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Jon Hancock
Feb 18, 2004, 02:42 pm
<img src="http://comixfan.com/xfan/images/headshots/dc/majordisaster.gif" align=left hspace=10 alt=>Real Name: Paul Booker
Former Aliases: Bennet Brodsky, Mr Palmer, Joe Smith
First Appearance: Green Lantern (2nd series) #43
Known Relatives: Trish (ex-wife), unnamed brother and father
Group Affiliation: Justice League Elite, Justice League of America III, formerly Army of Crime, Injustice League II, Justice League of Antarctica, Suicide Squad II
Known Allies: Multi Man, Faith
Major Enemies: Fernus. Formerly Green Lantern, Superman
Eyes: Black, red pupils
Hair: Black

Paul Booker was nothing more than a cheap crook. On the run from the police he found an unlocked apartment window and climbed in to hide out. Unbeknownst to him it belonged to Thomas Kalmaku, Green Lantern (II)'s former friend and confidant. Accidentally activating a hidden control panel he discovered Kalmaku's casebook on Green Lantern. Using this he found the secret identities of both Green Lantern and the Flash (II).

Armed with this knowledge he decided to embark on a criminal career under the name of Major Disaster, and hired a group of criminal scientists to create devices for him capable of causing natural disasters. Using his new powers he set out to kill the crime fighters but was defeated and was thought to have died in the ensuing explosion. However, Disaster was wearing a device that protected him from any disaster he created. This device made his atoms reform over time, invisibly returning him to human form. However, his luck against Green Lantern failed to improve, as he was defeated again. After his defeat Green Lantern used his ring to erase the memory of the Flash's secret identity and placed a mental block stopping him from telling anyone else Lantern's own identity.

Disaster found that his power had started to internalise in him but was growing in magnitude and slowly destroying him. He sought to remove the excess power by transferring it onto Superman, only to be defeated again. Superman, aided by Batman, also defeated him when he joined General Scarr's Army of Crime.

Seeking to finally kill Green Lantern, Major Disaster threatened to destroy the Baldwin Hills Dam unless Green Lantern face him. At the time John Stewart had taken the Green Lantern mantle and when he arrived at the dam, Disaster was confused, as he still believed Hal Jordan was Green Lantern. Believing that Green Lantern was ridiculing him he destroyed the dam and nearly the majority of Los Angeles. Due to one of Lantern's constructs, Disaster was defeated and turned insane, believing everybody to be Green Lantern.

It was while in prison that Disaster first met The Mighty Bruce. A computer wizard who stole money from huge corporations to give to charity, The Mighty Bruce suddenly seemed vital to Disaster's future plans of a villainous team, The Injustice League. The team consisted of Disaster as leader, The Mighty Bruce, Multi Man, Cluemaster, Big Sir and Clock King. Disaster and the League came into possession of a Thangarian warship left over from a recent alien invasion of Earth and planned to use the weapons on board to attack the Justice League. Unfortunately for them, Guy Gardner, who was clearing up a Khund warship close by, intercepted their radio transmission and came and tore the Injustice League's ship to pieces and took the group into custody.

Once free the League decided that their criminal career would be easier in Europe and travelled to Paris to set up base. Unfortunately the Justice League Europe branch had just opened its doors and the League found themselves in the same 'French for Beginners' class as the JLE. They were quickly deported from France. Their next mission involved breaking the bank at the Club JLI casino on the island of Kooeykooey Kooey. Whilst this operation was a success, they were unable to spend their winnings as the Island started to drift into the ocean. Recruited by the JLA, Disaster helped avoid the ensuing geological and tectonic chaos by assisting Aquaman in anchoring the island to an underground volcano. He then chose to stay and face justice rather than flee, despite having the opportunity.

Attempting to go legit, the Injustice League were given a chance by Maxwell Lord, the JLI chief and somehow managed to stop a terrorist attack. Sent to the South Pole and christened the Justice League of Antarctica, along with other nuisances G'nort and the Scarlet Skier, the team was short lived as Disaster destroyed their embassy whilst defeating a waddle of killer penguins.

Following this the group defaulted back to crime. They attempted to steal from the cult of Minister Sun only to have their loot stolen back from them. Disaster's career took a boost when he accepted a wish from Neron that greatly enhanced his disaster causing powers making feats much easier and giving him far more disasters to cause. The team then received an offer from the government to work on their Suicide Squad. During their mission Big Sir and Clock King were killed with only Multi Man surviving due to his immortal nature and Cluemaster, who appeared to die, later being revealed to have lived. Left without his usual allies Disaster stayed on with the Squad until Superman offered him a chance to prove his heroic worth in defeating a number of Superman's foes.

Batman also followed Disaster's career and the Dark Knight chose him to serve on a substitute Justice League of America whilst the regular members went back in time to Atlantis. Finally acting as a hero and receiving some respect for the first time in his career, Disaster jumped at the chance and remained with the team following their return. Since joining he has become extremely close to Faith and is the only person in the League to have seen her true form.

