Brimstone (DC)

Brimstone is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.

Biography

Origin

Brimstone was a fiery being from the planet of Apokolips where he was a servant of Darkseid. He was part of the New God's schemes for Earth were he intended for Brimstone to create a diversion so that his agent Glorious Godfrey could seize political power and persuade the inhabitants of the planet to turn against its superheroes as part of Operation: Humiliation. Darkseid then dispatched a techno-seed to Earth where it teleported into the heart of a nuclear reactor at a facility in New York. Upon emerging, he went on a rampage which drew the attention of superpowered beings such as Firestorm. After dealing with the hero, he continued his attack on the city where he drew the attention of another superhero in the form of Cosmic Boy. Even with his magnetic powers, he was unable to stop the fiery giant but Brimstone was confronted by the Justice League of America. (Legends v1 #1)

Brimstone was formed by Darkseid implanting a "techno-seed" into a nuclear reactor on Earth, from which emerged the creature, apparently composed of superheated plasma (similar to the make-up of the Sun) held in a solid state by the unknown technology of the techno-seed. Several stories tall, Brimstone has phenomenal strength, and was perpetually aflame due to the make-up of its body; anything unprotected that it touched would be burned, melted, or otherwised damaged by the nuclear-generated heat. Brimstone was also seemingly indestructible, either due to the superheated matter it was composed of or protection granted by the same force that held its body together.

Brimstone proceeds to go on a rampage across the United States, claiming itself to be the fallen, avenging angel of an angry god (which was, in a sense, true, since Darkseid is one of the two races of individuals referred to as the "New Gods"), though it never displayed any specific knowledge of Darkseid or its master's true intentions in creating Brimstone. It battles and defeats the "Detroit" incarnation of the Justice League, and eventually makes its way to Mount Rushmore, where it continues to rail against the "sinners" it was sent to "cleanse" from the planet and awaits any who dared challenge it.

The American government, after determining that something in the center of the creature was holding it together, formed the second incarnation of the Suicide Squad to deal with Brimstone. Squad member Deadshot, an expert marksman, is given a weapon that could penetrate Brimstone's body and destroy it at the source, and his teammates ran interference and distracted the creature while Deadshot took aim.[1] The Suicide Squad succeeded in destroying Brimstone, though one member was killed by the creature, the original Blockbuster.

Brimstone would later pose a threat to the Earth's sun. He is defeated by Firestorm (Martin Stein).

A later incarnation of Brimstone is seen battling the second hero known as the Ray and Superboy in Hawaii. It had crawled out of a volcano, via a techno-seed planted months ago, activated by extreme heat. It immedeatly began declaring allegiance to Darkseid again. After an initial confrontation with the two heroes, the entity's personality changes and it wanders off to get a beer, which it finds in the form of tall vats from a brewery. With assistance from Hawaiian military forces, Brimstone is confronted once again. Ray dives inside and grabs the techno-seed while Superboy dumps liquid nitrogen on it from above. The techno-seed is taken by the government. The origin of this incarnation is unknown. Still later, he appears battling Martian Manhunter in Justice League Task Force during the Underworld Unleashed crossover.

He is one of many villains to attack Superman during the Public Enemies arc in Superman/Batman. This fight, which takes place in the middle of Washington D.C. is broken up by an alliance of other heroes, who defeat Brimstone.

In 52 #6, one of the characters mentions that Brimstone has fought several Asian superheroes in Tokyo.

In Teen Titans #51, Brimstone is among many supervillains under the control of Starro. In #53, Starro/Brimstone tries to destroy a nuclear power plant, with only the current Wonder Girl and her future self to stop it. He is eventually defeated when Supergirl throws him into deep space.

In Toronto, a hydro crew stumbled upon a seedpod causing it to activate and forming miniature Brimstones that were defeated by Nightwing and Flamebird. (Action Comics v1 #883)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

At some point, Brimstone was noted to had operated on Earth only to be defeated. A cult called the Brimstone Brotherhood came to had form where they sought to resurrect the Apokoliptian superweapon. To accomplish this feat, they sought to use one of Will Magnus's Responsometers after stealing the information from the destroyer A.R.G.U.S. servers. They came to acquire the prototype version that was used to create Chemo where the device was placed within a volcano that created a Chemo-like construct made of lava. The machine was defeated by Batman and Superman who managed to acquire the Responsometer for study. (Batman/Superman v2 #12)

Overview

Personality and attributes

He considered himself a fallen angel where he told mortals to despair that saw him. Brimstone had said that he had come to cleanse the world of sinners and rid it of false gods. Instead, he sought to remove these false deities from the Earth so that there was only one god that remained which was his master. (Legends v1 #1)

Powers and abilities

Brimstone was an artificial being created from a techno-seed that materialised in the heart of a nuclear reactor. Upon taking form, he had a humanoid shape where he was a giant on Earth where he towered over structures. Despite his large size, he was noted for being fast and was able to grab flying targets. (Legends v1 #1)

He was able to shoot flames from his fists, eyes and mouth. He is also able to generate a giant flaming sword. Brimstone has vast super human strength and endurance.

Notes

• Brimstone was created by John Ostrander and John Byrne where he made his first appearance in Legends v1 #1 (November, 1986).

In other media

Television

• In Justice League Unlimited, a character resembling Brimstone appeared in the animated television series set in the DC Animated Universe in the pilot episode "Initiation".

Appearances

• Legends: (1986)
• Firestorm:
• The Ray v2:
• Action Comics v1:
• Batman/Superman v2: (2020)

External Links

• DC Database Entry

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