Genocide (comics)
Genocide | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Initial creation: DC Universe #0 (June 2008) Final creation: Wonder Woman (vol. 3) #26 (January 2009) |
Created by | Gail Simone (writer) Aaron Lopresti (artist) |
In-story information | |
Species | Female Golem |
Team affiliations | Secret Society of Super Villains |
Abilities | Super-strength Enhanced durability Super-speed Teleportation Healing factor |
Genocide is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Genocide is a superweapon created by the Secret Society of Super Villains to fight Wonder Woman. Her powers have yet to be revealed in full.
Publication history
Genocide first appeared in Wonder Woman vol. 3 #26 and was created by Gail Simone.[1]
Fictional character biography
At some point in the future,
Dr. Minerva initially set Genocide loose at a shopping mall in downtown Washington D.C. to draw the Justice League's attention. The
Athena reveals to Diana the truth behind Genocide and that the creature will be used by Ares as an instrument to destroy the gods and heroes unless Diana can stop her. Upon learning this, Diana attacked Genocide with renewed vigor, ripping the surgically implanted lasso from Genocide's body and leaving her to drown in the ocean. When Diana went to retrieve the body, she discovered that Genocide had disappeared. Ares arranged for Poseidon's son Euphemus to bring him her body so that he can heal her wounds. He then transferred Genocide's soul into a clay figure of a demon child and placed it in the care of a rogue Amazon warrior named Alkyone who is determined to destroy Diana.[7]
When Alkyone becomes the new Queen of Themyscira, she magically causes the spirit of Genocide to enter herself and three other Amazon allies by sacrificing the clay figure.
In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called "DC Rebirth", which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to "The New 52". In this continuity, Genocide is a golem of unknown origin where she was defeated by Wonder Woman and the past and buried on the island of the Gargareans in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Sometime later, Paula von Gunther in her alias of Warmaster unearthed Genocide and used her blood to revive her. She then recruited Genocide to join her Four Horsewomen alongside Armageddon III and Devastation while planning to use Genocide as a weapon to use against the Amazons.[10] While Warmaster battled Wonder Woman and managed to pierce the superheroine's shoulder with the Spear of Gudra, she threatened to have Genocide kill all the heroes guarding the portal to Themyscira unless Wonder Woman opened it and allowed her inside.[11]
Soil sample locations
The known soil samples Genocide was created with were taken from:
- Auschwitz, Nazi German-occupied Poland - samples collected by Professor Ivo and Red Volcano.[3]
- Logor Jasenovac, Croatia - samples collected by Doctor Poison II.[3]
- Darfur, Sudan - samples collected by an as-yet-unknown member with black gloves, probably T.O. Morrow.[3]
- Rwanda[12] - samples collected by an as-yet-unrevealed member.
- Cambodia[12]- samples collected by an as-yet-unrevealed member.
Powers and abilities
The full extent of Genocide's abilities has yet to be revealed. Genocide has superhuman strength, durability and speed. She also has the ability to teleport. Genocide can project anger, fear, and despair to weaken her enemies. Being a magical construct, she is nearly indestructible and can heal any damage her body receives. Because Genocide bears the body of the future Wonder Woman, she can tap into the Lasso of Truth to create a large explosion of negative psychic energy. The explosion can not only destroy nearby solid material and people, but also leaves survivors with a backlash of such negative emotion that they do not think or act rationally.[13] She has effortlessly defeated the Justice League of America and nearly killed Wonder Woman herself.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0345501073.
- ^ Wonder Woman (vol. 3) #31 (June 2009). DC Comics.
- ^ a b c d DC Universe #0 (June 2008). DC Comics.
- ^ Wonder Woman Vol. 3 #26. DC Comics.
- ^ Wonder Woman (vol. 3) #26 (January 2009). DC Comics.
- ^ Wonder Woman (vol. 3) #27 (February 2009). DC Comics.
- ^ Wonder Woman (vol. 3) #32. DC Comics.
- ^ Wonder Woman (vol. 3) #38 (January 2010). DC Comics.
- ^ Wonder Woman (vol. 3) #39 (February 2010). DC Comics.
- ^ Wonder Woman #754. DC Comics.
- ^ Wonder Woman #755. DC Comics.
- ^ a b Wonder Woman (vol. 3) #30 (May 2009). DC Comics.
- ^ Wonder Woman (vol. 3) #28-29 (March–April 2009). DC Comics.
External links
- Genocide at DC Wiki
- Crisis Panel Report - Wonder Woman, Newsarama