Incubator escapee wiki

Granny Goodness

Article Discussion

Template:Short description Template:Main other {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview = Page using Template:Infobox comics character with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|showblankpositional=1| character_name | publisher | partners | image | imagesize | image_size | alt | caption | debut | creators | voiced_by | first_series | first_episode | first_comic | alter ego | alter_ego | full_name | full name | species | homeworld | alliances | affiliations | previous_alliances | supports | aliases | powers | real_name | IOM_alter_ego | IOM_full_name | IOM_alliances | IOM_partners | IOM_aliases | IOM_powers | sortkey | subcat | cat | hero | villain | altcat | addcharcat1 | addcharcat2 | addcharcat3 | addcharcat4 | addcharcat5 | addcharcat6 | noimage | converted | module }}{{#if:||{{#if:| 

    {{#if:|
      {{#if:|
        {{#ifeq:none|super|
          {{#if:||}}
          {{#if:||}}|
          [[Category: |Granny Goodness]]
        }}|
      }}|
      {{#if:|
        [[Category:|Granny Goodness]]|
        {{#if:||
        }}
      }}
    }}{{#if:|[[Category:|Granny Goodness]]}}{{#if:|[[Category:|Granny Goodness]]}}{{#if:|[[Category:|Granny Goodness]]}}{{#if:|[[Category:|Granny Goodness]]}}{{#if:|[[Category:|Granny Goodness]]}}{{#if:|[[Category:|Granny Goodness]]}}}}
}}Template:Main other

Granny Goodness is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.<ref name=Guide>Template:Cite book</ref> She is a New God from Apokolips and a servant of Darkseid who trains others to serve him.

Goodness has appeared in various media outside comics, primarily in association with Darkseid and the New Gods. Ed Asner, Deborah Strang, and Cloris Leachman, among others, have voiced the character in animation.

Publication historyEdit

Granny Goodness first appeared in Mister Miracle #2 (May 1971) and was created by Jack Kirby.<ref name="dc-ency">Template:Cite book</ref> Her appearance was modeled after Phyllis Diller.<ref>Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and the American Comic Book Revolution (Bloomsbury, 2004)</ref>

Fictional character biographyEdit

Granny Goodness is originally a peasant on Apokolips before being taken from her parents and trained to serve Darkseid.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> As part of her training, she is forced to kill her war dog Mercy.<ref name="dc-ency"/>

After proving herself to be one of Darkseid's elite and most reliable soldiers, Goodness is tasked with running the "Orphanage", a training camp for his minions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Additionally, she becomes the leader of the Female Furies and raises Highfather's son Scott Free as part of a peace treaty before he escapes.<ref name="dc-ency" /><ref name="dc-fema">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Mister Miracle #9 (September 1972)</ref>

In Amazons Attack!, Granny Goodness disguises herself as Athena to manipulate the Amazons.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="dc-ency" /> In Final Crisis, she is killed by Infinity-Man before being resurrected.<ref>Birds of Prey #118 (July 2008)</ref><ref>Final Crisis #5 (December 2008)</ref>

Powers and abilitiesEdit

As a New God, Granny Goodness possesses superhuman physical abilities and is functionally immortal. She also wields advanced weaponry, including the Mega-Rod, a staff that can project concussive energy blasts.

ReceptionEdit

Granny Goodness has been described as a symbol of the "monstrous feminine" who "violates traditional paradigms of motherhood and femininity" through her wickedness, as opposed to more traditional, nurturing depictions of motherhood in fiction.<ref>O'Brien, Annamarie. "'How Can I Refuse You, Mother Box?!' Abjection and Objectification of Motherhood in Jack Kirby's Fourth World". ImageText 7, no. 4. (2014)</ref>

Other versionsEdit

  • An alternate timeline variant of Granny Goodness who fused with a Mother Box, gaining teleportation and pyrokinesis, appears in the "Rock of Ages" storyline.
  • Granny Harkness, a fusion of Granny Goodness and Marvel Comics character Agatha Harkness, appears in the Amalgam Comics one-shot Bullets and Bracelets.

In other mediaEdit

TelevisionEdit

  • Granny Goodness appears in series set in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU), voiced by Ed Asner.<ref name="btva">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>

|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • Granny Goodness appears in Young Justice: Outsiders, voiced by Deborah Strang.<ref name="btva" /> This version utilizes the human alias of Gretchen Goode and is initially an ally of the Light before leaving them to seek the Anti-Life Equation for the second time as Granny Godness, serving to Darkseid.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FilmEdit

|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="btva" />

|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Jojo_SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Video gamesEdit

|CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref>

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

MiscellaneousEdit

Granny Goodness appears in DC Super Hero Girls and its tie-in films, voiced by April Stewart.<ref name="btva" /> This version is a librarian at Super Hero High.

ReferencesEdit

Template:Reflist

External linksEdit

Template:New Gods Template:Darkseid Template:Supergirl Template:Jack Kirby

Retrieved from "https://zalansite.site/mediawiki/index.php?title=Granny_Goodness&oldid=504893"