Major Force

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Major Force
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Major Force, from the cover of Checkmate #16 (March 1989), art by Gil Kane.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Captain Atom (vol. 2) #12 (February 1988)
Created by Cary Bates and Greg Weisman (writers)
Pat Broderick (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoClifford Zmeck
Species Metahuman
Place of originEarth
Team affiliations Injustice League
S.H.A.D.E.
Suicide Squad
Notable aliasesBoltan, Black Jack
AbilitiesSuperhuman strength, speed, endurance and stamina
Invulnerability
Healing factor
Can project and control dark matter and dark quantum energy
Dark matter transmutation
Retroactive immortality
Flight
Vuldarian shapeshifting
Restoration empowerment
(Black Jack)
See: New 52/Rebirth

Major Force (Clifford Zmeck) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Major Force is the evil foil personality of the superhero Captain Atom. [1] In recent years, he also serves as an enemy to Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner, and Hal Jordan).

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Publication history

Major Force first appeared in Captain Atom (vol. 3) #12 (February 1988) and was created by Cary Bates, Greg Weisman, and Pat Broderick. [2]

Fictional character biography

Early life

Major Force is a criminal who is serving a life sentence when the government offers to use him in experiments with Dilustel metal. He becomes an arch-enemy of Captain Atom and occasionally battles the Green Lantern Corps as well.

Crime and punishment

In Green Lantern (vol. 3) #54 (August 1994), Major Force kills Alexandra DeWitt, girlfriend of Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, and leaves her body in a refrigerator for Kyle to find. [3] Guy Gardner kills Major Force, but he proves to be nigh-immortal due to his nature as an energy being and returns on multiple occasions, gaining shapeshifting abilities after being enhanced with Vuldarian DNA. [4] [5] [6]

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

In Superman/Batman , Major Force joins a government task force led by Captain Atom alongside Power Girl, Starfire, Katana, and Black Lightning. He is killed with Atom absorbs his energy.

In Green Lantern (vol. 3) #180 (October 2004), Major Force apparently kills Kyle Rayner's mother Maura. Kyle decapitates him and takes his head into space before learning that Maura is alive.

"One Year Later"

Major Force reappears in Battle for Blüdhaven as the leader of project S.H.A.D.E. before Captain Atom kills him. However, he is later resurrected and joins the Secret Society of Super Villains. [7] [8] [9] [10]

The New 52

In The New 52 continuity reboot, Major Force is a government agent working under General Wade Eiling, with a special rank that allows him to represent all branches of the military. He seeks to protect Firestorm from villains and convince him to work for the government. However, Major Force comes to view Firestorm as a threat to national security and becomes his enemy. [11] [12]

Powers and abilities

Major Force is coated with the same Dilustel alien alloy that covers Captain Atom. [13] This enables him to access the Quantum Field and use its energies for a variety of powers. He possesses superhuman physical abilities and is virtually immortal. [14] Cracking or rupturing his skin causes Major Force to leak radiation at an uncontrollable rate, to which he runs the risk of atomic detonation.

Major Force's energy manipulation enables him to generate dark matter, which he uses to propel himself due to initially lacking the ability to fly. [15] [16]

Clifford Zmeck is a military-trained United States Air Force operative. He has vast military connections with the government, Checkmate, Task Force X, and Quorum.

Other versions

Q-Ranger, a heroic, alternate universe variant of Major Force from the antimatter universe, appears in JLA Secret Files as a member of the Justice Underground. [17]

In other media

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