Major Disaster

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Major Disaster (Paul Booker) is a former DC Comics supervillain and reluctant amoral superhero.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Publication history

Major Disaster first appeared in Green Lantern (volume 2) #43, and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Fictional character biography

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>Karate Kid #12-15 (February - August 1978)</ref>

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Major Disaster's debut. Art by Murphy Anderson.

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.<ref>JLA #80 (June 2003)</ref>

In Infinite Crisis, Major Disaster is killed by Superboy-Prime.<ref>Infinite Crisis #7 (June 2006)</ref> He is later resurrected as a Black Lantern in Blackest Night and attempts to seek revenge before Prime kills him using a black ring.<ref>Adventure Comics (vol. 2) #4-5 (January - February 2010)</ref>

In The New 52, Major Disaster is resurrected and returns to being a villain.<ref>Superman/Wonder Woman #13 (January 2015)</ref> Furthermore, his daughter Penny, a wielder of the H-Dial who is also known as Minor Disaster, is introduced.<ref>Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #52 (December 2018)</ref>

Powers and abilities

Major Disaster possesses the ability to manipulate probability and cause natural disasters. He initially derives his powers from special devices before gaining them innately.

In other media

• Major Disaster makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Justice League Unlimited as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society before being killed by Darkseid.
• Major Disaster appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by James Arnold Taylor.<ref name="btva">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Major Disaster appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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