Osiris (DC)
Osiris is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Amon Tomaz
In reality, Intergang did not sell him into slavery but sent him to the Religion of Crime in order to be sent to their re-education camp. Whilst there, he was among other children that were going to indoctrinated into the dark faith. However, Amon made two attempts at escape each of which failed whereupon he was present at their camp in Yemen with him once more attempting to leave their ranks but was caught once more. This saw his legs being broken and him being badly injured but he was found by Black Adam and his sister who was now the superhero Isis after the two were informed of the cult's secret base by Renee Montoya. They found Amon so badly injured that he could never walk again with Black Adam looking to help his wife's brother by sharing a portion of his magical power with the boy. By calling out Black Adam's name, Amon was transformed by magical lightning as he was empowered by the gods where he took the name Osiris. He then joined the Black Adam family and travelled with his sister along with his brother-in-law to Kahndaq where they sought to change the world. (52 v1 #23)
After his death, a memorial state was made for him which was erected at Titans Tower. (Teen Titans v3 #62) Black Adam came to use a part of his power to transform the deceased Amon's body into his Osiris form so that Tomaz's soul would enter into the land of the dead as one of the nobility. (The Power of Shazam! v1 #48) During the Blackest Night, he came to be one of the many deceased beings that were animated by a black Power Ring and became a member of the undead Black Lantern Corps. (Blackest Night v1 #3) Awaking in Khandaq, the undead Osiris went in search for Black Adam and Isis but instead found the city to be largely empty. In addition, the magic that resided in his body allowed him to partially resist the black Power Ring that kept urging him to kill people that felt emotions. Osiris later came to find Black Adam and Isis turned to stone in the city whilst the people feared his undead state. He was then approached by Sobek who had similarly been resurrected where he claimed that he simply was seeking out his friend in Amon. However, his Black Lantern nature revealed itself as he made Osiris feel emotions whereupon the crocodile man attacked Amon. During their fight, Sobek turned his attention on civilians where he began brutally eating them as he continued to torment Tomaz. Unable to stop Sobek, Osiris decided to call out 'Black Adam' unleashing a powerful magical blast that destroyed his foe but killed Amon as well with his black ring unable to animate him following his sacrifice. (The Power of Shazam! v1 #48) Later on, the power of the Life Entity came to resurrect Osiris back to life where he was a member of the White Lantern Corps that assembled to fight Nekron. Once the crisis was over, the power left him though Amon found that he was given a second chance at life. (Blackest Night v1 #8)
Osiris tried yet another spell to reanimate Black Adam and Isis, but failed. Deathstroke was assembling a team of assassins that he named the Titans. He chose metahumans with recent personal tragedies, and approached Osiris, promising him that he had connections with people that could bring back his family. Osiris was hesitant to align himself with a killer, but Deathstroke promised to accept him unlike the Titans and League who had had rejected him. The Titans were hired by serial killer Dwarfstar to kill the Atom Ryan Choi, and ambushed him at home. Deathstroke stood back and watched as his team tore into the hero, but allowed Atom a brief respite when his girlfriend Amanda knocked at his front door, so he could convince her to go away. Atom was grateful, and Deathstroke assured him that killing him was just business, they were not looking to harm anyone else. Atom fled to his basement ant tried to activate his JLA signal, but the Titans had disabled it. The Titans wore him down, and Deathstroke made it clear he was about to die, and commended him for not begging. Deathstroke killed him with a sword through his stomach, and delivered Atom's corpse in a matchbox to Dwarfstar. Back at their headquarters Deathstroke chastised his Titans for not working better as a team. Osiris told him they were not worthy of the heroic mantle Titans, and Deathstroke told him that he had personal reasons for naming them after the heroes he so despised. (Titans: Villains For Hire Special v1 #1)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Black Adam continued to mourn Adrianna and Amon for years, and the empty promise of their resurrection was used to manipulate Adam into working alongside the Monster Society of Evil. When Adam was believed to be the sole survivor of an attack on the Justice League by Pariah, he quietly wished to himself that he had been slain and reunited with his lost wife and brother-in-law. During Insomnia's attack on the waking world, Adam's nightmares conjured visions of Amon's death at Sobek's hands. (Knight Terrors: Black Adam v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Upon gaining powers, he came to take the name Osiris for himself. (52 v1 #23)
Whilst enslaved, his body had many injuries and scars some of which hid older ones from the countless beatings he suffered from his captors. (52 v1 #23)
When Black Adam married Isis, he came to consider Amon a brother and to be part of his family. (52 v1 #23)
Powers and abilities
Originally, Amon was an ordinary human being with no special powers though one who had suffered from countless injuries after being a slave. This was to the point that some of his nerves had been twisted and severed. (52 v1 #23)
Amon was once bestowed the Living Lightning, becoming Osiris in the process. (Shazam! v3 #8) Black Adam came to share a portion of his magic that empowered him with Amon who had to simply call out his name 'Black Adam'. This caused a bolt of lighting to strike him and he could hear voices in his head that were those of the gods. He gained the strength of Amon, the stamina of Shu, the swiftness of Heru, the power of Aton, the wisdom of Zehuti and the courage of Mehen. (52 v1 #23)
Notes
- Osiris was created by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Keith Giffen and Drew Johnson where he made his first appearance in 52 v1 #23 (December, 2006).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Legends of Tomorrow, the identity of Osiris did not appear in the live-action television series though an indirect reference to it was shown in the Arrowverse. The character of Zari Tomaz who was based on Isis appeared where she had a brother named Behrad Tarazi who operated in the future of 2042 as a vigilante that wielded the Air Totem. The siblings lived in a dystopian future where A.R.G.U.S. controlled the world and apprehended anyone with superpowers.
Appearances
- 52 v1: (2006)
- Teen Titans:
- Titans: Villains for Hire Special v1:
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