Major Disaster's powers originally came from a set of weapons he used to cause natural disasters. Over time, exposure to these weapons made the powers internalise and now Disaster can cause chaos at will. His deal with Neron greatly enhanced his powers enabling him to see the strands of chaos around him. The disasters he can now control range from being able to command asteroid showers without breaking a sweat to causing heart attacks, nose bleeds and even making people trip up. He appears to have no real limitations and can cause chaos even he isn't concentrating. He also has devised a force field for himself, using his powers.


APPEARANCES:
Action Comics #509, 783
Aquaman (5th series) #14
Flash (2nd series) #125-126, 128-129
Green Lantern (2nd series) #43, 57, 182-183
Green Lantern (3rd series) #126
JLA #69, 71, 73, 75-76, 78-
Justice League America #34-35
Justice League America Annual #4
Justice League Europe #6
Justice League International (1st series) #23
Justice League Quarterly #4
Outsiders (1st series) #25
Suicide Squad (2nd series) #1, 6-8
Superman (1st series) #341
Underworld Unleashed #1, 3
World's Finest Comics #279-281

Zach Kinkead
Feb 22, 2004, 07:53 pm
Not a big fan of his classic look, huh?

Jon Hancock
Feb 22, 2004, 09:26 pm
me personally? I don't mind it. I think he looks cooler now and more suited to the JLA as his classic look will always make me think penguins.

The headshot's all Al's doing (man i'm getting good at passing the buck.

Zach Kinkead
Feb 22, 2004, 10:59 pm
*shakes fist*

Damn you ,Al. ;)

I love MD’s old outfit. Then again I loved the costume the Clock King used to wear so what the heck to I know.

Robb Welch
Mar 1, 2004, 10:57 am
I cant seem to remember who this guy was before JLA....

Jon Hancock
Mar 1, 2004, 10:59 am
Ok... The hunt for the head shot begins. All the rest of the info is in the bio Robb ;)

there's one here (http://galileo.spaceports.com/~xsufiru/roll_call/jlant.htm)
and another here (http://pc59te.dte.uma.es/cdb/series/dc/bitmaps/majordisaster.jpg)

Robb Welch
Mar 1, 2004, 11:18 am
wow. This guy is lame. I mean just look at that costume....

Jon Hancock
Mar 1, 2004, 11:31 am
He's pretty hardcore now.

Makes people have heart attacks and holds meteor showers in orbit ready to rain down. Like Wanda with testosterone.

Zach Kinkead
Mar 1, 2004, 04:24 pm
Originally posted by Perfect Methods
wow. This guy is lame. I mean just look at that costume....

Lies! He’s one of the coolest characters in the DCU.

And how you can criticize the fashion sense of someone living in a universe where Superman’s outfit is acceptable (underwear goes on the other side of the pants, dude) is beyond me.

Are there any plans to do Cluemaster in the near future, JB?

Jon Hancock
Mar 1, 2004, 05:00 pm
I'll take a page from the editor of any letters page now methinks

"Not at the moment but keep buying because you never know when he'll pop up!"

Lia Brown
Mar 1, 2004, 05:35 pm
Originally posted by Perfect Methods
wow. This guy is lame. I mean just look at that costume....

The outfit is lame, but he has the coolest codename ever!

Robb Welch
Mar 2, 2004, 10:05 am
so.... does he have any military authority? becauase if not, the name is lame.

more like major crappy costume

Al Harahap
Mar 3, 2004, 03:43 am
Originally posted by Perfect Methods
so.... does he have any military authority? becauase if not, the name is lame.

more like major crappy costume

Well, he was in the... "Army of Crime" with General Scarr, Colonel Sulfur, and Captain Cutlass. :bawl: IIRC, some were real military, some not. Don't remember whether Major Disaster was one or not...

Lia Brown
Mar 3, 2004, 07:09 am
Originally posted by Perfect Methods
more like major crappy costume

:LOL:

Oh come on, it's a clever pun. Good puns are cool!

Now...General Scarr and Colonel Sulfur...THAT'S lame.

Robb Welch
Mar 3, 2004, 09:13 am
General Lameness

Lia Brown
Mar 4, 2004, 02:43 am
Originally posted by Perfect Methods
General Lameness

:p This is why you must be killed for the good of humanity.

Robb Welch
Mar 4, 2004, 10:43 am
I'm sorry I messed up. It was a general mistake.

The Virgin Prince
Jan 20, 2005, 10:26 am
During their mission Big Sir and Clock King were killed with only Multi Man surviving due to his immortal nature and Cluemaster, who appeared to die, later being revealed to have lived.


Actually, I believe the Cluemaster was indeed killed, unfortunately, whoever was writing Robin at that time decided to wait for what seemed like half a year before reflecting this change in that book. This is why the Cluemaster appeared to be sticking around long after he'd been killed. Confused the hell out of me.

Eventually, an issue did state (in a letter to his daughter, the now-dead Spoiler) that he had died while in service to his country (the Suicide Squad mission, presumably).

Man, if there's one thing that gets on my nerves, it's when DC can't stick to a timeline. For example, starting the fairly boring new Firestorm series months before Ronnie Raymond had actually died in Identity Crisis.

Don't even get me started on this crappy new Doom Patrol. :soapbox: