Dreamslayer

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Dreamslayer is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.

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Biography

Origin

Dreamslayer

As part of the group, Dreamslayer was partly responsible for wiping out Angor in nuclear holocaust. He became the only survivor of the Extremists as the nuclear explosion had sent him into another dimension. He remained there for five years before accruing the power necessary to return to Angor. Upon returning to Angor, Dreamslayer discovered that Mitch Wacky, a brilliant inventor, had created robotic duplicates of the Extremists and had taken over what is left of Angor. Dreamslayer eliminated his android counterpart and took control over the Extremists. He later drew his attentions to the Silver Sorceress, who also came to Angor. From her mind, he extracted the path to Earth and led the Extremists to conquer Earth. Dreamslayer and the Extremists engaged into battle against Justice League Europe and holding the Earth hostage with stolen nuclear missiles while demanding the planet's surrender. Just as the United Nations surrendered to the Extremists, the JLE brought Mitch Wacky and enabling him to deactivate the Extremists. Dreamslayer's body was then destroyed by the Silver Sorceress. (Justice League Europe v1 #19)

While Maxwell Lord was in the hospital, his body was taken over by the twisted Dreamslayer. The villain then reassembled his android cohorts in the Extremists. (Jusitce League Europe #32)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

At 15 years old, Dreamslayer enlisted in the Angorian military, thriving on the rules that gave his life structure. However, an accident changed him, granting him access to magic and destroying the carefully kept structure of his life, scaring him with the new complexity in the process. In order to bring back a semblance of order, he joined the Extremists. However, he came to believe that Lord Havok was wrong when they ended up causing the destruction of Angor, in which Dreamslayer had attempted, unsuccessfully, to kill Blue Jay of the Retaliators. With the eradication of Angor, he came to believe that robbing people of their freedom in ways such as freezing them in time was preferable to their deaths, using such methods to save their lives at the cost of their ability to do anything at all. (Justice League of America v5 #4)

Overview

Personality and attributes

Powers and abilities

Dreamslayer was a powerful sorcerer that draws his power from the dimension of terrors. He has displayed the ability to teleport, read minds, manipulate matter, possess beings and fly. He is a wraithlike being and is unlikely to be killed by conventional means.

Notes

  • Dreamslayer was created by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis and Bart Sears where he made his first appearance in Justice League Europe v1 #15 (June, 1990).
  • The character was based on Dormammu from Marvel Comics.

Alternate Versions

  • In Countdown v1 #29 (2007), an alternate version of Dreamslayer appeared in the new Earth-8 set in the reborn Multiverse. Louise Marino was a nun, dedicating her life in service to Deity that was the Angorian representation of the Presence. She was contacted by her brother, Louis, a thief who found religion in prison: Dreamology. He attempted to turn her to this new religion, which was dedicated to a demonic entity known as Dreamslayer. Louise dismissed the church as mere idolatry, but unbeknownst to her, Dreamslayer was real and working to re-enter the world, using her brother as a vessel. However, she was contacted by Lord Havok, who asked for her help in dealing with Dreamslayer. He taught her several mental exercises, so that when Dreamslayer came for her brother, he was forced into her. With the powers of Dreamslayer locked away within her, Louise Marino had incredible power and joined the Extremists.

In other media

Television

  • In Justice League Unlimited, Dreamslayer made a brief appearance in the setting of the animated television series set in the DC Animated Universe in the episode "Shadow of the Hawk" where he was voiced by actor John DiMaggio. He appeared alongside the other Extremists fighting the Justice League in Gotham City, but was defeated by Green Lantern. He appears alongside the other Extremists when they attacked a city and battled the Justice League. Dreamslayer managed to subdue both Batman and Vixen, but was trapped in a bubble by John Stewart. He used his pyrokinetic abilities to try and overcome the bubble, but all it did was consume the oxygen inside and render him unconscious.

Appearances

  • Justice League Europe v1: (1990)
  • Countdown v1:

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