Major Force
Major Force is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Clifford Zmeck
At some point, he came to serve in the U.S. military where he became a second-class supply sergeant attached to the 601st Airborne. On 6th October 1968, he was off-base where he was responsible for the rape and murder of Elaine Alard. He came to be arrested and court martialled by the Air Force in January 1969 where he was sentenced to life imprisonment with no hope for parole. (Captain Atom v2 #12)
At a press conference, Captain Atom came to unveil Major Force to the public where he was introduced as a new hero. (Captain Atom Annual v2 #1)
Ultimately, Major Force's unbalanced and sadistic tendencies clashed into the superhero community, in which he was responsible for the murder of Alexandra "Alex" DeWitt, the girlfriend of the then newest Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, and stuffed her remains in a refrigerator so that Rayner could find her. (Green Lantern v3 #54) Rayner almost killed Major Force, but was stopped by forces of the Special Crimes Unit who then took Zmeck into custody. (Green Lantern v3 #55) In another escapade with the corrupt governmental organization of Quorum, he was sent to coerce the recently alien empowered Warrior into their service. (Guy Gardner: Warrior v1 #27) Major Force would later find himself heavily outmatched in their initial skirmish however, soon coming under fire from newest Lantern Rayner a little bit after. Making a hasty retreat while covering his escape with a crisis for to occupy the heroes. (Guy Gardner: Warrior v1 #28) He's eventually hunted down by the duo and Gardner deals him a fatal blow after the manic metahuman damaged his comatose brother's medical care device, killing him before Mace Gardner succumbed. (Green Lantern v3 #60) He was eventually resuscitated by the same renegade ministry who brought him under their service. Healed and augmented using scraping of Guy's alien hybrid DNA, he announced his return by killing a war buddy of his, Arisia Rrab, a former Green Lantern at the time and friend of former Green Lantern Guy Gardner. (Guy Gardner: Warrior v1 #43) However, he was saved by the Quorum who made Major Force into one of their superpowered agents. This saw them improving on his powers by adding some of Guy Gardner's DNA allowing him some limited shape shifting ability. With this power, he then went out to get revenge on Guy Gardner. Force was confronted by a vengeful but significantly weakened Guy Gardner in New York City and apparently killed him in a lengthy if one-sided battle. Ripping out his heart with his copied Vuldarian powers. However, he did not expect Gardner's Vuldarian powers to restore him to full power. With the tables now turned, Gardner managed to kill Zmeck by blowing a hole in his chest and making him swallow a forced implosion device. (Guy Gardner: Warrior v1 #44)
In reality, Force was made of energy and not matter, and thus he cannot die and was effectively immortal. Being seen again a short time after his revival terrorizing Downtown Metropolis, having gained a significant power boost caused by ripples in the Q-Field reviving him. He would battle the entire JLA with the new edition of Resurrection Man to a standstill, until he was dissipated into his composite particles by Shelley's new gift. (Resurrection Man v1 #20)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
As part of the Major Force Project, he was given the code name of Major Force. (Captain Atom v2 #12)
It was said that he was an utterly unredeemable person who was savage and depraved with Zmeck representing the rock-bottom of the human race. (Captain Atom v2 #12) Dr. Megala had commented that Zmek was little more than an animal. It was commented that Major Force had one hell of a temper. Clifford was said to have a unique approach to one-on-one combat. (Captain Atom Annual v2 #1)
Powers and abilities
Originally, Zmeck was an ordinary human with no innate abilities. This changed when he was taken for the Major Force Project where he was locked in a containment sphere composed of an impenetrable UFO metallic alloy. As part of the project, an additional 200% more metal alloy was used to encase him. This was with with the intention of both ensuring the success of the subject but also for Clifford Zmeck to manifest greater quantum potential than the subject of the Captain Atom Project. (Captain Atom v2 #12) He as bestowed with a parallel power that plugged him into a field that was different from the Quantum Field. As such, he demonstrated different powers where he could project high-velocity solid matter.
This became an alien exo-shell that covered his skin making him a human hybrid of human flesh and extraterrestrial metal. (Captain Atom v2 #12) It was said that this made him near invulnerable. Upon gaining his powers, his body went through a molting process until it achieved his new form. (Captain Atom Annual v2 #1)
The Quorum came to improve upon Major Force by incorporating some of Guy Gardner's Vuldarian DNA which gave the villain the ability to shape his body into objects. He could turn his limbs into bladed weapons or into a gun to help him better channel his energy. (Guy Gardner: Warrior v1 #44) In one case, he could extrude some of his substance in order to encase a person in his skin so that they would suffocate from lack of air. (Guy Gardner: Warrior v1 #43)
Notes
- Major Force was created by Cary Bates, Greg Weisman, and Pat Broderick where he made his first appearance in Captain Atom v2 #12 (February, 1988).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Major Force appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Powerless!" where he was voiced by actor Fred Tatasciore.
Films
- In Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, Major Force appeared in the setting of the animated film where he was voiced by actor Ricardo Chavira.
Video games
- In DC Universe Online, Major Force appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game where he was voiced by actor Alexander Brandon.
Appearances
- Captain Atom v2: (1988)
- Green Lantern v3:
- Guy Gardner: Warrior v1:
- Suicide Squad:
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