Who Is Claw? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Claw is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Valcan Scaramax, with over 90 comic issue appearances. An olympic level athlete and savage hand to hand combatant, Claw was a force to be reckoned with even without his sword in his hand.

Who is Claw?

Claw In an alien dimension there were 15 worlds; seven of them were worlds of light, seven of them were worlds of shadow, and the remaining world - Pytharia - hung in the balance. Centuries ago, a Pytharian man, seeking arcane knowledge that might help better his world, accidentally released a demon who attempted to possess him. Though the man managed to exorcise the beast, it left its mark on him, transforming his right hand into a fur-tufted claw. It was a mark passed on to all his male descendants. The greatest of these descendants was Valcan, also called Claw, who wore a crimson gauntlet to hide his deformity. Chosen by the gods of Elder Light to serve as their champion in their eternal struggle against the shadow gods - the lords of disorder who sought to topple the cosmic equiilibrium and thus hurl the universe into chaos - Claw was raised from infancy in the gods' realm after his parents were slaughtered by king Occulas of the Yellow eye. There, Claw was trained to be a warrior of unparallelled skill and daring, mastering all known forms of combat before he was given two gifts from the Elder gods; One was his crimson glove made from the metal Oraculum, designed to shield Cla.

Key facts

Claw is of human origin and first appeared in "The Sword and the Silent Scream". The character is published by DC Comics. With 90 recorded issue appearances, Claw ranks among the most featured characters in comics.