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Dominators (DC Comics)
The Dominators, collectively known as the Dominion, are a fictional character alien race appearing in comics and other media by DC Comics. Coming from the outer cosmos of the DC Universe, they are highly technologically advanced, and live in a rigid hierarchical society, in which one's caste is determined by the size of a red circle on one's forehead. They are master geneticists who can manipulate the metagene to enhance members of their own caste.
The Dominators first appeared in Adventure Comics #361 (1967), written by Jim Shooter with art by Curt Swan and Jim Mooney, in which they are presented as possibly dangerous to the Legion of Super-Heroes, but do not pose an actual threat. They appeared again in Legion of Super-Heroes #241–245 in the late 1970s, as an adversarial race in an interstellar conflict with Earth in the 30th century.
In 1988 and 1989, the Dominators appeared as the villains of the "Invasion!" crossover event involving many of DC's superhero comics set in the present, written primarily by Keith Giffen and Bill Mantlo and featuring art by Todd McFarlane. Giffen also featured the characters as major villains in the Legion series he was writing with Tom and Mary Bierbaum.
Originally depicted as having light blue skin with a white circle on the forehead denoting their social rank, their later more villainous designs with yellow skin and a red circle – introduced in the 1970s and accentuated in the 1980s – has drawn comparisons to "Yellow Peril" stereotypes of east Asians, citing features such as "bald heads, slanted, narrow eyes, long, claw-like fingernails, and dressed in robes".
The Dominators are the primary force behind an alien alliance that attacks Earth. Their primary motivation for this is their concern at the genetic potential of humanity, as evidenced by the large number of super-powered beings on the Earth of the DC Universe, also known as the metagene. When the Invasion begins to crumble, one Dominator creates a 'gene-bomb' and detonates it in Earth's atmosphere, activating the metagenes of many humans.
After the Invasion, a nameless Dominator plays a significant role in the comic book one-shot Blasters. This comic features heroes created by Dominator testing, intending to prove that the metagene was activated by stress. The 'Blasters', which included former JLA mascot Snapper Carr, are the ones who did gain powers.
In events chronicled in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) Annual #2, Valor discovers plans for a second invasion of Earth, and thousands of humans held in genetic experimentation tanks. He leads a lengthy campaign to liberate them, aided by some of the Dominators (the Diamond Caste) who oppose the policies of their ruling caste. After freeing them, Valor helps settle the modified humans on various worlds which eventually become the homeworlds of members of the Legion of Super-Heroes, such as Bismoll, Cargg, and Braal.
Several Dominators are left on Earth for years and appeared in various comics (usually briefly). One Dominator comes under the control of the Queen Bee, the ruler of Bialya. Though this alien does not survive for long, its technology causes trouble for the Justice League and the Global Guardians. Others appear in Captain Atom #52 (the Dominator became a farmer), in the Outsiders #44, in Iron Heights Penitentiary in Flash,[volume and issue needed] a mutated Dominator with psionic abilities battled members of the Green Lantern Corps, including Guy Gardner in Green Lantern Corps #7-9, and Superman in Superman #668.
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Dominators (DC Comics)
The Dominators, collectively known as the Dominion, are a fictional character alien race appearing in comics and other media by DC Comics. Coming from the outer cosmos of the DC Universe, they are highly technologically advanced, and live in a rigid hierarchical society, in which one's caste is determined by the size of a red circle on one's forehead. They are master geneticists who can manipulate the metagene to enhance members of their own caste.
The Dominators first appeared in Adventure Comics #361 (1967), written by Jim Shooter with art by Curt Swan and Jim Mooney, in which they are presented as possibly dangerous to the Legion of Super-Heroes, but do not pose an actual threat. They appeared again in Legion of Super-Heroes #241–245 in the late 1970s, as an adversarial race in an interstellar conflict with Earth in the 30th century.
In 1988 and 1989, the Dominators appeared as the villains of the "Invasion!" crossover event involving many of DC's superhero comics set in the present, written primarily by Keith Giffen and Bill Mantlo and featuring art by Todd McFarlane. Giffen also featured the characters as major villains in the Legion series he was writing with Tom and Mary Bierbaum.
Originally depicted as having light blue skin with a white circle on the forehead denoting their social rank, their later more villainous designs with yellow skin and a red circle – introduced in the 1970s and accentuated in the 1980s – has drawn comparisons to "Yellow Peril" stereotypes of east Asians, citing features such as "bald heads, slanted, narrow eyes, long, claw-like fingernails, and dressed in robes".
The Dominators are the primary force behind an alien alliance that attacks Earth. Their primary motivation for this is their concern at the genetic potential of humanity, as evidenced by the large number of super-powered beings on the Earth of the DC Universe, also known as the metagene. When the Invasion begins to crumble, one Dominator creates a 'gene-bomb' and detonates it in Earth's atmosphere, activating the metagenes of many humans.
After the Invasion, a nameless Dominator plays a significant role in the comic book one-shot Blasters. This comic features heroes created by Dominator testing, intending to prove that the metagene was activated by stress. The 'Blasters', which included former JLA mascot Snapper Carr, are the ones who did gain powers.
In events chronicled in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) Annual #2, Valor discovers plans for a second invasion of Earth, and thousands of humans held in genetic experimentation tanks. He leads a lengthy campaign to liberate them, aided by some of the Dominators (the Diamond Caste) who oppose the policies of their ruling caste. After freeing them, Valor helps settle the modified humans on various worlds which eventually become the homeworlds of members of the Legion of Super-Heroes, such as Bismoll, Cargg, and Braal.
Several Dominators are left on Earth for years and appeared in various comics (usually briefly). One Dominator comes under the control of the Queen Bee, the ruler of Bialya. Though this alien does not survive for long, its technology causes trouble for the Justice League and the Global Guardians. Others appear in Captain Atom #52 (the Dominator became a farmer), in the Outsiders #44, in Iron Heights Penitentiary in Flash,[volume and issue needed] a mutated Dominator with psionic abilities battled members of the Green Lantern Corps, including Guy Gardner in Green Lantern Corps #7-9, and Superman in Superman #668.