Who Is General Sunderland? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

General Sunderland is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Avery Carlton Sunderland, with over 37 comic issue appearances. One of the primary antagonists of Swamp Thing in the early era, this shadowy general will stop at nothing until Swamp Thing is captured or killed.

Who is General Sunderland?

Not much is know about Sunderland other than that he is the CEO of Sunderland Corporations and that he will stop at nothing in order to get the secrets of immortality from Swamp Thing 's body. Saga of the Swamp Thing Near the beginning of the story arc, agents of the Sunderland Corporation tracked down the Swamp Thing to a small forest. Surrounding the forest with bright search lights and pushed their agents in from the south, forcing Swamp Thing into a trap. After a brief gun fight, Swamp Thing fell. His body was quickly but in a freezing chamber and shipped to Sunderland's personal estate. After pulling some strings, General Sunderland was able to get Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man , into his custody. He demanded that Woodrue find out why the serum that transformed Alec Holland in the first place worked on him, when all previous testing showed that it only accelerates plant growth and is ineffective on human tissue. After weeks of dissections and examinations, Woodrue came to the conclusion that Alec Holland died instantly in the explosion that took his laboratory.

Key facts

General Sunderland is of human origin and first appeared in "Sins on the Water". The character is published by DC Comics. With 37 recorded issue appearances, General Sunderland ranks among the most featured characters in comics.