)
APPEARANCE
STATUS Villain
REAL
NAME
HEIGHT 5ft 11in
HAIR Black
WEIGHT Variable
SPECIAL
POWERS/ABILITIES
Was able to project powerful energy bolts
SPECIAL
EYES Variable
POWERS/ABILITIES
O D S
BASE Hell
HEIGHT Variable
FIRST
HAIR Variable
APPEARANCE
NEW GODS (1st series) #1 (March 1971)
STATUS Good and evil beings
A lord of lies, Neron possesses
NOTABLE
unspeakable mystic power and can alter his size and shape.
BASE New Genesis and Apokolips
NEW GODS
See individual entries for powers and abilities.
Bekka, Big Barda, Black Racer, Darkseid, Doctor Bedlam, Esak
FIRST
APPEARANCE
STATUS Villain
REAL
OCCUPATION Ruler of the Underworld
HEIGHT 6ft 6in
SPECIAL
WEIGHT 300 lbs
POWERS/ABILITIES
People, Glorious Godfrey, Highfather (deceased), Himon
(deceased), Kalibak, Lightray, Lonar (deceased), Mantis, Metron,
Mister Miracle, Orion, Takion, Tiggra (deceased).
NAME
None
BASE Kurnugi
EYES White
HAIR Blond
Immortal; mystical might derived from Oan
T H E
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O U RT H
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O R L D
LONG, LONG AGO, before time was even measured, there
existed a race of Old Gods whose world was split apart in a
fiery holocaust, unleashing a coruscating “godwave” of
energy that swept across the universe.This godwave
empowered the OLYMPIAN GODS and gave rise to latterday human super heroes as it rebounded back and forth in
continued, but diminishing, reverberation, seeding world
after world with the potential for near-omnipotent power.
WAR
THE NEW GODS 1) Darkseid 2) Desaad
3) Glorious Godfrey 4) Heggra 5) Granny
Goodness 6) Black Racer 7) Doctor Bedlam
8) Mokkari 9) Steppenwolf 10) Kanto
11) Kalibak 12) Mantis 13) Virman Vunderbar
14) Himon 15) Devilance 16) Lightray
17) Mister Miracle 18) Fastbak 19) Metron
20) Highfather 21) Forager I 22) Big Barda
23) Avia 24) Lonar 25) Orion 26) Simyan
27) Bekka.
The New Gods of New Genesis know that Earth
will one day give rise to a Fifth World of superbeings, already heralded by the abundance of super
heroes, to prevent the New Gods of Apokolips from
finding the Anti-Life Equation.
OF THE
WORLDS
On its fourth passing, the godwave infused the Old Gods’ divided world. Out of the ashes
arose two molten planets, New Genesis and Apokolips, collectively known as the Fourth
World. New Genesis was home to the noble, near-immortal New Gods, who lived in
harmony with their lush and verdant planet. Conversely, the denizens of nearby Apokolips
were cunning and cruel, and dedicated to evil. For millions of years, New Genesis and
Apokolips waged war upon one another until a peace pact was negotiated with the
exchange of hostages, each the son of one world’s leader.True to his nature, Apokolips’s
ruler DARKSEID broke his pact with New Genesis’s ruler HIGHFATHER by invading Earth
in search of the Anti-Life Equation, the means to control all sentient life in the universe.
Thus, the conflict began anew, but this time with Darkseid’s own son, ORION, siding
with New Genesis. Highfather’s heir, Scott Free, would first fend off Darkseid’s agents on
Earth in the guise of MISTER MIRACLE before returning to his homeworld and joining
the New Gods in defiance of Darkseid’s eternal enmity. Since then, the New Gods have
fought tirelessly to maintain the balance of power first struck in the godwave’s release. SB
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FIRST
GREEN LANTERN ANNUAL 2nd series #9
(September 2000)
The deaths of five of the second FLASH’s Rogues
Gallery unleashed the demon Neron, a Prince
of Hell, who granted dozens of villains, as well
as a few costumed heroes, increased powers in
exchange for their souls. At the suggestion of
the TRICKSTER II, CAPTAIN MARVEL offered
his soul to Neron in exchange for Earth’s
freedom. As the Trickster deduced, Marvel’s
soul was too pure for the demon to touch,
but Neron was forced to honor his end of
the bargain. Subsequently, the Flash and his
wife (see PARK, LINDA) managed to outwit
Neron and foil a rampage by the Rogues’
ghosts, restoring them to life. During this
event, known as the Day of Judgment, Neron
was imprisoned by an unholy alliance of the
DEMON Etrigan, ASMODEL, and the SPECTRE.
