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| 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 |
| Abilities |
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Major Disaster (Paul Booker) is a former DC Comics supervillain and reluctant amoral superhero.[1]
Major Disaster first appeared in Green Lantern (volume 2) #43, and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane.[2]
Paul 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 Disaster 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 consisting of Nightwing, Green Arrow, Atom, Hawkgirl, Firestorm, Jason Blood, and Faith while the main group are believed dead.[5]
In Infinite Crisis, Major Disaster is killed by Superboy-Prime.[6] He is later resurrected as a Black Lantern in Blackest Night and attempts to seek revenge before Prime kills him using a black ring.[7]
In The New 52, Major Disaster is resurrected and returns to being a villain.[8] Furthermore, his daughter Penny, a wielder of the H-Dial who is also known as Minor Disaster, is introduced.[9]
Major Disaster possesses the ability to manipulate probability and cause natural disasters. He initially derives his powers from special devices before gaining them innately.
