Who Is Glorious Godfrey? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Glorious Godfrey is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 120 comic issue appearances. Glorious Godfrey's greatest weapons are his overwhelming speaking voice and his powers of persuasion.

Who is Glorious Godfrey?

Origin Hail, Darkseid! An orator with incredible powers of persuasion, Glorious Godfrey was sent to Earth by Darkseid to spread rhetoric and unrest that would pave the way for Darkseid's coming. With the support of his travelling road show, Glorious Godfrey preached the wonders of the Anti-Life Equation , for which being Darkseid's ultimate goal. Those who opposed Godfrey's position were hunted down and dealt with by members of Godfreys personal army called the Justifiers . These were generally Earthmen who had been swayed by Godfrey's preaching, then completely mind-controlled by the speciall helmets they wore. Before Glorious Godfrey could cause mass rioting throughout America, he and his forces were dealt a crushing blow by the super beings from New Genesis who called themselves Forever People . Glorious Godfrey has long harboured great jealousy over Darkseid's obvious favouritism toward his master torturer, Desaad . Major Story Arcs Final Crisis Reverend Good During the Final Crisis , Glorious Godfrey took the body of Reverend Good and appears in a TV news report. He is later seen trying to gain Darkseid a new body in Dan Turpin .

Key facts

Glorious Godfrey is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "Life Vs. Anti-Life!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 120 recorded issue appearances, Glorious Godfrey ranks among the most featured characters in comics.