Dominators (DC)
The Dominators are an alien species that feature in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
They eventually formed a star-spanning empire ruled by the Dominators. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #29 2007)
Alliance
Modern Age
30th Century
Dominator War
Ten centuries afterwards, the failed attempted invasion of Earth had left a lasting scar on the Dominator psyche. In the years following the retreat, the Dominators became insular and withdrew. The boundaries of the empire became fixed and fortified where they became concerned in their own affairs whilst Earth became involved in their own. After a few centuries, the status quo became formalized in the Nameless Treaty. Humanity had forged this non-aggression pact though the Dominators gave their own name to it as the term non-aggression pact had no equivalent in their species language. In time, Humanity's language entered into the Dominator lexicon and began to believe the treaty protected their sovereign territory. Around twelve cycles ago, the Dominator homeworld was visited by a time-travelling Booster Gold who emerged from a rip in space-time. The time traveller moved through the planet in order to steal a tachyon disruptor rifle on live subjects and mentioned that he needed it to save fifty-two worlds. As a result, the words "Fiff-tu" were forever recorded by the Dominators from their security footage. After translating these words, the Dominators came to believe Humanity had rallied fifty-two worlds in an alliance without the Dominion being aware. This combined with the arrival of Booster Gold who being a Human had made an unauthorized arrival on the Dominator homeworld meant that the treaty was concerned broken. As a result, the Dominators once more began to make moves to combat Earth and deal with the threat of the supposed fifty-two worlds allied with them. This saw them first conducting stealthy encroachments where they struck the edges of United Planets space and taking out isolated frontier settlements. All these attacks involved the invaded worlds communications being jammed so the true nature of the attacks were never communicated back to Earth. Any captured Humans were taken for interrogation to learn the nature of the fifty-two worlds. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #29 2007)
Among the weapons deployed against Earth was a technovirus that turned all the artificial intelligences against Humanity. A group of Metahumans that was sent by the United Planets covertly were sent to investigate and it was only overwhelming numbers allowed a victory. Afterwards, they decided to gain a tactical advantage over Human Metahumans by utilizing their DNA to create super-soldiers to fight Earth. This proposal was brought before the Emperor's court where it was initially seen as heresy before accepted before the Emperor accepted where millions of shock-troopers were bred to combat the threat of Metahumans. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #29 2007) Ultimately, the Dominators were defeated on their homeworld but their xenoclone super-soldiers were dispersed across the galaxy thus spreading the genetic code beyond anyones control that would guarantee galactic conquest in the future. As a result, the Legion of Super-Heroes were faced with a problem namely when they withdrew from the Dominators homeworld that the Dominion would eventually rebuild. It was expected it would take months for the planetary ecoservices to be restored. Thus, it was decided to deploy a doomsday weapon to destroy the Dominator homeworld that was met with some opposition. This weapon needed to be deployed in the world's core by Mon-El which seemingly destroying it though in actuality the doomsday device was a Phantom Zone Projector that sent the Daxamite along with Dominators into the Phantom Zone where they were to be trapped indefinately. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #30 2007)
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Background
Dominators believed in the purity of their gene pool and the concept was genetically altering their physiology was considered heresy. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #29 2007)
Entire castes in their society were known to be dedicated to torture research. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #28 2007) Governing bodies within the Dominator empire included the leadership caste that included caste leaders. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #29 2007)
Certain speciality research included that of Combat Technologists though some lines of study meant that these researchers became outcasts amongst their peers. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #29 2007) Amongst the leadership titles included that of an Overlord. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #28 2007) The highest authority within the empire including meetings at the Emperor's court. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #29 2007)
Young Dominators were taught at Inforiums that was overseen by the Council of Pedagogues who oversaw a strict curriculum that enforced the idea of their species dominance. Any deviation that indicated the Dominators were capable of being killed by other weaker species was considered heresy that saw squads of fact-checkers eliminate the guilty instructor. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #29 2007) Their civilization was noted for residing in sciencities. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #30 2007)
The society in the Dominion was seen as brutal and savage in some respects as they were known to test weaponry in live firing exercises against living beings. Furthermore, those Dominators that were seen as failures had their cortexes data-mined before they were terminated. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #29 2007)
Dominators were considered superb scientists and were second only to the Coluans in being the most brilliant minds in existence that allowed them to find means to escape imprisonment. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #30 2007) One weapon available in their arsenal included a technovirus that was able to turn planetary artificial intelligences against their creators. (Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes v5 #29 2007)
Other Versions
In Comics
In Media
- The Dominion makes an appearance in the second season of the Legion of Super Heroes animated series where they form an alliance with Imperiex. This sees them aiding in the construction of a superweapon that was powered by a strange cloud of cosmic energy but were defeated by the Legion. Afterwards, they created a series of missiles for Imperiex to destroy Chameleon Boy's home planet.
- They mark an appearance in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights where they are not named but seen in Hal Jordan reading from the first chapter of the Book of Oa that details the origin of the Power Ring. They are shown to be active in the earlier ages of the cosmos where their fleets annihilate worlds and their soldiers massacare peaceful beings during a time of chaos until the first Green Lanterns are formed by the Guardians to defeat them.
Appearances
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Vol. 4) #38 (December 1992)
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