Shadow Cabinet (Milestone)
The Shadow Cabinet are a team that feature in Milestone Entertainment.
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History
Milestone
The Shadow Cabinet was a secret organization of superhuman beings established by Dharma with the goal of protecting the Earth by neutralizing potential threats while they were still relatively harmless thus saving humanity from itself no matter the cost. (Shadow Cabinet v1 #1) Unknown to anyone, Dharma had been responsible for the events of the Big Bang in Dakota City in the hope to create powerful beings capable of preventing a fast-approaching apocalypse whose cause he could not determine. (Shadow Cabinet v1 #0)
It was revealed that he was responsible for the Big Bang, hoping to When his last two prospects, Hardware and Static, fail to meet his expectations, he turns to the only course he believes is left open to him; awakening and harnessing the powers of the god-like being Rift. However, the very act of absorbing the being's powers causes widespread destruction to the universe, destroying the Milestone Earth. Thus the cause of the apocalypse he foresaw was his own attempts to stop it, although not all is lost, as his new powers allow him the opportunity to bring about his universe's rebirth.
DC
The effects of Darkseid's death during the Final Crisis of a neighboring universe gives him the chance to merge the remnants of the Milestone Universe into the DC Universe, retroactively combining their histories, and giving the Milestone characters the chance to live anew. Following the death of Darkseid, the space-time continuum was torn asunder, threatening the existence of both the Dakotaverse and the mainstream DC universe. The being known as Dharma was able to use energies that he harnessed from Rift to merge the two universes, creating an entirely new continuity. Only Dharma, Icon and Superman were aware that Dakota and its inhabitants had actually existed in a parallel universe.
Milestone Returns
Overview
In appearance, the Shadow Cabinet were a team of superpowered beings who operated in secret to stop threats to the world before they manifested. (Shadow Cabinet v1 #0)
A teleportation system was used by the team known as Shadowsliding. (Shadow Cabinet v1 #0) It was only possible in complete darkness otherwise the device overloaded and could not be used for over an hour. (Shadow Cabinet v1 #4)
The teams headquarters was a secret base that was known as the Shadowspire. (Shadow Cabinet v1 #0) This was a subterranean complex located in the Himalayas and typically accessible only via teleportation.
Members
- Dharma : a black male precognitive who was said to be all-seeing and all-knowing who carefully manipulated events in order to achieve a better future. (Shadow Cabinet v1 #0)
- Blitzen :
- Donner :
- Gloria Mundi :
- Iota :
- Iron Butterfly :
- Mechanic :
- Oro :
- Payback :
- Plus :
- Sideshow :
- Starlight :
- Twilight :
Notes
- The Shadow Cabinet was created by Dwayne McDuffie, Robert L. Washington III and John Paul Leon where they made their first appearance in Shadow Cabinet v1 #0 (January, 1994).
Appearances
- Shadow Cabinet v1: (1994)
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