Who Is The Word? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

The Word is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 16 comic issue appearances. When God sang creation into being, The Word was the original entity to come into being when God first spoke. Now he acts as His executioner, destroying anything and anyone that threatens Him.

Who is The Word?

Not to be confused with the text-based Word History how the Word came to be The Word is one of the seven deadly aspects of the Voice itself. He is the first being created. In recent times, the Word destroyed the Parliament of Trees and Lady Jane, an elemental, as well as the Parliaments of Stones, Waves and Vapors----elemental gods---in attempt to stop Swamp Thing from becoming all-powerful. The Word was eventually defeated by Swamp Thing's daughter, Tefe when she mimicked the divine words of the Voice.Though the Word cannot be completely destroyed, for the Spectre has since implied that The Word is still alive. The Word is one of the only beings that even the Spectre is afraid of, and the Phantom Stranger is respectful to. Powers and Abilities The Word has power over divine words, and possesses dark divine powers, he told Alec that his powers were the oldest magic known to man. He once made 10 billion years pass in a chamber while in the outside world only a second has passed, which shows he could easily kill even gods. He is much more powerful than the Spectre, as he can easily block Monsieur Stigmonus where Spectre had to fight hard to win.

Key facts

The Word is of other origin and first appeared in "Amsterdamnation". The character is published by DC Comics. With 16 recorded issue appearances, The Word ranks among the most featured characters in comics.