Who Is Blight? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Blight is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Derek Powers, with over 43 comic issue appearances. A villain in the DC Animated Universe. The corrupt business man who had Terry Mcginnis' father killed, he gained super powers & a skeletal appearance after being given radiation treatments to save his life from exposure from a chemical weapon.

Who is Blight?

Origin Derek Power was the co-owner of Wayne /Powers Industries, the company Bruces father had built. He eventually started dealing in weapons manufacturing, especially bio-warfare. When one of his employees was exposed he sought out help to reveal what had happen. He turn immediately to Warren McGinnis , the father of Terry McGinnis , he gave him a disc explaining everything and when things got above his head Powers had his employee Mr. Fix kill him. This gave drive to Terry to get revenge after he found the disc. When Powers was shipping out the weapons for a war in another country he was greeted by the new Batman who accidentally expose the nerve gas to Powers during a fight. The only treatment was radiation which turned him into the villainous Blight.

Key facts

Blight is of radiation origin and first appeared in "Batman Beyond". The character is published by DC Comics. With 43 recorded issue appearances, Blight ranks among the most featured characters in comics.