Who Is Major Force? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Major Force is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Clifford Zmeck, with over 152 comic issue appearances. A dark reflection and wannabe replacement of Captain Atom, Clifford Zmeck has carved a career as a super villain. He gained notoriety as a bitter enemy of not only the good Captain, but Green Lanterns Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, and Kyle Rayner. He has an obnoxious habit of coming back from death once and again.

Who is Major Force?

Origin Sergeant Clifford Zmeck underwent the same test as Nathaniel Adam during the Vietnam War. When Nathaniel seemingly disappeared, the government deemed it a failure, and began testing on another subject, but with Cliff they increased the amount of metal used, in comparison to the original project. Clifford was found in a high security prison during his time with the USAF for a rape crime, and sentenced to life time in prison. He was offered a pardon, should he partake in the project, the results were the same. However, this time, Cliff arrived one year later than Nate. During experimentation (prior to arriving a year after Nate did), the government implanted micro explosives under the metal while it was still malleable, in order to control Zmeck in case he went rogue. He was first shown as an ally of Captain Atom , but after a brief scrap, Captain Atom left, and the newly dubbed Major Force became his successor. Constantly fighting Captain Atom, he eventually became a hired gun for General Eiling ’s purposes.

Key facts

Major Force is of radiation origin and first appeared in "The Dark Side of the Force". The character is published by DC Comics. With 152 recorded issue appearances, Major Force ranks among the most featured characters in comics.