Breaking free from his prison by possessing
SUPERMAN’s body, Neron attempted to claim the
Spectre-Force for himself, but the Spectre instead
chose Hal Jordan, the second GREEN LANTERN as its
new human host. Neron was sent back to Hell, and
since he had broken Hell’s rules by using its power for
his own pleasure, he was demoted from a
Prince to a Rhymer by his fellow
demons. Furious, Neron realized that this
had been Etrigan’s plan all along. RG
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E R G A L
O F
E U T RO N
APPEARANCE
STATUS Villain
ACTION COMICS #525 (November 1981)
REAL
NAME
OCCUPATION Criminal
HEIGHT 6ft 2in
SPECIAL
4
WEIGHT 184 lbs
POWERS/ABILITIES
2
Nat Tryon
BASE Metropolis
EYES Blue
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HAIR Black
Releases withering atomic energy through his
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hands or by lifting the visor of his helmet.
technology, gleaned from eons wandering in space.
The ruler of part of the underworld known as Kurnugi
has bedeviled mankind since he was first worshiped by
the ancient Mesopotamians. Nergal was not of this Earth,
but extraterrestrial rather than supernatural.When Kyle
Rayner (GREEN LANTERN IV) and archaeologist Sala
Nisaba (SALA) encountered Nergal in the Syrian Desert,
they learned that he was, in fact, one of the Controllers
who had departed the planet Oa millennia before.With
his immortal kin, Nergal wandered the universe and
eventually settled on Earth, assuming the guises of
tyrannical gods to the Mesopotamians. However, Nergal
and his kin were defeated by Ninurta, a hero who wielded
a primitive power ring and was perhaps Earth’s first Green
Lantern, and Nergal’s cousin Istar who wielded a ringstaff.
The rogue Controllers were imprisoned within Kurnugi
until their discovery by Sala during an excavation.
Nergal empowered Sala with the powers of her
ancestor, Istar, in order to use her ringstaff and Kyle’s
power ring to destroy the gateway that prevented Nergal’s
return to Earth. After a tumultuous battle, Green Lantern
called upon his JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA comrades
to help Sala defeat Nergal and send him back to his prison
in Kurnugi. SB
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A small-time crook working for
Lex Luthor (see LUTHOR, LEX),
Nat Tryon made a poor choice
when he and two other thugs
agreed to sabotage a nuclear
reactor.The radiation sickened
Tryon, and a second dose of
radiation—intended to reverse the
effects of the first exposure—
turned him into a living nuclear
reaction.Wearing a containment
suit,Tryon became the
superpowered criminal Neutron.
For some reason he blamed
SUPERMAN for his explosive state
and picked a fight with the Man of Steel. He lost that
showdown and earned a term of incarceration at
S.T.A.R. Labs, where scientists hoped to treat his
unfortunate condition.
Neutron gained his freedom from S.T.A.R. Labs
when PSIMON and several other super-villains freed
him. He joined the reformed FEARSOME FIVE and
fought both Superman and the TEEN TITANS. Neutron
remains a malevolent force of destruction. DW
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KEY STORYLINES
• SUPERMAN’S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #134 (DEC. 1970): Darkseid’s first
appearance is harbinger to the introduction of the Fourth World.
• THE HUNGER DOGS (1984): Fourth World creator Jack Kirby’s
graphic novel marks his final story chronicling the New Gods.
• COSMIC ODYSSEY #1–4 (1988): Darkseid’s quest for the
Anti-Life Equation unites New Gods and heroes from Earth in
a race to prevent universal destruction.
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N C Y C L O P E D I A
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E RO E S
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(deceased), Fastbak, Forager I (deceased), Forager II, The Forever
Thomas Corbett
was a French
Legionnaire stationed
in Africa in 1939. Lost
on a desert mission, he
discovered an oasis
whose lake was filled
with glowing water.
He drank from the
lake, his clothing was
transformed, and he
was able to project
energy bolts from his
hands. Corbett
became Neon the
Unknown and joined
the FREEDOM FIGHTERS, a hero team gathered by the
mystic being UNCLE SAM to defend the U.S. from Axis
forces during World War II. On December 6, 1941, Uncle
Sam warned several Fighters, including Neon, of a terrible
impending attack. Arriving at Pearl Harbor the next day,
the Freedom Fighters witnessed the Japanese assault
on the base. Neon was killed in the bombing. PJ
H
O M I C S
OCCUPATION Soul-taking demon
from his hands and also fly.
G
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BASE Mobile
EYES Blue
E W
Neron
OCCUPATION Former French Foreign Legionnaire
WEIGHT 167 lbs
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