Who Is Prometheus? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Prometheus is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Unknown, with over 165 comic issue appearances. Prometheus is a twisted mirror image of Batman. As a child he watched in horror as police slaughtered his criminal parents in a Bonnie and Clyde style shoot-out. At their death, he swore from that day forward to annihilate "the forces of justice."

Who is Prometheus?

Origin Prometheus's armour The child who became Prometheus was raised by two hippy-criminal parents who stole and murdered indiscriminately. When the young boy asked why the police were always chasing them, his father responded that they were ‘trying to bring them to justice’; making the child think that ‘justice’ was a actual place. They were eventually ambushed by the police and gunned down before his very eyes. His hair turned stark white from the shock. He later swore an oath on their graves, dedicating his life to destroying the system of the law. He found several large stashes of money that his parents had acquired over the years and upon his sixteenth birthday blackmailed the local crime boss into giving him even more money. He used these funds to finance his training all over the world; he learned to maim, assassinate, and fight, and speak a dozen different languages. About this time he took the police officer that gunned his parents down.

Key facts

Prometheus is of human origin and first appeared in "There Was a Crooked Man". The character is published by DC Comics. With 165 recorded issue appearances, Prometheus ranks among the most featured characters in comics.