Who Is Damocles? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Damocles is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 12 comic issue appearances. A god-like being is from another dimension who arrived to the Wildstorm Universe in search of his nemesis Sigma, who had been reborn as Ethan McCain.

Who is Damocles?

Origin Damocles was a scientist from a parallel Earth where their inhabitants had abused their natural resources, exhausted them, and polluted the atmosphere and the sea, leaving Earth a half-dead world with little time to live on. Worried for the future of his world and his family - his daughter and his wife - Damocles developed a machine to renew the life of his planet, by stealing from other parallel Earths. Opposed to this plan was Sigma , who considered such a plan unethical and immoral. Despite the refusal of the ruling class, Damocles tried to activate his machine but Sigma came with armed guards to stop him. Sigma tried to reason with Damocles about the morality of his actions but Damocles refused to listen reasons and attacked Sigma. In the middle of the chaos, the machine started to operate, stealing the life of countless parallel worlds, killing them. But instead of giving it to Damocles' world, all the energy went to Damocles himself, transforming him into a superpower being. Meanwhile Sigma also was affected by the machine but he disappeared among the myriad of worlds of the multiverse, leaving Damocles alone.

Key facts

Damocles is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "Fire From Heaven Prelude 2 of 3". The character is published by DC Comics. With 12 recorded issue appearances, Damocles ranks among the most featured characters in comics.