Great Darkness (DC)
The Great Darkness is an entity that featres in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
The Great Darkness
According to it, the darkness lived before the emergence of the light and its existence was endless where it lived without need for a name. Then came the light leading to the darkness gaining its first sense of self. (Swamp Thing v2 #50)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Similar to the prior timeline, the Great Darkness was called at Wintergate with Zatara dying as a result of the encounter. (Justice League Dark v2 #10)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Upon it gaining a sense of self, the Great Darkness sought to identify itself and thus posed this question to others. Those that referred to it as evil taught it various things such as fatalism or hate with it rejecting these words as it continued to find its identity. (Swamp Thing v2 #50)
Powers and abilities
It was said to be too big to fully grasp its shape. (Swamp Thing v2 #50)
Notes
- The Great Darkness was created by Alan Moore and Stan Woch where it made its first appearance in Swamp Thing v2 #49 (June, 1986).
In other media
Television
- In NBC's Constantine, an entity known as the Rising Darkness was stated as the main antagonist in the live-action television series. Its not known whether the Rising Darkness was the same as the Great Darkness.
Appearances
- Swamp Thing v2:
- Justice League Dark v2:
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